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120 x 186 mm. Copy of an engraving.

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97 x 124 mm. Copy of an engraving.

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65 x 40 mm. A view of Stromboli, one of the most active volcanoes on Earth.

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65 x 42 mm. A view of the island from the sea.

Scope and Contents Notes from rough diaries Bell kept during his service in the Gold Coast between 1890-94 (initially as Supervisor of Customs), in the Bahamas as Receiver General and Treasurer, and then from 1899 as Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands and Administrator of Dominica. Before destroying these old diaries Bell extracted 'all that appeared to be of interest in regard to my experiences and the development of my character.' Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, ideas for...

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This volume includes notes on Bell’s social life, interests, personal affairs, travel and press publications, including many on international and colonial affairs (circa 100 sheets).

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98 x 137 mm.

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141 x 97 mm.

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97 x 138 mm.

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98 x 140 mm.

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An album with the following annotation by McKay: 'Containing my photographic record of my return to the East and a miscellany of snaps of my new station - Cochin. September 7th to December 1928'.

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'Feeling qualmy, very windy.'

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'Feeling very sea sick, first sight of land.' This mountainous coastline is probably Italy.

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207 x 258 mm. Showing the tomb of Giuseppina Croce.

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197 x 254 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents Vellum bound illustrated diary that describes Laing's journey through Great Britain (chiefly Scotland), July-September 1874 (pp. 1-32); France, Switzerland and Italy, September-December (pp. 33-144); Greece and Asia Minor, December (pp. 144-186); Egypt, December 1874-January 1875 (pp. 188-216); the Suez Canal and Palestine, January (pp. 218-270); and Egypt, 17-25 January; ending at Keneh with the note 'Continued in Vol. II' (pp. 272-286). The journey was apparently made in the company of an...

Scope and Contents The diary describes Laing's journey through Great Britain (chiefly Scotland), July-September 1874 (pp. 1-32); France, Switzerland and Italy, September-December (pp. 33-144); Greece and Asia Minor, December (pp. 144-186); Egypt, December 1874-January 1875 (pp. 188-216); the Suez Canal and Palestine, January (pp. 218-270); and Egypt, 17-25 January; ending at Keneh with the note 'Continued in Vol. II' (pp. 272-286). The journey was apparently made in the company of an American, T.E. Screven...

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Includes: flimsy of Hore-Belisha's report on his trip; programme of trip; translation of extract from Le Forze Armate describing Hore-Belisha's visit to Rome [Italy] and other notes and correspondence about the visit; Hore-Belisha's report of it including a lengthy, informative letter to Hore-Belisha from Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet].

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A scrapbook album containing prints by various photographers, including Alfred Lobo. The prints are of various sizes and the majority are captioned in Bell's hand. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. Among the scenes and events depicted in the album are the Kampala Exhibition of 1908, views of Government House, Entebbe, the visit of Winston Churchill to Uganda in 1907, sleeping sickness sufferers in Uganda and durbars in Northern Nigeria.

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251 x 192 mm. View from a hillside looking towards the harbour and town, with headlands in the distance.

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This is the third part of Wilson's autobiographical account of his career in African agriculture.

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Letter from WSC to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, on his arrangements for cruise with the Med. Fleet, also on his proposed visit to Rome and meeting with Mussolini [carbon].

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Letter from Sir Ronald Graham, British Ambassador, Rome, to WSC, on his visit to Rome and meeting with Mussolini.