SIGNED, FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION BOOKS (16-17 MAY 2023)

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Lal Behari Day (1824 - 1892) Folk Tales of Bengal Lal Behari Dey, Folk Tales of Bengal, London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1912 xiv, 273 pages with tipped in frontispiece and 31 colour tipped-in plates on thick brown paper by Warwick Goble along with captions on tissue guards; original full vellum binding with intricate patterns in gilt and titles to the front board and spine, top page edges gilted; remainder untrimmed 11.5 x 9.25 x 2.25 in (29.3 x 23.7 x 6 cm) This is a limited deluxe edition of which only 150 copies were issued. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 85,000 - 1,00,000 $1,050 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,185 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Sir George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza George Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1930, First English edition xxix + 78 pages; original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, uncut; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket 7 x 5 x 0.5 in (18 x 12.6 x 1.7 cm) Presentation copy from the Author. Bearing presentation humorously inscribed by Shaw on the half-title: "Well, just to spite your / Eldest Sister / and your / Extraordinary Mother / who won't let you read St. Joan / (she has evidently not read it herself) / here goes! / G. Bernard Shaw / for Joan Noel Anderson / 16th May 1931." 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 85,000 - 1,00,000 $1,050 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,08,000 \| $1,333 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London: George Allen, Reprint edition; "March, 1895" indication on copyright. 476 pages including frontispiece, title, illustrations, head- and tail-pieces, initials and decorations by Hugh Thomson; original green cloth, spine and front cover elaborately gilt-blocked with peacock design, new endpapers, all gilt edges. Inked ownership inscription to half-title. 7.25 x 5 x 1.25 in (18.5 x 12.8 x 3.3 cm) This Peacock Edition has become a classic of book design. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,855 - 2,470 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,50,000 \| $1,852 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Norman Mosley Penzer (1892 - 1960) Nala and Damyanti Norman M Penzer, Nala & Damayanti, London: A M Philpot Ltd., 1926 xi, 207 pages with 10 colour plate illustrations by Paul Zenker; fully bound in polished calf leather with gilt rules along the edges, with nicely decorated spines containing gold gilt decoration and red and green panels containing author and title with 5 raised bands, gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers 8.5 x 6.75 x 0.5 in (22 x 17.5 x 2 cm) Edition limited to 1,000 copies for England and America, of which this is No. 342. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $620 - 745 Details	Winning bid Rs 48,000 \| $593 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Kalidasa and Horace Hayman Wilson The Mégha Dúta; or Cloud Messenger Kalidasa and Horace Hayman Wilson, The Mégha Dúta; or Cloud Messenger: A Poem in the Sanskrit language: by Calidasa. Translated into English verse, with notes and illustrations, by H.H. Wilson, Calcutta printed: London: reprinted for Black, Parry, and Co., 1814 xxii, 23-175 pp.; full leather bound with new spine with gilt text and 4 raised bands 8.75 x 5.25 x 0.5 in (22.2 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm) Wilson's first published Sanskrit translation, the first publication of the Meghaduta in the West. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 50,000 - 60,000 $620 - 745 Details	Winning bid Rs 48,000 \| $593 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana: Translated from the Sanscrit in seven parts with Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana: Translated from the Sanscrit in seven parts with Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks, London and Benares: Kama Shastra Society, 1883, Second reprint printed for private circulation only 181 pages plus a page advertising two other works issued by the Council of the Kama Shastra Society; bound in full vellum and gold ruling on the cover; gilt titles on the spine. Deckle edges. 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 in (19.8 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $930 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $963 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Major Evans Bell (1825 - 1887) The Annexation of The Punjab and The Maharajah Duleep Singh Major Evans Bell, The Annexation Of The Punjab And The Maharajah Duleep Singh By Major Evans Bell, London: Trubner and Co., 1882 108 pages; original red embossed cloth with gilt titles to front and spine 8.75 x 6 x 0.25 in (22.5 x 15 x 1 cm) Autograph note Signed by Maharajah Duleep Singh on a single sheet of laid paper written on one side on the letterhead of Royal Hotel, Lowestoft measuring 20.2 x 12.7 cm which is pasted on the front end paper, c.1855-85. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,855 - 2,470 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,44,000 \| $1,778 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Anonymous Visitors Book 1953-2008 of Sir Michael Walker, British High Commissioner, India from 1974-1976 Visitors Book 1953-2008 of Sir Michael Walker, British High Commissioner, India from 1974-1976 with fantastic item full of over 100 signatures includes some historical and rare signatures such as that of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Edward Heath, Douglas Hurd, Alec Douglas-Home, Prince Charles, Chris Bonington, Graham Hill, Eileen Reynolds, Dennis Healey, Roy Hattersley, Admiral Derek Empson, General Michael Carver, ACM Brian Burnett, Lord Rhodes and Lord Blyton. A 100 page single lined visitors book measuring 24.6 x 19 x 2 cm with 72 pages of signatures of the dignitaries; full leather bound with gilt text at the upper board, housed in a customized solander box measuring 11 x 8.5 x 1.5 in (28 x 21.5 x 4 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,235 - 1,855 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,185 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 12

