Sketches of Indian Life
WILLIAM WHITELOCK LLYOD, Sketches of Indian Life , London: Chapman and Hall, 1890 Consists of 18 chromolithographic plates and full-page illustrations, with captions depicting village and street scenes, native servants, sports and off-duty pursuits of a British Officer in India Original cloth-backed pictorial boards with maroon cloth back strip 33.5 x 25.5 x 1.3 cm
13.25 x 10 in
(33.4 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate
Rs 25,000 - 35,000
$360 - 500
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Winning bid
Rs 64,800 |
$926
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Indian Charivari
ANONYMOUS, The Indian Charivari , Calcutta: 7, D' Acres Lane, November 15, 1872, to December 26, 1873 378 pages illustrated with caricatures of British life in India Rebound in half calf with marbled boards 30.5 x 25 x 2.5 cm
12 x 9.75 in
(30.5 x 25 cm)
Estimate
Rs 30,000 - 35,000
$430 - 500
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Winning bid
Rs 52,800 |
$754
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Tom Raw, The Griffin
SIR CHARLES D'OYLY, Tom Raw, The Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, in twelve cantos; illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India , London: R Ackermann, 1828 vii + [1] + 325 pages including 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates along with 10 pages of advertisements at end Original cloth covers with blind tooling at the front and back boards along with gilt text at the spine. The book comes in a contemporary slipcase 25.7 x 17 x 3 cm
10 x 6.75 in
(25.7 x 17 cm)
Estimate
Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000
$1,145 - 1,430
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Winning bid
Rs 96,000 |
$1,371
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Curry and Rice: On Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station in India"
CAPTAIN GEORGE FRANCKLIN ATKINSON, Curry and Rice: On Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station in India" , London: Day and Son, circa 1860 40 tinted lithograph plates, from the original sketches by the author. Each satirical illustration has two pages of accompanying text Original publisher's orange cloth with elaborate decorations in gilt and stamped in blind after a design by Sir M Digby Wyatt (1820-1877). All edges gilt 29.5 x 22 x 2.5 cm
11.5 x 8.75 in
(29.5 x 22 cm)
Estimate
Rs 45,000 - 60,000
$645 - 860
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Winning bid
Rs 1,00,200 |
$1,431
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Books on Indian Cookery (Set of 7)
a) CASPER DAWSON, Dainty Dishes for Indian Tables , Calcutta: W Newman and Co., 1908 xxii; 382; 4 Index pages Original cloth boards with gilt title on the front board and at the spine 19 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
8.25 x 5.5 in
(21.2 x 14.2 cm)
Estimate
Rs 50,000 - 75,000
$715 - 1,075
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Winning bid
Rs 1,65,600 |
$2,366
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Social Life in India (Set of 7)
a) FREDERICK BOYLE, India Past and Present , London: Chapman and Hall, 1882 360 pages with original photograph portrait frontispiece Original decorated cloth 20.3 x 14.2 cm
0.5 x 0.5 in
(1 x 1 cm)
Estimate
Rs 50,000 - 75,000
$715 - 1,075
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Winning bid
Rs 60,000 |
$857
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Indian Fairy Tales and Stories (Set of 3)
a) RICHARD BURTON, Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry , London: Longmans Green and Company, 1870 xxiv; 319 pages with 33 illustrations in a wood engraving by Ernest Griset Original red cloth board lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, within an ornamental frame of vampires in black, and at the spine 19.5 x 14 x 3.5 cm
8.75 x 7.25 in
(22.5 x 18.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000
$1,430 - 1,790
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Winning bid
Rs 99,120 |
$1,416
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Books on Punjab (Set of 3)
a) J HUTCHINSON and JEAN PHILIPPE VOGEL, History of the Panjab Hill States , Lahore: Lahore Government Printing, 1933 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: ii; 372 pages Volume II: ii; pp. 373-729; xiii appendix pages Original brown cloth board 25 x 19 x 3 cm (each) Limited edition of 500 copies only
9.75 x 7.5 in
(25 x 19 cm)
Estimate
Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,575 - 4,290
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Winning bid
Rs 3,00,000 |
$4,286
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The History of China and India
