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The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring [Signed Copy of Sarojini Naidu] - Sarojini Naidu - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949)

The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring [Signed Copy of Sarojini Naidu]

Sarojini Naidu, The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1914

xii, 103 pp.; hardbound with dust jacket
9 x 5.75 in (23.2 x 15 cm)

Autograph manuscript of an unpublished or variant poem, signed (“Sarojini Naidu”) and dated “13th Feb 1916” / “March 1917” Bombay, written in ink on the front pastedown endpaper.

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Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Inclusive Edition 1885–1918 [Signed and Limited Edition book] - Rudyard Kipling - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Inclusive Edition 1885–1918 [Signed and Limited Edition book]

Rudyard Kipling, Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Inclusive Edition 1885–1918, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919

xiv, 783 pages; publisher’s original quarter parchment over dark green paper-covered boards; top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Title page printed in red and black with publisher’s device (pre-Nazi-era swastika, a symbol Kipling adopted from Indian culture). Spine with gilt border rules and panels (gilt lettering faint); uncut edges; endpapers unwatermarked, likely as issued.
9.5 x 6.5 x 2 in (24.5 x 16.5 x 4.8 cm)

Limited "Autograph Edition," one of 250 copies signed by the author, this being No. 211.

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Rabindranath Tagore: A Biographical Study [Signed book by Tagore] - Ernest Rhys - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Ernest Rhys (1859 - 1946)

Rabindranath Tagore: A Biographical Study [Signed book by Tagore]

Ernest Rhys, Rabindranath Tagore: A Biographical Study, London & New York: Macmillan, 1925. First edition

xvi, 157 pp., including 8 full-page black-and-white portraits and photographs of Tagore and key associates, interspersed in the text; original blue cloth with dust jacket, gilt title to spine
7.5 x 5 in (19 × 13 cm)

SIGNED BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON THE TITLE PAGE.

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Himalaya [Limied Edition Copy] - Nicholas Roerich - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947)

Himalaya [Limied Edition Copy]

Nicholas Roerich, Himalaya, New York: Brentanos, 1926

210 pages with 24 tipped-in colour plates and 78 monotone plates, including essays by writer Georgy Grebenshchikov, a critic of Ivan Narodniy, very important for understanding his work, as well as articles by Francis R Grant and Mary Zigrist, and "Banners of the East" by Nicholas Roerich; original publisher’s binding in deep aubergine cloth-covered boards with gilt title and emblem to upper cover, as issued. Deckle edges, decorated endpapers
15 x 12 in (38 x 30.5 cm)

This is a first and a limited-edition copy. This copy is numbered 305 out of a limited edition of 500 copies.

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Illustrated by Asit Kumar Haldar] - Edward Fitzgerald - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam [Illustrated by Asit Kumar Haldar]

Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Filtzgerald version), Allahabad: The Indian Press Limited, 1930

Sixteen-page ribbon-bound booklet of Khayyam's quatrains and twelve colour plates done by Asit Kumar Haldar tipped-in on individual thick cardboard sheets with tissue guards bearing the relevant quatrain in red; original silk-covered decorative purpose-built cardboard fold-over box portfolio with decorative gilt titles on both boards and a gilt-and-polychrome illustrated label on rear board and with wooden toggles
Plates: 10.5 x 6.5 in (26.6 x 16.5 cm)
Cardboard mounts: 14.5 x 10 in (36.8 x 25 cm)
Box: 15 x 10.5 in (38.1 x 26.6 cm)
Booklet: 13.5 x 8.5 in (34.2 x 21.5 cm)

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Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich, His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years 1889-1929 [Signed and Limited Ediiton Copy] - A V Yaremenko - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich, His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years 1889-1929 [Signed and Limited Ediiton Copy]

A V Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich, His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years 1889-1929, New York: Central Book Trading Co., 1931

A complete suite of unbound 119 colour and black-and-white reproductions of Roerich's paintings, of which 36 are in four colours and 86 in two colours or tinted half tones, printed on heavy stock paper and Nubian paper, with each plate captioned at the lower bottom on a tipped-in silver paper + picture of the Roerich museum + frontispiece + cover illustration + 32-page introductory text titled "Anniversary Publication on Nicholas Roerich 1889-1929", unbound and in original wax paper; original cloth-backed suede with mounted portrait of Nicholas Roerich by his son, patterned end papers; enclosed in a marbled slipcase.
13.25 x 10.25 x 2 in (34 x 26 x 5.5 cm)
13.5 x 10.25 x 2.25 in (34.5 x 26 x 6 cm) (with slipcase)

This is edition number 3 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed by the author.

