ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AUCTION (15-16 JANUARY 2020)

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Lot 48

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William Rice Tiger-Shooting in India WILLIAM RICE, Tiger-Shooting in India: Being an Account of Hunting Experiences on Foot in Rajpotana, During the Hot Seasons from 1850 to 1854, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857 xviii; 219 pages including 1 frontispiece and 11 colour chromolithograph plates from the sketches by the author Contemporary binding with top edge gilt along with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands 26.5 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm 10.5 x 7.25 in (26.5 x 18.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000 $1,430 - 1,790 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,32,600 \| $1,894 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 49

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William Rice, R G Burton, Frank Sheffield et al Indian Shikar (Set of 7) a) WILLIAM RICE, Indian Game (From Quail to Tiger) , London: W H Allen and Co., 1884 iv, 221, [6] appendix pages with 13 plates including 12 full-page tinted lithographs Original gilt-pictorial green cloth over bevel-edged boards.br.26 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm 10.25 x 7 in (26 x 17.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 75,000 $715 - 1,075 Details	Winning bid Rs 60,000 \| $857 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 50

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Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864 - 1944) The Indian Ducks and Their Allies E C STUART BAKER, The Indian Ducks and Their Allies, London: Bombay Natural History Society, 1908 xi; 292 pages including 30 coloured plates with deckled edges Original half Morocco green cloth binding with upper edges gilt 27.5 x 19.5 x 4 cm Limited edition of 1200 copies 10.75 x 7.75 in (27.5 x 19.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 25,000 - 30,000 $360 - 430 Details	Winning bid Rs 68,400 \| $977 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 57

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Henry Moses, James Douglas and G W Clutterbuck Books on Bombay (Set of 3) a) HENRY MOSES, Sketches of India with Notes on the Seasons, Scenery and Society of Bombay, Elephanta and Salsette, London: Simkin Marshall and Co., 1850 xviii; 300 pages with 1 black and white frontispiece Original marbled boards with fresh spine 20 x 13.2 x 8 cm 7.75 x 5.5 in (20 x 14 cm)
Estimate Rs 30,000 - 40,000 $430 - 575 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $1,114 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 65

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Charles George Dixon Sketch of Mairwara CHARLES GEORGE DIXON, Sketch of Mairwara: Giving a Brief Account of the Origin and Habits of the Mairs; Their Subjugation by a British force; Their Civilisation, and Conversion into an Industrious Peasantry; with descriptions of various works of irrigation in Mairwara and Ajmeer, constructed to facilitate the operations of agriculture, and guard the districts against drought and famine, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1850 vi; 241 pages including 9 tinted lithographed plates after C Herbert and F J Burgess (of which 8 are of the views); 2 folding maps (one large hand-coloured on thin linen); and 18 plans and maps of irrigation systems (4 double-page, 9 folding); 3 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; advertisement leaf at end Contemporary leather bound with gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands 28.5 x 22 x 4 cm 11.25 x 8.75 in (28.5 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $715 - 860 Details	Winning bid Rs 85,200 \| $1,217 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 66

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Captain John Butler Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam CAPTAIN JOHN BUTLER, Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam: During a Residence of Fourteen years, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1854 x; 268 including 8 tinted lithograph plates; 2 folding maps in the pocket at the end Original leather-bound with marbled edges and fresh spine 22 x 15 x 2.5 cm Author's Inscribed Copy 8.75 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $715 - 860 Details	Winning bid Rs 80,400 \| $1,149 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 70

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Marianne Postans Cutch; or Random Sketches MARIANNE POSTANS, Cutch; or Random Sketches: Taken During a Residence in One of the Northern Provinces of Western India; Interspersed with Legends and Traditions, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1839 283 pages including 1 black and white engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white engraved vignette title; 1 black and white engraved map; 1 folded colour engraved plate and 12 engraved colour plate from original drawings by the author Clothbound with blind, gilt embossed on the spine 23 x 15 x 2.1 cm 9 x 6 in (23 x 15 cm)
Estimate Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000 $1,145 - 1,430 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,371 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 80

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Emma Roberts (1791 - 1840) Hindostan, Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs EMMA ROBERTS, Hindostan, Its Landscapes, Palaces, Temples, Tombs; the Shores of the Red Sea, and the Sublime and Romantic Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains, London: The Caxton Press for Fisher, Son & Co., 1846 (Set of 2 Volumes in 1).br.128; 104 pages and 99 black and white engraved plates Contemporary gilt-stamped decorated red cloth, with all edges gilt and fresh spine 29 x 23 x 1.5 cm 0.5 x 0.5 in (1 x 1 cm)
Estimate Rs 65,000 - 85,000 $930 - 1,215 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $1,114 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 81