JULIA CORNER, The History of China and India: Pictorial and Descriptive by Miss Corner , London: Dean and Co., 1847 iv, ii, iii, iv, iii, [1], iii, 393 pages including China Section (17 tinted lithographs, fold-out map and 76 in-text wood-engravings) and India Section (14 tinted lithographs, fold-out map and 73 in-text wood-engravings) Half leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands 23.8 x 17 x 4 cm
9.25 x 6.75 in
(23.8 x 17 cm)
Estimate
Rs 35,000 - 45,000
$500 - 645
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Rs 42,000 |
$600
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East
E H NOLAN, The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East: The Earliest Times to the Suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859 , London: James S Virtue, circa 1880 A two-volume edition, bound in eight divisions Volume I: viii; 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white vignette; 192pages, 7 engraved plates and 1 folding map Volume II: 8 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 193-392 pages Volume III: 8 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 393-592 pages Volume IV: 7 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 593-792 pages Volume V: 8 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 793-804 and 1-188 pages Volume VI: 8 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 189-388 pages Volume VII: 8 black and white engraved plates; 1 folding map, 389-588 pages Volume VIII: 7 black and white engraved plates; 589-774 pages; viii and 8 advertisement pages Red cloth bindings with elaborate gilt decoration on the spines and gilt vignettes on the fronts, blind embossed decoration on the boards, yellow endpapers 26 x 18 x 12 cm (each)
10.25 x 7 in
(26 x 18 cm)
Estimate
Rs 70,000 - 80,000
$1,000 - 1,145
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Winning bid
Rs 84,000 |
$1,200
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Indian Empire
R MONTOGOMERY MARTIN, The Indian Empire: History, Topography, Geology, Climate, Population, Chief Cities and Provinces; Tributary and Protected States; Military Power and Resources; Religion; Education, Crime; Land tenures; Staple Products; Government, Finance, and Commerce , London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, circa 1860 (Set of 3 Volumes) Volume I: 582 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white engraved vignette title; 2 black and white engraved plates; vii index pages Volume II: 504 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white engraved vignette title; 1 engraved map with outline in colour; 13 black and white engraved plates; vii index pages Volume III: 192 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white engraved vignette title; 1 engraved map with outline in colour; 100 black and white engraved plates Leather-bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine 28 x 20 x 4 cm (each)
11 x 7.75 in
(28 x 20 cm)
Estimate
Rs 85,000 - 1,00,000
$1,215 - 1,430
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Winning bid
Rs 1,02,000 |
$1,457
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India
ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN, The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India: Comprising the Districts of Behar, Shahabad, Bhagulpoor, Goruckpoor, Dinajepoor, Puraniya, Rungpoor, and Assam in relation to their Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Fine Arts, Population, Religion, Education, Statistics, etc. , London: W H Allen and Co., 1838 (Set of 3 Volumes) Volume I: xiii; 3; 53 appendix pages; 560 pages including 16 black and white folded plates related to Behar and Patna; 9 black and white folded plates related to Shahabad; 6 black and white in text-illustrations; 2 black and white maps with outlines in colour Volume II: xxxii; 713 pages including 9 black and white plates and 3 maps with outlines in colour Volume III: v; 1019 pages including 3 maps; 2 black and white plates; 4 black and white plates related to Bhagalpoor; 8 black and white plates related to Goruckpoor; 14 plates related to Dinajppor and 12 black and white woodcut engravings for in-text illustrations Publisher's cloth along with blind-stamped "Buddha" image on the front and back boards 23 x 15 x 12 cm (each)
9 x 6 in
(23 x 15 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
$1,430 - 2,145
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Rs 1,92,600 |
$2,751
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Durbar (Set of 4)
a) MORTIMER MENPES ed., The Durbar , London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903 Original publisher's vellum boards, with top edges gilt 210 pages and 100 colour plates along with tissue guards with the title of each plate printed on it .br.27.5 x 22.5 x 6 cm Signed by Mortimer Menpes, limited edition copy numbered 261 of 1000. The illustrations in this volume were engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under the supervision of the artist.