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Mac Mahataj, Ahmed Kathrada and Kate Parkin Mandela: The Authorised Portrait Mac Mahataj, Ahmed Kathrada and Kate Parkin, Mandela: The Authorised Portrait, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2006 355 pages with 250 images and features material taken from private collections as well as the Nelson Mandela Foundation archive; hardbound with dust jacket 12 x 9.25 x 1.25 in (30.5 x 23.5 x 3.5 cm) Signed inside by Nelson Mandela on an attached bookplate dated 11.3.03. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 80,000 - 1,00,000 $990 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 90,000 \| $1,111 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 13

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James R Hansen (b.1952) First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong James R Hansen, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, London. New York. Sydney. Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 2005 xi + [2] + 769 pages including 24 pages with black and white photographs; hardbound with gilt text at the spine along with pictorial dust jacket 9.5 x 6 x 2.25 in (24.2 x 15.5 x 5.8 cm) Signed and inscribed by "Neil Armstrong" on a paper along with a colour photograph of Neil Armstrong loosely inserted in corner slits on the front end papers. The consecutive pages has 2 more photographs loosely inserted in corner slits. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 70,000 - 90,000 $865 - 1,115 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $963 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Salman Rushdie (b.1947) Two Stories Salman Rushdie, Two Stories, [Cambridge]: Privately printed, 1989 With five woodcuts and three linocuts by Bhupen Khakhar, printed on Aches vellin paper with deckled edges, and dark mustard colored end papers. Boards are bound in chocolate brown cloth with leather and gilt motif pasted on the front board and leather and gilt title strip on the spine. Housed in original slipcase 5 x 4 x 2 in (13 x 10 x 5 in) Privately printed Limited and First Edition, one of 60 copies bound in cloth. Signed by Rushdie to the limitation page. This is copy number 49. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,10,000 - 1,30,000 $1,360 - 1,605 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,08,000 \| $1,333 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita (Margaret E Noble) Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita (Margaret E Noble), Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists, London: George G Harrap and Company Ltd., 1913 pp. xii, 400 pages with 32 very fine colour plates including a frontispiece, all the plates by Indian artists such as Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, K Venkatappa, Surendra Nath Kar, Kshitindra Nath Mazumdar and Asit Kumar Haldar all working under Tagore; finely printed on Japanese vellum, with captioned tissue guards for plates; publisher's vellum over boards, with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration of GANESHA to the upper board, top edge gilt; others untrimmed. 9.8 x 7 x 2.6 in (24.5 x 17.5 x 6.5 cm) An out-of-series copy from a limited edition of just 75 copies of which this is an unnumbered copy. Other copies were numbered and signed by George G Harrap & Co. This is the Deluxe first edition. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 $1,545 - 1,855 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,44,000 \| $1,778 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 26

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John Hunt (1910 - 1998) The Ascent of Everest John Hunt, The Ascent of Everest, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954, first edition, third impression xx + 300 pages including 48 half-tone plates and many in-text illustrations after pen-and-ink sketches and 8 colour photographs, 4 maps, sketches, 9 appendices, glossary, and index; original blue cloth covers with gilt text at the spine without dust jacket 9 x 6 x 1.25 in (22.8 x 15 x 3.2 cm) Hand-signed by Sherpa Tenzing in navy blue ink on the frontispiece. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $745 - 990 Details	Winning bid Rs 60,000 \| $741 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 28

