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
Winning bid
Rs 80,400 |
$1,149
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 96,000 |
$1,371
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 78,000 |
$1,114
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 76,800 |
$1,097
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 80,400 |
$1,149
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 42,000 |
$600
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 48,000 |
$686
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 69,720 |
$996
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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
Winning bid
Rs 96,000 |
$1,371
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)