0.5 x 0.5 in
(1 x 1 cm)
Estimate
Rs 50,000 - 75,000
$715 - 1,075
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Rs 1,45,200 |
$2,074
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
History of Delhi Coronation Durbar Held on 1st of Jan 1903
STEPHEN WHEELER, History of Delhi Coronation Durbar Held on 1st of Jan 1903: To Celebrate the Coronation of King Edward VII, Compiled from the Original Papers by Order of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India , London: John Murray, 1904 xiv; 347 pages including a Plan of the Amphitheatre; plate illustrating the Durbar medal; a folding panorama of the Durbar [equivalent to 4 pages]; large folding seating plan; large folding coloured plan of the camps; 30 full-page photogravure portraits by Walker & Cockerell after various photographers; 18 full-page half-tone illustrations from photographs Bound in full white vellum with a monogram of royal arms in red on front and back cover 33 x 26.6 x 9 cm Limited edition of 250 copies printed on handmade paper
13 x 10.5 in
(33 x 26.6 cm)
Estimate
Rs 1,50,000 - 1,75,000
$2,145 - 2,500
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Rs 3,85,800 |
$5,511
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The History of The Imperial Assemblage at Delhi
JAMES TALBOYS WHEELER, The History of The Imperial Assemblage at Delhi: Held on the 1st January 1877, to celebrate the Assumption of the Title of Empress of India by her Majesty the Queen. Including Historical Sketches of India and Her Princes Past and Present , London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1877 xix; 248 pages; three coloured maps (one double-spread), portraits of 11 Indian Maharajahs, Queen Victoria and Viceroy Lord Lytton and 12 views of Delhi and of the Durbar; one double-spread chromolithograph by Hanhart, depicting the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi; and medallions. (24 of the 26 photographs are by Bourne & Shepherd of Calcutta) Bound in black leather with gilt rules on front and back panels and gilt title on spine 30.4 x 24.1 x 4.5 cm
12 x 9.5 in
(30.4 x 24.1 cm)
Estimate
Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,575 - 4,290
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Rs 3,81,000 |
$5,443
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Illustrated London News: January to June 1876
ANONYMOUS, Illustrated London News: January to June 1876 , London: George C Leighton, 1876 Volume 68; 624 pages illustrated with black and white wood-engravings, many full-page, some double-paged, some larger-folding plates Contemporary binding 42 x 30 x 5 cm
16.5 x 11.75 in
(42 x 30 cm)
Estimate
Rs 40,000 - 50,000
$575 - 715
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Rs 40,320 |
$576
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Bourne & Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages
SAMUEL BOURNE and CHARLES SHEPHERD, Bourne & Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages: Connected with the Progress of H. R. H. The Prince of Wales, through Bengal, the North-West Provinces, the Punjab and Nepal with some descriptive letterpress , Calcutta, Bombay and Simla: Bourne and Shepherd, 1876 79 pages of descriptive text for the Photos; 140 photos plus frontispiece (141) by Colin Murray depicting rulers, military costumes, ethnic, maharajas, shikar etc.br.Original blind-stamped blue cloth with gilt text on the front board and all edges gilt 37.6 x 29 x 4.2 cm
14.75 x 11.5 in
(37.6 x 29 cm)
Estimate
Rs 6,00,000 - 7,00,000
$8,575 - 10,000
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Rs 13,92,720 |
$19,896
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Books on India (Set of 5)
a) JULIA A STONE, Illustrated India: Its Princes and Peoples: Upper, Central and Farther India. Up the Ganges and Down the Indus to Which is Added an Authentic Account of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1877 xvi + 628 pages illustrated with 123 full-page black and white engravings, a map, calendar of Royal Visit Original boards with gilt on brick-coloured cloth boards 23 x 16 x 4.5 cm
0.5 x 0.5 in
(1 x 1 cm)
Estimate
Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000
$1,075 - 1,430
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Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.H. SLEEMAN, Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official , London: J Hatchard and Son, 1844 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xii; 478 pages including one colour chromolithographic frontispiece and 6 colour chromolithographic plates at the end Volume II: x; 459 pages including 1 chromolithographic frontispiece and 24 colour chromolithographic plates covered with tissue guards Contemporary half leather-bound with marbled boards 24.6 x 18 x 7.4 cm (each)
9.75 x 7 in
(24.6 x 18 cm)
Estimate
Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000
$1,145 - 1,430
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The Cities of Gujarashtra
HENRY GEORGE BRIGGS, The Cities of Gujarashtra: Their Topography and History Illustrated in the Journal of a Recent Tour , Bombay: The Times Press, printed by James Chesson, 1849 Original half Morocco 6; iv; 408; xxiv pages including an appendix at back, and a plan on p. 277 29 x 23.5 x 3 cm
11.5 x 9.25 in
(29 x 23.5 cm)
Estimate
Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000
$1,075 - 1,430
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Winning bid
Rs 1,62,600 |
$2,323
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)