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Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908 - 1964) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car and Thrilling Cities . Ian Fleming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964 (In 3 Volumes) Volume I,II,III: 48 pages with illustrations in colour & in b/w (both full page and within text) by John Burningham; hardbound in pictorial boards, matching unclipped dustjacket and pictorial endpapers (each) 9.25 x 6.5 x 0.25 in (23.6 x 16.5 x 1 cm) (each) Ian Fleming's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car" is a series of three volumes of children's books first published in 1964 and became an instant classic, beloved by children and adults alike. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 40,000 - 60,000 $495 - 745 Details	Winning bid Rs 42,000 \| $519 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 30

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Thomas Daniell (1749 - 1840) Signed letter by English landscape artist Thomas Daniell Signed and handwritten letter in black ink by Thomas Daniell, dated 21st September 1814, inviting William Upcot for tea, with rare stamp of unpaid postage, single page, 9 x 7 in (22.8 x 17.7 cm) NON-EXPORTABLE 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 25,000 - 30,000 $310 - 375 Details	Winning bid Rs 60,000 \| $741 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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M Robert Delpeuch Rubaiyat Poeme D‘Omar Khayyam M Robert Delpeuch, Rubaiyat Poeme D'Omar Khayyam, Paris: Studio Edition: Librairie P Ollendorff, 1910 Complete set of 12 colour plates by Abanindranath Tagore tipped in on thick cardboard sheets with tissue guards as issued, each print set within grey borders printed on the board with tissue guards carrying the quatrain on which each painting is based printed in red, top edges gilt, with 16-page string-tied booklet printed in London (carrying the 75 quatrains in the first edition of Edward Fitzgerald's version published in 1859), translated into French by M Robert Delpeuch; set loose as issued in original cloth fold-over portfolio with paper cover label, ribbon ties Size of prints: 7.5 x 5.25 in (19 x 13.3 cm) Size of cardboard mounts: 12 x 9.5 in (30 x 24 cm) Size of the book: 12.25 x 8.5 x 1 in (31.2 x 22 x 2.5 cm) Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is Copy No. 57 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $930 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,185 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 33

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Anonymous High quality printed Quran in a customized box with Intarsia High quality printed Quran with 516 pages measuring 13.5 x 10 x 1.25 in (34.5 x 25.5 x 3.5 cm) with full leatherbound and gilt decoration on the boards enclosed in a box decorated with Intarsia measuring 15.5 x 11.5 x 4 in (39.5 x 29.5 x 10.2 cm), cladded with red velvet from inside. This exquisite box exemplifies the Islamic-inspired Intarsia technique, which is entirely formed of geometrical patterns and, as such, is more difficult to put within a specific context. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 40,000 - 50,000 $495 - 620 Details	Winning bid Rs 54,000 \| $667 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 34

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J K Rowling (b.1965) Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2003, first edition, first impression 766 pages; original illustrated boards with fine dust jacket having cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft 8 x 5.5 x 2.75 in (20.5 x 14 x 7 cm) Signed by J K Rowling on a bookplate on the endpaper. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 75,000 $745 - 930 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,185 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) Songs of the Sea from Rudyard Kipling’s Verse Rudyard Kipling, Songs of the Sea from Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1927 xi + 99 pages including 12 colour plates and numerous monotone illustrations throughout by Donald Maxwell; original quarter vellum with light blue-grey paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, housed in original slipcase. 11.5 x 9.5 x 0.75 in (29.5 x 24 x 2 cm) 12 x 9.5 x 1 in (30.5 x 24.5 x 3 cm) (with slipcase) Signed by the author to the limitation page. First edition, one of 500 large paper copies. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 75,000 $745 - 930 Details	Winning bid Rs 66,000 \| $815 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Stanley Reed The Royal Tour in India. A Record of the Tour of T. R. H. The Prince and Princess of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906 Stanley Reed, The Royal Tour in India. A Record of the Tour of T. R. H. The Prince and Princess of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906, Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co, 1906, first edition xxiv, 518 pages, [10] pp.; frontispiece portraits with tissue guards, full-page map, illustrated after photographs throughout, half-title; printed on specially made thick art glossy paper, containing 30 full-page portraits of British Royal families, Princes, Princesses, Governors, Indian Kings, 57 full-page images of different ceremonies, processions, rituals, different places in India and 213 small pages of aforesaid items; original publisher's maroon morocco leather binding with gilt text on the front boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt 12 x 9.25 in (30.4 x 23.4 cm) This is a special deluxe binding edition which was done only for a few copies. Most of the copies are found to be bound in plain blue cloth. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $930 - 1,235 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,481 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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