Something Beautiful for God
Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge, Something Beautiful for God , New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971, First edition, later printing 156 pages with 24 lovely black-and-white photographs (many double-page), by S. K. Dutt of Camera Press London; publisher's cream cloth board with gold gilt lettering to the spine with dust jacket 10.5 x 8.25 x 025 in (27 x 21 x 1 cm) Inscribed on the front free endpaper, “Love others as God / loves you / God bless you / M Teresa mc.”
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Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000
$930 - 1,235
Rajput Painting
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting: Being an account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century described in their relation to contemporary thought with texts and translations / by Ananda Coomaraswamy , London; Melbourne: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1916 Volume I (Text): [1] + [8] + 83 pages including 1 black and white map of Rajasthan and Punjab along with 12 black and white illustrations in the text 15 x 11.25 x 0.5 in (38.5 x 28.5 x 1.5 cm) Volume II (Plates): vii + 77 pages including 7 tipped-in colour plates and 70 black and white tipped-in plates with tissue guards and descriptive text for each of the plates 15 x 11.25 x 1 in (38.5 x 28.5 x 3 cm) (each) Original cloth board with gilded title and symbol on the front board and spine (each)
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Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000
$1,545 - 1,855
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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Rs 60,000 - 75,000
$745 - 930
Winning bid
Rs 90,000 |
$1,111
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Husain
Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S Kapur, Husain , New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., Circa 1972 242 pp, with 60 pages of text and over 200 pages of about 192 illustrations with 53 hand tipped plates in full colour; hardbound in maroon cloth binding with a Husain drawing printed in silver on the cover with original dust jacket 11 x 11.75 in (28 x 30 cm) The book is a presentation copy by the author Shiv S Kapur inscribed in ink on the front endpaper "For Asha, / with much love / the authors signature" and dated 1972. It also has Husain's signature in English, Urdu, Hindi and Malayalam and dated "3 VIII' 73" on the half title page.
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000
$1,235 - 1,545
Winning bid
Rs 1,32,000 |
$1,630
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Jubilee Book of Cricket
K S Ranjitsinhji, The Jubilee Book of Cricket , Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 xvi + 474 pages with116 photographs including 22 photogravure plates; full leather bound and gilted title at spine, top edge cut, remaining uncut edges 10 x 8.25 x 3 in (25.8 x 21 x 7.5 cm) This is copy number 330 from a limited edition of 350 on hand-made paper signed by Prince Ranjitsinhji.
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Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000
$1,235 - 1,855
The Nobel Prize Laureates Autograph Collection
This lot is a collection of envelopes, calling cards, photographs and index cards signed by several Nobel Prize winners. Professional Black 2 Ring Lever Arch File measuring 12.25 x 11.25 x 3 in (31.5 x 28.5 x 7.5 cm) with 70 leaves to store A4 size papers. Each of the leaves are stacked front and back with envelopes, calling cards, photographs and index cards.
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Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$1,855 - 2,470
The Motor Mechanism of Plants
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, The Motor Mechanism of Plants, London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green, and co., 1928 xxv, 429 pages including illustrations and diagrams; publishers blue cloth boards with gilt text at the spine 9 x 6 x 1.5 in (22.8 x 15.5 x 4.2 cm) Inscribed "From the author / through Prof Vices / 1929" on the half title page.
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Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000
$1,855 - 2,470
Hindu Music from Various Authors
Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Hindu Music from Various Authors , Calcutta: Babu Punchanun Mukherjea, Calcutta, 1875, Part 1 (all published) pp. (12), ix (1) 315 pages with 8 (2 folded) plates and some music notes in the text. 6 sheets; beautifully bound in full green morocco, with elaborate gilt borders on the front and back boards, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt 8 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm) Author's signed copy to Werner van den Steen in 1880. Sourindro Mohun Tagore's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper. "To / His Excellency Count / Werner van den Steen/ With S.M. Tagore's / highest esteem / and most distinguish / consideration / Calcutta / 10/1/80"
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Rs 2,00,000 - 2,50,000
$2,470 - 3,090
The twenty principal Kavyakaras of the Hindus, or extracts from the works of twenty of the most renowned literati of India
Sourindro Mohun Tagore, The twenty principal Kavyakaras of the Hindus, or extracts from the works of twenty of the most renowned literati of India: An offering to the Sixth International Congress of Orientalists, to be held at Leyden in September 1883 , Calcutta: I C Bose and co., 1883 [18], 46 [2] blank pages including lithographed frontispiece; original full leather bound in morocco with elaborate gold tooling borders on both upper and lower boards, a beautiful monogram of gilt Saraswati on both upper and lower boards, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt 11.75 x 9.5 x 0.5 in (30 x 24.5 x 1.3 cm) Inscribed on a bookplate pasted on the front pastedown mentioning "PRESENTED / BY / O. Browning M.A. / Senior Fellow / 1903"
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Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000
$1,545 - 1,855
Winning bid
Rs 1,32,000 |
$1,630
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance [Fore-edge Painting]
Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance , London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, 20th edition 396 pages; green full morocco, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, intricate design patterns on both the boards a beautiful engraved goblet within borders, a sumptuous copy 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 in (23.5 x 16.2 x 3.5 cm) The leather-bound volume is adorned with a fore-edge painting depicting a scene of a passage to the Red Fort, Old Delhi with persons on foot, horse, and elephant in a common area in front of a palace and other structures with ogival-domed roofs.
