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

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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography [Signed by Nehru and Indira Gandhi] Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography, With Musings on The Recent Events in India, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, July 1936 pp. xiv, 618 pages including 13 black and white plates; original green cloth without dustjacket 8.5 x 6 x 2 in (22 x 15 x 5 cm) Signed "Jawaharlal Nehru / Feb. 1949" on the half title page and by his daughter in full "Indira Nehru Gandhi", on the front end paper. India's first and, to date, only female prime minister. A wonderful association copy. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 $3,090 - 3,705 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,00,000 \| $3,704 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 55

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948) The Story of My Experiments with Truth Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Ahmedabad: Navajivan Press and Navajivan Karyalaya, 1933-29 Volume I: [12] + 602 pages including author's halftone photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard; 1933, reprint of the 1927 first edition. Gandhi's famous quote in African language pasted on the front end paper typed "gedagte vir dié dag / Leef asof jy more gaan sterf. Leer asof / jy vir ewig gaan leef" which means "Thought for the day: Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were going to live forever. Volume II: viii + 608 pages including author's halftone photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard; 1929, first edition Original beige cloth boards with spine and front panel lettered black, uncut edges (each) 9.25 x 6.25 x 2 in (23.6 x 16 x 4 cm) (each) Mahatma Gandhi's classic autobiography. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 $3,090 - 3,705 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,88,000 \| $3,556 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Nicholas Roerich (1874 - 1947) Himalaya 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; publishers brown gilt-lettered, decorated cloth cover, decorated endpapers along with original slip case. 15 x 12 in (38 x 30.5 cm) This is a first and a limited-edition copy. This copy is numbered 164 out of a limited-edition of 500 copies. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 3,50,000 - 4,00,000 $4,325 - 4,940 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,60,000 \| $4,444 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) The Crescent Moon: Child Poems [Signed by Rabindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose] Rabindranath Tagore, The Crescent Moon: Child Poems, New York: Macmillan, 1914 xii, ii, 82 pages including 8 coloured plates by Nandalal Bose; bound in light blue cloth, retaining the original upper cover with designs in gilt by T Sturge Moore 7.25 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (18.8 x 14 x 1.2 cm) Signed by Rabindranath Tagore on the front end paper, and signed by Nandalal Bose beneath the plate "The Home" (after a painting by Nandalal Bose himself) facing page number 1. An extremely rare book signed both by Rabindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose, a unique book one of its own kind in the world. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 5,00,000 - 6,00,000 $6,175 - 7,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 4,80,000 \| $5,926 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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