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1937réf. 88584London: Heinemann 1937. First editions. Hardcover. Plates. 1937-54 First editions first impressions. Second volume initialled presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jackets. Accompanied by a press/agency photographic print of Coward and two friends. Noël Coward's two-volume autobiography carrying his life-story up until 1945; the work was a considerable success. The second volume is inscribed & initialled on the title-page by the author to the actress Joyce Carey 'For Doycie with love love love N': "In his accustomed manner Coward redubbed Carey 'Joycie' - or even in moments of sheer baby-talk 'Doycie'. The relationship was very old-fashioned in one sense: Carey was the lady on his arm at premieres providing the heterosexual bluff that was necessary then. But more than that she proved herself professionally a perfect interpreter of Coward's world. She first met him when her mother was appearing in The Vortex in 1924. The first night of the play left her 'literally shaking with excitement'. Her first part in a Coward play came with Easy Virtue in 1925 although she did not appear in another until Alison Leggatt fell ill during the run of Tonight at 8.30 in 1936. But Carey was best known for her roles in Coward's films: a touching death scene in In Which We Serve and the barmaid with pretensions in Brief Encounter." Independent Joyce Carey obituary 1993 The accompanying press/agency photograph is of Coward accompanied by Joyce Carey and another close friend Gladys Calthrop leaving Buckingham Palace on 3rd February 1970 after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Mrs. Calthrop was a pre-war designer and artist who was associated with many of Coward's productions. First vol. with some foxing constrained to margins and gutter cloth slightly softened at head of spine jacket with a little very minor spotting and rubbed but overall very good; second vol. with some minor toning to text-block jacket worn at edges with some tears and creases small section of loss near head of spine some chipping. Very good Heinemann hardcover
1879réf. B6441London: John Murray. 1879. A fine copy in publisher’s decorative half red calf. Binding: contemporary half red calf over marbled boards title in gilt on two spine with five raised bands spine with decorative gilt ruling and central devices marbled upper and lower endpapers top edges in gilt. Notes: The books Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates and A Pilgrimage to Nejd are attributed to her and were based on her journals but were extensively edited by her husband. Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. Anne Isabella Noel Blunt 1837 – 1917 known for most of her life as Lady Anne Blunt was co-founder with her husband the poet Wilfrid Blunt of the Crabbet Arabian Stud in England and the Sheykh Obeyd estate near Cairo. The two married on 8 June 1869. From the late 1870s Wilfrid and Lady Anne travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East buying Arabian horses from Bedouin tribesmen and the Egyptian Ali Pasha Sherif. Among the great and influential horses they took to England were Azrek Dajania Queen of Sheba Rodania and the famous Ali Pasha Sherif stallion Mesaoud. To this day the vast majority of purebred Arabian horses trace their lineage to at least one Crabbet ancestor. Size: 8vo. Illustration: Illustrated with a folding map and hand-coloured woodcuts by the author. Volume: 2 volumes. Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Plate Books Colour; John Murray. hardcover
1635réf. MS0022A2-4 lacking A1 blank B4 C2 Aa-Ff4 Gg2 Hh-Kk4 Ll2 A-H4 A-S4 pages with tables and illustrations. Quarto 9" x 6 1/2" bound in old limp parchment with title to spine. From the library of professor Astronomer Historian and Bibliophile Owen Gingerich. Fist edition. Noël Duret also known as Natalis Durret was a prominent 17th-century French mathematician astronomer and astrologer. He actively advanced both the theoretical and applied scientific practices of his era. He served as the official Royal Cosmographer to King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. : He worked as a professor of mathematics in Paris teaching both pure theory and applied branches like cartography. Duret acted as a vital publisher