A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)

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Lot 81

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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Heinemann Ltd., 1914 xii, 103 pp.; hardbound with dust jacket 9 x 5.75 in (23.2 x 15 cm) Autograph manuscript of an unpublished or variant poem, signed (“Sarojini Naidu”) and dated “13th Feb 1916” / “March 1917” Bombay, written in ink on the front pastedown endpaper. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,80,000 \| $2,069 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 82

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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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,12,000 \| $3,586 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 83

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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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,28,000 \| $2,621 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 84

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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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000 $3,450 - 5,750 Details	Winning bid Rs 18,00,000 \| $20,690 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 85

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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) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 96,000 \| $1,103 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 86

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A V Yaremenko 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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 3,00,000 - 5,00,000 $3,450 - 5,750 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,12,000 \| $3,586 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 87

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Abdur Rahman Chughtai and S Kashmira Singh 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” 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,150 - 1,725 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,14,000 \| $1,310 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 88

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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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,28,000 \| $2,621 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 89

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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”. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,32,000 \| $1,517 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 90

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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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $865 - 1,150 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,64,000 \| $3,034 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 91

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Khalid Mohamed 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. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,725 - 2,300 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,84,000 \| $4,414 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 92

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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	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000 $3,450 - 4,025 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 3,84,000 \| $4,414 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 93

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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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000 $4,600 - 6,900 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 4,20,000 \| $4,828 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 94

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Thomas Daniell after Thomas and William Daniell (1749 - 1840) 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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000 $4,600 - 6,900 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 4,56,000 \| $5,241 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 95

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Thomas Daniell after James Wales 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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000 $6,900 - 9,200 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 6,00,000 \| $6,897 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 96

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Captain Thomas Williamson (1790 - 1815) 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 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 10,00,000 - 15,00,000 $11,495 - 17,245 Details

Lot 97

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W Kohler after L’Enfant Brothers 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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 5,00,000 - 7,00,000 $5,750 - 8,050 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 5,40,000 \| $6,207 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 98

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F C Lewis and C G Lewis after William Tayler (b.1779) 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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 6,00,000 - 8,00,000 $6,900 - 9,200 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 5,40,000 \| $6,207 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 99

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Leon Jean-Baptiste Sabatier after Rev. W H Carpendale (1803 - 1862) 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)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000 $9,200 - 11,495 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 28,80,000 \| $33,103 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 100

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L H de Rudder after Alexis Soltykoff (1807 - 1881) Procession réligieuse dans les galeries ... Circa 1850 Later hand-coloured lithograph on paper 19.5 x 23.5 in (49.5 x 60 cm)	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000 $4,600 - 6,900 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 4,56,000 \| $5,241 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)

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A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY (6-7 AUGUST 2025)