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A little book of life and death selected and arranged by Elizabeth Waterhouse, ninth edition (Methuen & Co, London, 1906). With inscription by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, dedicated to her late sister Edyth Mary Kay Muir. 1 vol

A little book of life and death selected and arranged by Elizabeth Waterhouse, third edition (Methuen & Co, London, 1903). 1 vol

A short account of canteens in the British army by the Hon Sir John William Fortescue (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1928). 80pp

A short history of Scottish regiments by Pte A W Keith, the Highland Light Infantry (J and G Innes, St Andrews, 1934). 28pp

A slump in heroes (a Transvaal war drama without warriors) by Harold Bolce (Johannesburg Life Publishing Co, Johannesburg). 1 booklet, 32pp

A woman's work, memorials of Eliza Fletcher edited by Rev C A Salmond (J N Mackinlay, Glasgow, 1890). 1 vol

Typescript account by Hamilton of his receiving of the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders from German Gen Werner von Blomberg, Minister of War, at a ceremony at the War Ministry, Berlin, Germany. 5pp

Manuscript letter from Hamilton to Maj Gen Martin Andrew Dillon, Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, giving Hamilton's account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 27 Feb 1881. 9pp. With typed copy. 15pp

Manuscript account [by Capt Marmion Carr Ferrers-Guy, 9 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers] of operations of his battalion with 34 Bde, 11 (Northern) Div, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 6-22 Aug 1915, including landing at A Beach, Suvla Bay and capture of Hill 10, 7 Aug 1915; offensive on W Hills, 21 Aug 1915. 7pp

Letter from Col Sir Neville (Francis Fitzgerald) Chamberlain, giving his account of the action in which Col William John Vousden won his Victoria Cross during the Second Afghan War. 4pp

Manuscript extract of letter from Capt Robert Dundas Whigham to Miss Dorothy Meredith, describing his landing with 'D' Company, 1 Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), at Y Beach, Gallipoli, 25 Apr; Turkish counter attacks, 25-26 Apr; breaking of KOSB line, retreat to Y Beach with heavy casualties, and re-embarkation on RN battleship HMS GOLIATH, 26 Apr. With two sketches of KOSB positions. 10pp

Volume of names and addresses of officers, acquaintances and dignitaries on Malta, kept by ADC to Hamilton, General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Command, for purposes of lunch and dinner engagements. 1 vol

Advance copy of supplement to The London Gazette to be dated Tuesday 16 November 1915 (HMSO, London, 16 Nov 1915) containing names of French officers promoted to orders of knighthood, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and French and British warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, together with details of the actions for which they were commended, including awards to men serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Dardanelles. 28pp

Agreement between Hamilton and Edward Arnold Ltd, publishers, for the publication of Hamilton's A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese War (Edward Arnold, London, 1905 & 1907). 3pp

Album of photographs of Hamilton's relations and family friends, including his father Col Christian Monteith and childhood photographs of Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton. 1 vol [many photographs with missing or incomplete captions]

Album of photographs of Hamilton and Jean Miller Hamilton, relatives, friends and colleagues in India, including fancy dress balls, Simla, 1886; wedding of Fanny Simpson, Simla 1886; Foreign Office staff, Simla, 1886; Lt Gen Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Bt, Commander in Chief India, with his military staff; Elizabeth and Thomas George Harry Moncreiffe and their household, 1885; wedding of Hamilton and Jean Muir, Feb 1887; the Hamiltons' home at 'Stirling Castle', Simla. 1 vol

Album of photographs of Hamilton and Jean Miller Hamilton, relatives, friends and colleagues in India, including the installation of Rajagan Singh, Maharahah of Karputhala, Nov 1890; at Lucknow, Nov 1891; Simla, 1891; at Baghi, 1891; Tiger hunt at Rewah, 1891; the Hamilton's house at Lucknow, 1891-1893; review of cavalry at Meerut, 1891. 1 vol

Album of photographs of the Tirah Campaign, taken by René Bull, correspondent of Black and White magazine, including Hamilton; Lt Gen Sir William Lockhart; Lt Gen Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen; Gordon Highlanders, Gurkha Rifles, King's Own Scottish Borderers and the Northamptonshire Rgt; captured Afridi tribesmen; firing rocket projectiles from Karuppa Camp; mountain artillery; field hospitals; Forts Harisid and Jamrud; Kohat, Samphaga and Armhanga Passes, Peshawar, Bagh and the Chragru Kotal. With Black and White war album number 3, the Tirah Campaign, snapshots by Bull (Black and White Publishing Co, London, 1899). 1 vol, 1 magazine

Album of photographs of Deanston House, Perthshire; the Muir family, including Jean (later Jean Miller Hamilton) at Deanston and at 'The Oaks', Johnstone, Renfrewshire; Jean at Kames Castle, Isle of Arran; the wedding of Elizabeth 'Bessie' Muir to Thomas George Harry Moncreiffe, 30 Aug 1883; the Moncreiffe family at Moncreiffe House, Perthshire. 1 vol

Album of various photographs, including Russian Army manoeuvres attended by Hamilton at Ropsha, Tsarskoe Seloe, Russia, 1909, and Hamilton with Nicholas II, Czar of Russia; Hamilton with Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, at Bristol, 1909; Hamilton riding in funeral procession of Edward VII, May 1910; Hamilton as General Officer Commanding Southern Command at army manoeuvres, Salisbury Plain, 1910; Hamilton family photographs at Stirling, Glendoe and Deanston, Scotland, and at Chesham, Buckinghamshire. 1 unfinished vol