and promoter for the famous mathematician François Viète. He helped popularize Viète's revolutionary system of symbolic algebra across France. : In 1635 he published Nouvelle Théorie des Planètes. He followed this up in 1641 by publishing detailed astronomical ephemerides and tables. These tools provided essential calculation methods for determining celestial positioning at sea and on land. Owen Jay Gingerich 1930-2023 was an American astronomer who had been professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching he had written many books on the history of astronomy. Condition: Edge wear some endemic browning from the original paper stock occasional old ink marginalia else about very good. Chez Gervais Allio
1861réf. 009786Washington D. C: Superintendent of Documents 1861. 5 parts in one volume. 2 large folding lithographic maps clean/no tears 8 fine folding lithographic views 8 chromolithographic beautiful color plates showing dress of various Indian tribes along river and 16 lithographic plates of views and fossils from sketches by Baldwin Mollhausen all clean and in excellent condition. Original decorated black cloth gilt with spine cloth missing. Overall tight and clean. Minimal foxing. Frst edition This is the Senate and preferred issue. Probably best known as the engineer and architect of the Washington Monument 1859-1860 in 1857 Ives was "promoted to first lieutenant and was named to lead an expedition up the Colorado River in order to develop potential routes of supply in the event of a war between the national government and the Mormon settlements in Deseret Utah. Ives's expedition included John Strong Newberry as naturalist the Prussian Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen as artist and unofficial diarist and F. W. Egloffstein as topographer. Ives purchased a steamboat in Philadelphia. The vessel was taken apart and shipped via the Isthmus of Panama to California and thence to the mouth of the Colorado River where Ives and the members of his expedition rendezvoused late in 1857. Ives and his men reassembled the steamboat and christened it the Explorer. They launched the ship on 31 December 1857 and set out on their journey of reconnaissance. Overall with exception of spine covering missing an exceptional copy. Clean. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket - Issued. Illus. by Möllhausen Heinrich Baldwin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Superintendent of Documents Hardcover
1988réf. 1943POCKET BOOKS/PAN BOOKS 1988. softcover. Dirk Gently POCKET BOOKS 69267PAN BOOKS 30955 POCKET BOOKS/PAN BOOKS paperback
2017réf. Am2173Chichester: Wiley Blackwell 2017. 15 volumes xcvii 8217 pages : illustrations black and white and colour maps black and white and colour still in publishers's boxes 2 unread. Contents: v. I. A-B -- v. II. C-Cor -- v. III. Cor-D -- v. IV. E-Env -- v. V. Env-Geo -- v. VI. Geo-Gra -- v. VII. Gra-Inf -- v. VIII. Inf-Map -- v. IX. Map-O -- v. X. P-Rec -- v. XI. Ref-Slu -- v. XII. Sno-Spa -- v. XIII. Spa-T -- v. XIV. U-Z -- v. XV. Appendix/index. Hard Cover. New. Wiley Blackwell Hardcover
1699réf. 1509150060Parisiis : A. Dezallier 1699-01-01. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Complete 8 volume set bound in 7 volumes. Vols. 1 & 2 bound together. Folios 38 cm. 3rd edition. Bound in contemporary calf. 6 raised bands. Gilt spine. All bindings solid. Chipping with loss to spines particularly to vol. 3. Engraved title in red and black. Internally good a few contemporary notations to margins browning spots to pages but very usable. Early signature of Joannes Baptista Parisi parrochey Ollargien 1703 sp on end pages. 19th century seminary book plate. Moreri Grand Dictionnaire Historique I1731 220; Graesse /71; Qurard I 29; Ebert 418 ; De Feller Biographie Universelle I1847 129; Brunet I 169; A. Hanggi Der Kirchenhistoriker Natalis Alexander Freiburg/Schweiz 1955. Alexander Natalis an important French historian and theologian began his great history of the church at the urging of Jean Baptiste Colbert. Alexander's Historiae initially brought him praise from Pope Innocent XI and many cardinals but subsequent volumes gave offence to the Pope and Rome because of the author's Gallicanism an upstart Catholic sect from the Declaration of the Clergy of France in 1682 at the behest of King Louis