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Chughtai`s Indian Paintings [Signed by Chughtai] - Abdur Rahman Chughtai and S Kashmira Singh - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Chughtai`s Indian Paintings [Signed by Chughtai]

Foreword by Dr Tara Chand/ Introduction and notes by Principal S Kashmira Singh, Chughtai's Indian Paintings, New Delhi: Dhoomi Mal Dharam Das, 1951

pp. 21; 35 full-page tipped plates, twenty-seven in colours with tissue guards carrying extensive commentaries; 8 small black and white tipped-in plates based on Chughtai's line drawings in the introduction. The text also has a one-page note by Chughtai and a one-page note by the publisher; contemporary black textured faux-leather boards; upper cover with a mounted monochrome halftone portrait of a woman in profile (likely after Chughtai’s design) and a typographic label printed in bold black capitals on a cream background: CHUGHTAI’S INDIAN PAINTINGS affixed at the lower right corner. Plain cream endpapers.
15.5 x 12 x 0.9 in (39.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm)

Presentation Copy – Signed by the Artist. Inscribed by the artist in blue ink on the front free endpaper: “To / Claire and George / Abdur Rahman Chughtai/ 28.6.64”

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Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography. With Musings on Recent Events in India [Signed Copy of Nehru] - Jawaharlal Nehru - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)

Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography. With Musings on Recent Events in India [Signed Copy of Nehru]

Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography. With Musings on Recent Events in India, London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1955

xiii, 623 pp. with a photographic frontispiece portrait captioned “The author—first Prime Minister of India”; original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine with dust jacket. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine.
8.5 x 5.75 in (22 x 14.5 cm)

Signed Association Copy: Boldly signed and dated “Jawaharlal Nehru/ 29.6.1957” on the title page. A rare presentation or modestly limited issue signed in the mid-1950s.

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My India [Signed Copy by Jim Corbett] - Jim Corbett - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Jim Corbett (1875 - 1955)

My India [Signed Copy by Jim Corbett]

Jim Corbett, My India, London: Oxford University Press, 1952

190 pages; original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine; pictorial dust jacket featuring a tiger illustration and decorative endpaper map of northern India. Housed in a custom-made half blue morocco and marbled paper slipcase with decorative gilt rules and title to spine.
8.4 x 5.6 in (21 x 14 cm)

Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the title page: “Yours very sincerely, Jim Corbett”, with an additional location/date annotation: “Nyeri, 2/8/52”.

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After Everest: An Autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa [Signed Copy] - Tenzing Norgay Sherpa - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Tenzing Norgay Sherpa (1914 - 1986)

After Everest: An Autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa [Signed Copy]

Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, After Everest: An Autobiography. As told to Malcolm Barnes, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1977, first edition.

184 pages, including photographic plates; original green cloth-backed boards, spine titled in silver, original pictorial dust jacket featuring a dramatic colour photograph of Mount Everest.
8.5 x 5.75 i (22 x 14.5 cm)

Boldly signed and dated by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on the title page: “Tenzing Norgay / 2 / 6 / 77”

A rare signed presentation copy by the legendary Himalayan mountaineer, co-conqueror of Everest alongside Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.

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88 Husain in Oils 003 [Husain book along with a signed sketch by him] - Khalid Mohamed - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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88 Husain in Oils 003 [Husain book along with a signed sketch by him]

Khalid Mohamed, 88 Husain in Oils 003, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai: Galerie 88, Vadehra Art Gallery and Pundole Art Gallery, 2003

196 pages with a total of 88 plates, including 22 plates each of the "Bombay Suite", "Kolkata Suite", "New Delhi Suite" and "Paris Suite"; hardbound with dust jacket
15.5 x 12 x 1 in (39.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm)

The book includes a silver-inked, signed sketch of Husain's iconic horses by the artist, measuring 38.5 x 29.5 cm, on the beginning endpaper.