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Reginald Heber (1783 - 1826) Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India REGINALD HEBBER, Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825: (with notes upon Ceylon): An account of a journey to Madras and the Southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, London: John Murray, 1828 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xlvii; 1 black and white wood-engraved frontispiece; 631 pages including 4 of 5 engraved plates (1 missing); 20 black and white wood engravings; 1 folding map with outlines in colour Volume II: vi; [2]; 1 black and white frontispiece; 515 pages including 4 black and white engraved plates; 4 black and white wood engravings Contemporary leather bound with gilt text on a black label on the front board and at the spine 29.5 x 23 x 5.5 cm (each) 11.5 x 9 in (29.5 x 23 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $715 - 860 Details	Winning bid Rs 76,800 \| $1,097 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 82

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Captain Robert Elliot Views in India CAPTAIN ROBERT ELLIOT, Views in India: China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea, with Historical and Descriptive Illustrations, London: H Fisher, Son and Co., 1833 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: 1 colour frontispiece; 1 black and white vignette title page; 68 pages including 32 black and white engraved plates Volume II: 1 black and white frontispiece; 1 black and white vignette title page; 64 including 28 black and white engraved plates Decorative leather bound with gilt text at the spine with 4 raised bands 27.3 x 22 x 2 cm (each) 10.75 x 8.75 in (27.3 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $860 - 1,145 Details	Winning bid Rs 80,400 \| $1,149 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 83

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Lieutenant Colonel George Augustus Fitzclarence (1794 - 1842) Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE AUGUSTUS FITZCLARENCE, Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt to England: In the Latter End of The Year 1817 and the Beginning of 1818 by Lieutenant Colonel Fitzclarence, London: John Murray, 1819 xxv; 502; [1] pages with 12 plates (9 hand-coloured), 7 maps and plans (including one large folding map of the Seat of War in India); errata leaf Contemporary leather bound with gilt text at the spine along with 4 raised bands 27.5 x 22 x 4.2 cm 10.75 x 8.75 in (27.5 x 22 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,430 - 2,145 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,714 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 90

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George Francis White (1808 - 1898) Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains GEORGE FRANCIS WHITE, Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains, London: Fisher Sons and Co, 1838 x; 94 pages including 1 black and white steel engraved frontispiece; 1 black and white steel engraved vignette title; 35 steel engraved plates with tissue guards Contemporary leather bound with gilt decoration on the front and back boards along with gilt decoration on the spine with 4 raised bands 32.5 x 26 x 2.7 cm 12.75 x 10.25 in (32.5 x 26 cm)
Estimate Rs 35,000 - 45,000 $500 - 645 Details	Winning bid Rs 42,000 \| $600 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 91

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Maria Graham (1785 - 1842) Journal of Residence of India MARIA GRAHAM, Journal of Residence of India, Edinburgh and London: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 211 pages; 1 hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece; 2 folding engraved plates; 13 engraved plates (one of the Castle and Parade at Cape Town and another of St. James's Town St. Helena) Half leather-bound with cloth boards and gilt text at the spine 27 x 22.5 x 2.5 cm 10.75 x 8.75 in (27 x 22.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 40,000 - 50,000 $575 - 715 Details	Winning bid Rs 48,000 \| $686 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 92

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Louis Rousselet (1845 - 1929) India and its Native Princes LOUIS ROUSSELET, India and its Native Princes: Travels in Central India and in the residencies of Bombay and Bengal, London: Chapman and Hall, 1876 xviii; 579 numbered pages including 1 full-page engraved frontispiece; 112 black and white full-page engraved plates; 217 black and white plates and 6 black and white maps Original, ornamental green cloth cover, intricately blind, gilt embossed, front cover 35.5 x 29.5 x 5.5 cm 14 x 11.5 in (35.5 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate Rs 65,000 - 75,000 $930 - 1,075 Details	Winning bid Rs 69,720 \| $996 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 93

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Thomas Rowlandson The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan THOMAS ROWLANDSON, The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan: A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos, London: Thomas Jegg, 1816 x; 252 pages, 1 folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece; 1 hand colour aquatint pictorial title; 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates illustrated with engravings by Thomas Rowlandson and 1 with sepia wash Half leather bound with marbled boards and gilt text at the spine 24 x 15 x 2.5 cm 9.5 x 6 in (24 x 15 cm)
Estimate Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000 $1,145 - 1,430 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,371 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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