Rajah Brooke : The Englishman as Ruler of an Eastern State;

Ex-library, Invercargill Atheneum and Invercargill Public Libary. Library stamps, labels and markings. Later ex-libris bookplate, Frank G. Glen. Rebound in half-calf binding. A 30mm split to leather at top of front joint.; xxiv, 302, [2 (blank)] pages. Photogravure portrait frontispiece.2 folding maps. Rebound in half calf leather binding with burgundy cloth boards. Page dimensions: 186 x 122mm. The maps are titled "Map of Sarawak and its Dependencies at the close of Sir James Brooke's Government" and "Map of Borneo and part of the Eastern Archipelago, shewing British Territories, British Protectorates and Federated Malay States". "Sir Spenser Buckingham St. John GCMG FRGS (22 December 1825 — 3 January 1910) was British Consul in Brunei in the mid 19th century [. . .] In 1847 St John's father, the journalist James Augustus St. John, introduced him to James Brooke. He went out to Sarawak the following year to become Brooke's private secretary and thus began his diplomatic career." - Wikipedia entry on Spenser St John, accessed February 2025. Series: Builders of Great Britain. …