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The life and letters of Joseph Severn edited by William Sharp (Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London, 1890). 1 vol

The Isthmian canal by H H Rousseau, presented at the twentieth annual session of the Trans-Mississipi Commercial Congress, Denver, Colorado (US Government Printing Office, Washington, 1910). 54pp

The Heriots by Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham (Macmillan and Co, London and New York, 1890). 1 vol

The Hamiltonian newspaper, published by the Hamiltonian Campaign Committee, supporting Hamilton's candidacy for the Lord Rectorship of the University of Edinburgh, comprising a biography of Hamilton and including tributes and messages of support from Lt Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell; Mrs Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; Rt Hon (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Rt Hon Maj Gen John Edward Bernard Seely; FM Sir William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Bt; Henry Woodd Nevinson; AF John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe; AF Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Bt; Aileen Mary Roberts, Countess Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria. 8pp

The fighting of the future (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1885) by Hamilton. With 'Fire tactics and musketry instruction', review of Infantry fire tactics by Capt Charles Blair Mayne (Gale and Polden, Chatham, 1888), in The Saturday Review, 6 Oct 1888; letter, 17 Apr 1890, from Maj John Adam Fergusson, on standards of musketry in 2nd Bn The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade), and his suggestions for improvements in training and tactics; 'Musketry in India', article relating to the musketry regulations for the Indian Army produced by Hamilton as Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India, Broad Arrow, 10 Jul 1892. 1 file

The English version of the polyglot Bible (Samuel Bagster and Co, London, date not supplied), given by Sir John Muir, 1st Bt, to Jean Miller Muir on her eighth birthday. 1 vol

The Cosmopolitan magazine, no 2, Summer 1935, review and club bulletin of the Edinburgh University Cosmopolitan Club, including articles 'The "absolute" pacifist and the collective system' by Sir Norman Angell, and 'Principles of national socialism' by Dr E Kreitz. 24pp

The conquest of fear by Basil King (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1926). 1 vol

The conception of immortality by Josiah Royce (Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1904). With letter to Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, from Perceval Alers Hankey, 13 Dec 1905, regarding content of the book. 1 vol, 1 letter

The Army Quarterly, vol 6, including 'On the art of command' by Maj Gen Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, and 'The "compleat general" of the ancients' by F J Hudleston, librarian, War Office. 1 vol

The ANZAC book, written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of ANZAC, edited by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (Cassell and Co Ltd, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1916). 1 vol

Typescript and galley proof of Hamilton's reviews, published in The Observer, of The indecisiveness of modern war by Dr John Holland Rose (G Bell, London, 1927), and The study of war for statesmen and citizens. Lectures delivered in the University of London, 1925-26 edited by Maj Gen Sir George Grey Aston (Longmans, London, 1927). 6pp

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems composed by Hamilton, 1911-1926, for inclusion in his Now and then (Methuen and Co, London, 1926); unpublished poems, 1911-1936, including 'On being presented with a roll of cloth', 'Molly or Mary', 'A luncheon', 'What's in a name', and 'Glasgow to Bellahouston'. With 'Song of the D C M', poem written by Hamilton for The Ribbon, (journal of the Distinguished Conduct Medal League), 1932, and'Our prince in Vienna', poem by Hamilton, on the abdication of Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1936. 1 file

Typescript of chapter 6 'The battle of the Yalu-the spirit of Japan and Sir Claude MacDonald, and General Sir Ian Hamilton and sacred swords' of 'A free lancer's reminiscences, bitter and sweet, an echo of the Russo-Japanese War' (author's name not supplied), mainly relating to a speech given in Tokyo in Nov 1903, by Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald, British ambassador to Japan, on swords and the Japanese warrior spirit. 19pp

Typescript of 'War', unpublished book by Hamilton, a philosophical argument for war as a necessity to human progress. 203pp

Text of vote of thanks by Hamilton to the honorary workers, Officers' Benevolent Department, British Legion, London. 2pp

Typescript article entitled 'The story of Malcolm Sinclair', taken from the History of the Scottish expedition to Norway in 1612 by Thomas Michell (T Nelson and Sons, London, 1886) and Sketch of the civil and traditional history of Caithness by James Tait Calder (T Murray & Son, Glasgow, 1861). Left unfinished by Hamilton. 3pp

Two typescripts of 'The millenium' by Hamilton, consequently rewritten as The millennium? (Edward Arnold, London, 1919). With undated manuscript letter from William Butler Yeats [1913?] supplying Hamilton with a quotation of Heraclitus of Ephesus (c544-c480 BC) on war. 1 file

Typescript of 'The millennium' by Hamilton, consequently rewritten as The millennium? (Edward Arnold, London, 1919). 1 file

Typescript statement submitted by Lt Col Cecil John Lyons Allanson to the Dardanelles Commission, relating to operations of 1 Bn 6 Gurkha Rifles during the battle of Sari Bair, Gallipoli, 2-9 Aug 1915. 11pp