XIV. Pope Innocent IX placed this work on the Index and forbade Catholics to read it on pain on excommunication. In the preface to the third edition Paris 1699 eight folio volumes Father Alexander submitted fully to the judgment of the Holy See and in some scholia added to the dissertations showed that in some instances he had been criticized and judged unjustly. Alexander did formally amend his edition as expected but did not purge the offending remarks rather these remarks where extracted from the text and placed in the scholia. Alexander is noted for his important contribution to research on Thomas Aquinas and his Summa Theologica. - McMahon A. 1907. Alexander Natalis. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Parisiis : A. Dezallier hardcover
réf. DADAX178474106XNew unknown
1987Lovely Scrooge-decorated bookplate inside front board bears Barks' hand-written signature and book number. Slipcase bears large excellent colour illustration of Scrooge posing in cowboy hat and red bandana with sack of gold, pick, canteen, ammunition belt, and rifle. Contents include: "Donald Duck's Christmas on Bear Mountain", "Dickens Redone" (two-page illustrated commentary, "The Storybook Scrooge" (one-page commentary), "Uncle Scrooge", "Uncle Scrooge's Christmas Carol", "The Triumph of Scrooge McDuck" (10 page colour illustrated commentary), "Uncle Scrooge the Lemonade King", and selected bibliography. Unpaginated. Book measures almost 12.5" high by 9.5" wide by 5/8" thick. Clean and glossy with negligible wear. Prior owner's signature and date neatly written upon bookplate on 'This Book Belongs To ______" line. Half-inch opening to back panel of dust jacket at edge of lower left corner seems to have resulted from the paper cracking rather than from wear. Very light wear to attractive slipcase. A premium copy. Book
1767réf. 112921ganeau bauche estienne houry 1767 in-folio A Paris chez Ganeau, Bauche, les Freres Estienne, D'HOURY, 1767, 3 volumes in-folio de 245 x 390 mm environ, (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), xvj pages (Préface), 959 pages - (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), 919 pages - (1) f., (2) ff. (faux-titre, page de titre), 909 pages, (1) f. De nombreux bois gravés in-texte et 2 planches dépliantes. Pleines reliures marbrées d'époques, dos à 6 nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièce de cuir havane, caissons ornés, filets dorés sur les coupes, tranches rouges, gardes marbrées à la coquille. Bel ensemble, reliures agréables malgré 4 coiffes accidentées, des frottements sur les coins et les coupes, 4 plats griffés, tache sur le plat inférieur du T. I, de petits manques de cuir au dos des tomes I et III; intérieur frais, des rousseurs éparses et 2 déchirures sans manque.
1767réf. 16239Paris, Ganeau, Bauche, Les frères Estienne, D'Houry, 1767. 3 vol. in-folio de (4)-XVI-959 pp., 1 planche dépliante ; (4)-918 pp. ; (4)-909-(1) pp., veau blond, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure à l'imitation).
1938Feature article by Albert Einstein entitled "Why Do They Hate The Jews?" offers his views on the subject and includes a large black and white profile photo of the man himself. Additional features include: Local Ghost Makes Good - Jesse James Makes Restitution in Pineville; Coach Ralph Furey explains why football stars are not born (article with several photos of football stars of the day); Speak No Evil (short story); Hangin' Crazy Benny (short story); Uncertain Wings (short story); Via All Oceans (short story); You Liked a Parade (short story); None But The Brave (part 5 of 6); Murder for Christmas - part 3 of 10 of this serial by Agatha Christie; Great cover art by Robert O. Reid features young lovely eyeing the dessert table; and more. 70 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure. A sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. Boni, Russ & Laurence 396. Magazine
1784réf. 90300De Bure Barrois aîné Barrois jeune | Paris 1784-1786 | 7.6 x 11 cm | 7 volumes reliés
1780réf. 4296Paris, Jorry Louis, 1780. 1780 1 vol. in-4° (250 x 190 mm) de : 399 pp. et 17 portraits hors texte dessinés par Gaincourt et gravés par Hubert, toutes aquarellées d'époque. Demi-veau à coin XIXe, plats recouverts de papier marbré vert, dos lisse et orné. (Taches et défauts d'usage, intérieur frais).
