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Books (16), collection of books relating to / belonging to Sir George Reid, paper/leather/buckram/suede/textile, England/Australia/USA, 1881-1918
These volumes are the remnants of Reid's personal library. All are signed or initialled by Reid. Stephens' 'A Digest of the Law of Evidence' is also signed by Ernest Lamb and B.R. Wise, Attorney General under Henry Parkes in the 1880s. The books cover various topics; popular philosophy, law, literature, religion, and gardening. They span the entire period of Reid's public life from the early 1880s to 1918.
(-1) 'All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible Story', written by Walter Besant, published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1903
(-2) 'The Charm of Gardens', written by Dion Clayton Calthrop, published by A. & C. Black, Ltd, London, 1917
(-3) 'Cole's Graphic English Dictionary: Etymological, Explanatory, and Pronouncing with Copious Appendices', printed by E. W. Cole, Great Britain, no date
(-4) 'An American Bible', edited by Alice Hubbard, published by The Roycrofters, East Aurora, New York, USA, 1918
(-5) 'Principles of the Common Law: Intended for the use of students and the profession', 9th edition, written by John Indermaur, published by Stevens & Haynes, London, England, 1901
(-6) 'Love and Other Nonsense', published by Arthur L. Humphreys, London, England, 1909
(-7) 'The Pleasures of Life: Parts 1 and 2', written by Sir John Lubbock, published by Macmillan and Co., London, England, 1891
(-8) 'Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse Selected from the Works of George Eliot', 5th edition, edited by Alexander Main, published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, England, 1881
(-9) 'Of the Imitation of Christ', published by James Parker and Co., London, England, 1903
(-10) 'A Digest of the Law of Evidence', 4th edition, written by Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, published by Macmillan and Co., London, England, 1881
(-11) 'I'm Glad I Met You: Thoughts on Love and Friendship', edited by Adah Louise Sutton, published by The Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio, USA, 1913
(-12) 'Henry Esmond, The English Humourists, The Four Georges', written by William Makepeace Thackeray, edited, with an introduction, by George Saintsbury, published by Oxford University Press, London, England, no date
(-13) 'Good Fellowship: Second Section', edited by Samuel Francis Woolard, published by The Goldsmith-Woolard Publishing Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA, 1913
(-14) 'Later Litanies', written by Kathleen Watson, published by William Heinemann, London, England, 1914
(-15) 'Queen Margot: Wife of Henry of Navarre', written by H. Noel Williams, published by Harper & Brothers, London, England, 1911
(-16) 'While I Remember' by Stephen McKenna, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, London, 1921. Belonged to Dame Florence Reid, Sir George's widow, and relates to George Reid's role in WWI.
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