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Rs 2,25,000 - 2,50,000
$2,780 - 3,090
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Plenary Session on Science and Sustainability, programme, signed with right thumb-print of Stephen Hawking, Vatican City, 2016; coupled with a number of related ephemera(9)
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Plenary Session on Science and Sustainability, programme brochure, signed with right thumb-print of Stephen Hawking on page no.10 beside his photograph, with authentication inscription "This is the right thumb-print of Professor Stephen Hawking witness by Steve Grocutt 28-11-2016", 8 ff., 11.5 x 8.25 in (29.7 x 21 cm), Vatican City, 25-29 November 2016; plus a letter of authenticity signed by Stephen Grocutt; plus an Order of Service of Thanksgiving for Professor Steven Hawking, Westminster Abbey, 15 June 2018, in original wrappers ; together with 6 others, ephemera relating to the Plenary Session and Hawking, together all items in a smart wooden box measuring 12.5 x 12.5 x 4.75 in (32 x 32 x 12 cm) , laser etched on top "STEPHEN HAWKING / 8 JANUARY 1942 - 14 MARCH 2018 with the equation S = (ℼAkc³) / (2hG), which is one of his most famous and seminal work that explains the concept of Hawking radiation.
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Rs 2,25,000 - 2,50,000
$2,780 - 3,090
Harry Houdini signed vintage postcard. Photograph from the "Handcuff" period.
A vintage black and white matte postcard measuring 5.25 x 3 in (13.34 x 7.62 cm) that with a portrait of Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, he later spelled his birth name as Ehrich Weiss; March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926), the world-famous illusionist, signed and inscribed by him obliquely at centre as "sincerely / yours / Houdini." The signature is big and prominent. Half-length portrait of the stuntman Houdini dressed in a black suit with a stiff white collar, a bow tie, and a watch chain, showing him with thumb in his vest pocket with the caption Harry Handcuff Houdini in the upper right corner. Correspondence side blank.
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Rs 2,75,000 - 3,00,000
$3,400 - 3,705
Mani-Málá, or a Treatise on Gems
Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Mani-Málá, or a Treatise on Gems , printed by I. C. Bose & Co., Stanhope Press, Calcutta and published by the author, 1879-81, first edition (In 2 Volumes) Volume I: [22] iv [2] 1-506 pages, letterpress English title-page, additional decorative title-page, 9 wood-engraved plates with 48 illustrations of famous diamonds, frontispiece and last page supplied in facsimile, 1879 Volume II: decorated title-page supplied in facsimile, letterpress English title-page [12] xiv, ii, 509-1046 pages, 1881 Modern half-leather bound with gilt text to the spine and 4 raised bands (each) 9.5 x 6.25 x 2 in (24 x 16 x 5 cm) (each) From the Estate of Sourindro Mohun Tagore.
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Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000
$3,705 - 4,325
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.
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Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,090 - 3,705
Winning bid
Rs 3,00,000 |
$3,704
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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.
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Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,090 - 3,705
Winning bid
Rs 2,88,000 |
$3,556
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India with plates, exhibiting numerous coloured photographs, etc.
John Forbes Watson, The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India with plates, exhibiting numerous coloured photographs, etc. , London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1867 pp. xxi + 174 including 9 tipped-in hand colored albumen photographs + 1 black and white plate + 1 photo and chromo-lithographed plate + 1 photo-lithographed plate; rebound in half leather with new spine and in original cloth bound cover 15 x 11 x 1 in (38 x 28 x 3 cm)
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Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000
$3,090 - 3,705
South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey Of South Indian Sculpture With Iconographical Notes Based On Original Sources
O C Gangoly, South Indian Bronzes: A historical survey of South Indian Sculpture with iconographical notes based on original sources , Calcutta: Indian Society of Oriental Art; London : Luzac & co., 1915 xiii, 80 p., [120] leaves of plates, illustrations including a photogravure frontispiece and numbered plates (XCIV) including 4 photogravure's accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress; blue cloth boards with leather title ticket pasted at the spine 11 x 8.5 x 1.75 in (28 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm) The book is a comprehensive study of the bronze sculptures of South India and provides a detailed analysis of their historical and iconographical significance.
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Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000
$3,705 - 4,325
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.
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Rs 3,50,000 - 4,00,000
$4,325 - 4,940
Winning bid
Rs 3,60,000 |
$4,444
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
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.
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Rs 5,00,000 - 6,00,000
$6,175 - 7,410
Winning bid
Rs 4,80,000 |
$5,926
(Inclusive of Buyers Premium)
The Marvelous Land of Oz
L Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz : being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences of the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-head, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump, the story being a sequel to the Wizard of Oz , Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1904 287 pages with 16 color plates including frontispiece & numerous in text black and white illustrations after by John R. Neill; original red pictorial cloth, stamped in navy blue, silver and green, spine and upper cover carrying the full title and author's name, stamped only in blue, horizontal single rule at the top and double rule at the bottom of spine in blue with a picture of Jinjur in blue and green, publisher's imprint on the spine reading 'The Reilly & Britton Co.', a picture of Jack Pumpkin-head in blue to lower cover, pictorial endpapers printed in dark green on a pale green glossy stock. 9.25 x 7 x 1.25 in (23.5 x 18 x 3.3 cm) Signed by L Frank Baum on a special presentation slip and further inscribed in pencil "Little mary / from uncle Harry".
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Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000
$4,940 - 6,175