1977réf. 36576Paris Editions Givre 1977 In-4, reliure rvorim, plats bruns et ocre estamps d'un dcor voquant un mur de briques pouss froid la plaque, dos en box crme-sable laissant apparatre la couture des cahiers; doublures et gardes de papier gris fonc, non rogn, couverture imprime (Jean de Gonet).Edition originale. Tirage limit 200 exemplaires numrots. Un des 50 premiers exemplaires sur vlin pur fil, seuls comporter en frontispice une gravure numrote et signe de Christian Fossier. Exemplaire reli par Jean de Gonet selon le procd Jean de Gonet Artefacts, dans une srie limite 200 exemplaires numrots, justifis au bas de la premire doublure.
réf. 14487Rouen, Chez Martin le Mesgissier, tenant sa boutique au haut des degrez du Palais,1588. Petit in-8, (16)-265-(4) pp. plus une carte, reliure de l'époque vélin souple. (Reliure brunie, rares taches et rousseurs.)
1767réf. R300125501CHEZ GANEAU / BAUCHE / LES FRERES ESTIENNE / D'HOURY. 1767. In-Folio. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos à nerfs, Mouillures. XVI + 959 pages + 916 pages + 910 pages - contre plats jaspés - ouvrages d'environ 25 x 38 cm - quelques gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - textes sur deux colonnes - titre, tomaison et caissons dorés sur le dos - dos à 5 nerfs - manque de cuir sur les plats du tome 1 - traces de mouillures à l'intérieur des ouvrages sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture - coiffe en tête abîmée sur le tome 1 - coiffe en pied abîmée sur les tomes 2 et 3 - manque sur les pages 909-910 du tome 3 altérant légèrement la lecture - 10 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
1939A remarkably well-preserved first printing copy of this wonderfully illustrated Christmas tale. Aside from light external wear, the only defect is a narrow one inch opening between top of backstrip and front board. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. A copy of such high quality is rare indeed. Book
1824réf. 186939London: John Murray vols I-VI; Knight and Lacey IX; John & Henry L. Hunt X-XI 1824-27. Fine contemporary morocco A very attractive mixed-imprint set in well-preserved bindings. 11 vols octavo 160 x 103 mm. Contemporary blue straight-grain morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt lozenge tool to upper and lower compartments gilt ivy-leaf frame to boards enclosing blind roll and corner rosettes green coated endpapers edges gilt blue bookmarkers. Unobtrusive scratches to boards corners bumped intermittent foxing heavy in vol. XI. A very good set presenting well in the bindings. hardcover
1928réf. 145380Snowshill Cotswolds: November 1928. Cotswold calligraphy A beautiful arts and crafts style calligraphic Christmas gift inscribed in orange ink to the final leaf "Written for Miss Ellen D. Sharpe by her friend S. B. Russell at Snowshill on the Cotswolds in November 1928". The work was created by Sydney Bolton Russell 1866-1938 the father of the arts and crafts furniture designer Gordon Russell 1892-1980. Sydney moved to the Cotswolds in 1904 when he bought the Lygon Arms in Broadway. He renovated the property in 1910 with the help of the arts and crafts architect Charles Bateman and it was at this time that Gordon developed an increasing interest in furniture design and the wider arts and crafts movement as he repaired the inn's antique furniture. Sydney moved out of the inn in 1915 which was by then a hotel of national repute and to the neighbouring town of Snowshill and a home he again renovated with Batemen in order to spend more time on his own artistic endeavours. In 1922 he and Gordon established Russell and Sons a brand which shaped 20th-century furniture design. The recipient of this Christmas gift was Ellen Dexter Sharpe 1861-1953 a patron of the arts in Providence who gave numerous donations to the Rhode Island School of Design. Russell travelled to Boston in October 1926 and likely met Sharpe on this visit. Quarto 280 x 186 mm pp. 18. Text written in black with red initials colour nativity illustrations pasted to title page and final page of text. Finely bound at time of presentation in blue morocco spine in compartments raised bands ruled in gilt titles in gilt to front board blue marbled endpapers turn-ins elaborately rolled in gilt. Spine very lightly toned minor scuff to edges faint offsetting to free endpaper margins a near-fine copy. hardcover
1931réf. 178845London: 1931. The "Incomparable Max" meets The Master Limited edition number 41 of 100 copies. Each plate a caricature of the stars of Noël Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet is signed by the artist and subject. There were 900 further copies issued without autographs. The show was Coward's most successful musical play running in the West End from 1929 to 1931 and on Broadway from 1929 to 1930. This volume is accompanied by the publisher's prospectus. "It was difficult to ignore the production appearing as it did in every medium. Cochran the producer commissioned Max Beerbohm to do a series of Bitter Sweet caricatures. 'Max took a great liking to Noël Coward himself and was enchanted with the play' wrote David Cecil. 'Its nostalgic evocation of Victorian and Edwardian epochs chimed deliciously with the wit of the song 'Green carnation' which poked fun at the very group of 'greenery-yallery' aesthetes the venerable dandy personified" Hoare. Provenance: the New York collector Herbert Schimmel 1909-2003 with his bookplate on the inside cover. A collector of art nouveau Schimmel also amassed a large library of Coward's works as well as of his contemporary Ivor Novello. Folio. Original quarter vellum portfolio grey paper covered boards titles to front cover in gilt containing title and contents leaves bifolium introduction 5 offset caricatures 334 x 230 mm mounted within grey card bifolia 400 x 286 mm as issued. Corners bumped covers and mounts lightly toned slight foxing to flaps and title page nick at foot of prelims plates bright and fresh: a very good set. Gallatin & Oliver 30a; Philip Hoare Noël Coward: A Biography 2013. hardcover
