Search Results: Association Copies from Division Leap, ABAA

London: Macmillan, 1894. 8vo, 321, [2] + 5 pp, bound in green cloth titled in gilt. No dust jacket. A reprint, in Macmillan's Colonial Library Series. Ex Libris Roger Casement, with his signature to fep: 'Roger Casement Cape Town June 30 1900'. Beneath this, the book is inscribed by Casement to his close friend Herbert Ward: 'To Herbert from Roddie at (indecipherable) 12 Aubrey Walk Campden Hill Rd Sept 12th 1900.' Written in Roger Casement's hand on the rep in pencil is the following text: "Those who only half live, remember can only half die. The rending of life from the has already been half accomplished."  A remarkable association copy with a brief, but unrecorded and poignant text by Casement. The two men had first met each other in the Congo, and became best friends, united by their concern for the abuses of colonialism in the Congo and other matters. Casement became Godfather and namesake to Ward's youngest son.  The second inscription to Ward, on September 12, came just after a time… Read More