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Folk Tales of Bengal - Lal Behari Day - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Nala and Damyanti - Norman Mosley Penzer - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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The Mégha Dúta; or Cloud Messenger - Kalidasa and Horace Hayman Wilson - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana: Translated from the Sanscrit in seven parts with Preface, Introduction, and Concluding Remarks - Sir Richard Francis Burton - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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)

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Visitors Book 1953-2008 of Sir Michael Walker, British High Commissioner, India from 1974-1976 - Anonymous   - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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)

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Mandela: The Authorised Portrait - Mac Mahataj, Ahmed Kathrada and Kate Parkin - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong - James R Hansen - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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The Ascent of Everest - John  Hunt - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car and Thrilling Cities - Ian Lancaster  Fleming - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Signed letter by English landscape artist Thomas Daniell - Thomas  Daniell - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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)

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Rubaiyat Poeme D‘Omar Khayyam - M Robert  Delpeuch - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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

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High quality printed Quran in a customized box with Intarsia - Anonymous   - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix - J K Rowling - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Songs of the Sea from Rudyard Kipling’s Verse - Rudyard  Kipling - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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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.

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Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring - Monier  Williams - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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Monier Williams (1819 - 1899)

Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring

Monier Williams, Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring: An Indian Drama. Translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kalidasa, by Monier Williams, MA, Professor of Sanskrit at the East-India College, Haileybury, formerly Boden scholar at the University of Oxford, Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1855

pp 227 + 27+ xxv, 17 plates; most impressive elaborate binding - for the publisher, Stephen Austin of Hertford - by Zaehnsdorf, full green Moroccan calf leather, heavily decorated in gilt with a central pictorial roundel within a floral design, title also gilt decorated, title in gilt on spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, elaborate endpapers; title enclosed within red-ruled border; colour printed head and tail-pieces, borders, and an added colour-printed title, plus 16 colour-printed plates.
8.75 x 7.25 x 1 in (22.5 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm)

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Pahari Miniature Painting - Karl  Khandalavala - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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Pahari Miniature Painting

Karl Khandalavala, Pahari Miniature Painting, Bombay: The New Book Company Private Limited, 1958

pp. 584 including 47 tipped-in colour plates; 91 black and white photographic plates and 68 black and white illustrations; cloth-backed publisher's illustrated boards with dust jacket covered in mylar.
15 x 10.5 in (38.1 x 26.6 cm)

This copy is numbered 461 out of a limited-edition of 1000 copies.

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Cartoons from Hindi Punch for 1910 - Barjorjee  Nowrosjee - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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Cartoons from Hindi Punch for 1910

Barjorjee Nowrosjee, Cartoons from the Hindi Punch for 1910: Being the Political and Social History of the country during the year told in humorous cartoons & C., Bombay: Barjorjee Nowrosjee at the "Hindi Punch" office, Bombay Samachar Press, Frere Road, Fort, 1910

vi + 36 unpaginated pages of advertisements in English and Gujarati in the beginning + 116 pages including mostly single full page cartoon till page no.100 with the caption in English, pages 5-6, 11-12, 35-36, 45-46, 47-48, 71-72, 79-80, 95-96, 99-100 have double spread cartoons including captions in English + pages 101-116 are Gujarati translation of the English captions + 34 unpaginated pages of advertisements in English and Gujarati at the end; rebound in contemporary half leather binding with gilt text at the spine retaining the original cover page inside.
11.25 x 8.75 x 0.75 in (28.5 x 22.5 x 2.2 cm)

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Art of Mr H Majumdar - C P Ray and P Shome - Signed, First and Limited Edition Books
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Art of Mr H Majumdar

P Shome and C P Ray, Art of Mr H Majumdar: Volume III, Calcutta: Indian Academy of Art, c.1927

11 plates including 1 tipped in colour plate on brown thick paper; original decorated card covers enclosed in a full leather folder
11.5 x 9 x 0.25 in (29.2 x 23.2 x 1 cm)

Signed, dated and inscribed "With Warmest regards to- / S. N Mallik Esq. / Hemendranath signature's / 8/3/25" on the front endpaper.

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