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Three Prints from "Views of Calcutta" - William Baille - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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William Baille (1752 - 1799)

Three Prints from "Views of Calcutta"

a) William Baillie
North View of the Water Gate and Royal Barracks, Fort William
1794
Hand-coloured aquatint on laid paper
Image Size: 11.25 x 14.75 in (28.7 x 37.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 12 x 15.75 in (30.5 x 40 cm)
Plate number 9 from Twelve Views of Calcutta


b) William Baillie
North East View of the Military Orphan House, near Calcutta for the Children of Officers
1794
Hand-coloured aquatint on laid paper
Image Size: 11.25 x 14.75 in (28.7 x 37.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 12 x 15.75 in (30.5 x 40 cm)
Plate number 11 from Twelve Views of Calcutta

c) William Baillie
South View of Calcutta, Taken from the Glacis of Fort William
1794
Hand-coloured aquatint on laid paper
Image Size: 11.25 x 14.75 in (28.7 x 37.5 cm)
Sheet Size: 12 x 15.75 in (30.5 x 40 cm)
Plate number 10 from Twelve Views of Calcutta

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Hindoo Temples at Bindrabund on the River Jumna - Thomas Daniell - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840)

Hindoo Temples at Bindrabund on the...
April 1797

Original hand-coloured aquatint on paper

Print size: 18 x 23.5 in (46 x 59.8 cm)
Sheet size: 19 x 25.5 in (48.2 x 65 cm)

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The Armenian Bridge, near St. Thomas’s Mount, Madras - Thomas Daniell after Thomas and William Daniell - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Armenian Bridge, near St. Thomas’s...
March 1798

Hand-coloured aquatint on wove paper

17.25 x 23 in (43.5 x 58.2 cm)

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Untitled [Two Architectural Views of the Kailasa Temple, Ellora: Viswakarma and Kailasa] - Thomas Daniell after James Wales - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Untitled [Two Architectural Views of...

a) Thomas Daniell after James Wales
Viswakarma, Exterior View
June 2, 1803
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
18 x 23.5 in (45.5 x 60 cm)


b) Thomas Daniell after James Wales
N. E. View of Kailasa
June 2, 1803
Hand-coloured aquatint on paper
18 x 23.5 in (45.5 x 60 cm)

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Oriental Field Sports of the East; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East [Large-format Deluxe Edition] - Captain Thomas Williamson - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Oriental Field Sports of the East; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East [Large-format Deluxe Edition]

Captain Thomas Williamson and Samuel Howitt, Oriental field sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other domesticated animals; as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents; the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes......, London: Edward Orme, 1907


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A Set of Five Coloured Engravings from the War in the Punjab - W Kohler after L'Enfant Brothers - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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A Set of Five Coloured Engravings from...
circa 1846

Hand-colour etching on paper (each)

Each approximately 15.75 x 19 in (40 x 48 cm) (including frame)

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The Triumphal Reception of the Seikh Guns at Calcutta, Dedicated to the Army of the Sutledge under the Command of Gen. Sir Hugh Gough, Commander-in-Chief and the Rt. Hon’ble Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor General, Second in Command - F C Lewis and C G Lewis after William Tayler - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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The Triumphal Reception of the Seikh...
Circa 1850s

Later hand-coloured steel engraving on paper

27 x 42.25 in (68.5 x 107.5 cm)

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A Panoramic View of Bombay from Malabar Hill - Leon Jean-Baptiste Sabatier after Rev. W H Carpendale - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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A Panoramic View of Bombay from Malabar ...
1860

Colour lithograph on paper

Print size: 17.25 x 56 in (44 x 142 cm)
Sheet size: 20 x 58.5 in (50.5 x 148.5 cm)

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Lot 100
Procession réligieuse dans les galeries du couvent de Ramisseram près de Ceylan – Juin 1841 - L H de Rudder after Alexis Soltykoff - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Procession réligieuse dans les galeries ...
Circa 1850

Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper

19.5 x 23.5 in (49.5 x 60 cm)

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