réf. 24694Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Deluxe Issue. Signed by the author. Quarto. Publisher's quarter purple leather with aluminium boards silkscreened in orange and pink fluorescent inks orange lettering to the spine. All edges in prismatic silver. Housed in a full black leather box silkscreened with six flourescent guitar strings. Illustrated with over 300 photographs in colour and black and white throughout. Multi-coloured silk ribbons. A fine copy the binding square and tight clean and bright inside and out. Complete with the black leather box pocket inside the lid containing a photographic print signed by Rolling Stone Magazine photographer Baron Wolman in an orange sleeve only present in this deluxe edition. This is number 333 of 350 copies of the deluxe edition signed by Ross Halfin Brad Tolinski and Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry. There was also a simultaneous issue of 1400 'collectors' copies without the signed print or the signature of Joe Perry. A typically beautiful and weighty Genesis production which with commentary from Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Eric Clapton Ronnie Wood Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Jimi himself claims to be the most comprehensive visual memoir of Hendrix ever published. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Guildford: Genesis Publications Ltd. 2004 hardcover
1903réf. 21262991903. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1903. 8vo. Publisher's red pictorial cloth with titles in gold and cream to spine and upper board; pp. 264; 8 black-and-white plates by R. Noel Pocock; occasional spotting endpapers lightly browned with c. 20-mm loss to top corner of both front and rear endpapers and neat repair to lower joint and spine; spine ends restored corners a little bumped and rubbed; otherwise an attractive copy; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper.First edition first printing of Wodehouse's second school story a cricket-filled tale of mischief and disruption at a fictional English public school.When Farnie a wayward young boy arrives at Beckford College he reveals himself as the uncle of the older 'Bishop' Gethryn a school prefect and accomplished cricketer. Farnie's arrival together with that of another new boy causes havoc around a series of important cricket matches.Cricket was a longstanding passion of Wodehouse's. He played for the amateur cricket team the 'Allahakhbarries' captained by J.M. Barrie 1860-1937 whose members also included Jerome K. Jerome 1859-1927 A.A. Milne 1882-1956 and Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930. His enthusiasm for the game is evident in a letter to his publisher written while working on the novel: 'There is a great deal of cricket in the book in fact strictly speaking it is nearly all cricket for very little else except that game goes on in the Summer Term at school' Ratcliffe pp. 58-59. Despite his affection for the subject he appears to have had some reservations about the novel adding: 'I hope if you do not like The Prefect's Uncle at first sight you will let me revise it. I can generally improve on my work at a second attempt' ibid.McIlvaine A2a. See Ratcliffe ed. P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters 2011. hardcover
1944Single sheet of stout card measuring approx. 4.5 x 7.5 inches (12.0 x 19.0 cms), obverse with gilt edges printed with the insignia of 'Admiral Inspector of the Fleet' in gilt and black and seasonal text in black; reverse blank, the whole housed in custom-made solander case. The seasonal text, SIGNED BY DONITZ IN BLUE INK , reads 'Grossadmiral Donitz dankt fur die guten Wunsche zum Weihachtsfest und zum neuen jahr und erwidert sie herzlich'. Grossadmiral Karl Donitz (1871-1980), German naval leader and Hitler's successor, commanded the Kriegsmarine during the latter half of WWII and is remembered particularly for his promotion of the U-boat offensive. He also served as Reichspraesident following Hitler's suicide in April 1945. Having authorised the German surrender he became a prisoner-of-war of the British and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for war crimes (primarily for ordering unrestricted submarine warfare). Following his release from Spandau in October 1956, Donitz's reputation underwent a degree of rehabilitation and he took considerable pains to answer correspondence and to provide autographs when required (including a facsimile for historians and collectors of the Articles of Surrender which he co-signed with Montgomery). HOWEVER, DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY DONITZ DURING THE WAR YEARS ARE SCARCE.
1931réf. 32453AB1931. Second Impression. Edinburgh and London William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 1931. Octavo. Frontispiece XII 271 pages. With seven photographic illustrations on four plates. Original Hardcover with the very rare original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and foxing to the edges and several pages. This book is very rare in its original dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk 1854-1941: "To Lady Adam Smith from the Earl of Southesk - Jan 1934". With a newspaper-clipping on an event of Inverness Central School loosely inserted and with a newspaper-clipping shopwing the elderly "Earl of Southesk and Mr. Donald Steuart-Fothringham going out to shoot over Petterden Moor Angus". A wonderful association copy ! Charles Noel Carnegie 10th Earl of Southesk JP DL 20 March 1854 10 November 1941 was a Scottish nobleman. Carnegie was the son of the explorer and poet James Carnegie 9th Earl of Southesk and his first wife Catherine Hamilton Noel daughter of the Charles Noel 1st Earl of Gainsborough. He had three older sisters Lady Arabella Charlotte wife of Samuel Romilly Lady Constance Mary wife of Victor Bruce 9th Earl of Elgin and Lady Beatrice Diana Cecilia Diana Cecillia wife of the Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart. After his mother's death in 1855 at the age of twenty-six his father remarried to Lady Susan Catherine Mary Murray eldest daughter of the 6th Earl of Dunmore in 1860. From his father's second marriage he had seven younger half-siblings including: Sir Lancelot Douglas Carnegie Lady Dora Susan wife of Maj. Ernest de Rodakowski-Rivers Lady Elizabeth Erica Lady Helena Mariota Lady Katherine Agnes Blanche wife of Courtenay Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar Hon. Robert Francis who married Violet Fraser and Hon. David Wynford Carnegie. His paternal grandparents were Sir James Carnegie 5th Baronet de jure 8th Earl of Southesk and the former Charlotte Lysons a daughter of the Reverend Daniel Lysons. He was educated at Harrow and St Andrews University and would later receive an honorary degree from the university in October 1902. Amongst his various offices he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the part-time Forfar and Kincardine Artillery Militia in 1872 and steadily progressed through the officer ranks until he became the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant in 1894 with the honorary rank of Colonel. He retired from the command in 1906. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Angus Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire from 5 January 1900. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire and for Angus. In 1905 he succeeded his father as the 10th Earl of Southesk who had restored the family titles with the original precedence by reversal of the 1715 Act of Attainder in 1855. He had the reputation of being the best game shot in Scotland. In 1921 Kinnaird Castle which was situated in one of the grandest Scottish glens and was the seat of the Earls of Southesk for more than 600 years burnt to the ground. "Only a small part of the servant's wing has escaped. A considerable part of the library was saved but many books impossible to replace as well as Raeburn's portrait of Lady Carnegie valued at £10000 were lost." Lord Southesk rebuilt the castle. A prominent art collector he owned "a large collection of paintings by old masters and antique gems." Source: Wikipedia hardcover
