Something Beautiful for God 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge, Something Beautiful for God , New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1971, First edition, later printing 
                            
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                                Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 60,000 - 75,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 90,000  |  
                                $1,111
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            Husain 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S Kapur, Husain , New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., Circa 1972 
                            
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                                Rs 1,00,000 - 1,25,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 1,32,000  |  
                                $1,630
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            The Jubilee Book of Cricket 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            K S Ranjitsinhji, The Jubilee Book of Cricket , Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 
                            
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                                Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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. 
                            
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                                Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            The Motor Mechanism of Plants 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, The Motor Mechanism of Plants, London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green, and co., 1928 
                            
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                                Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            Hindu Music from Various Authors 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Hindu Music from Various Authors , Calcutta: Babu Punchanun Mukherjea, Calcutta, 1875, Part 1 (all published) 
                            
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                                Rs 2,00,000 - 2,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 Saraswati  on both upper and lower boards, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt 
                            
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                                Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 1,32,000  |  
                                $1,630
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance [Fore-edge Painting] 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance , London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, 20th edition 
                            
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                                Rs 2,25,000 - 2,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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.Harry Handcuff Houdini  in the upper right corner. Correspondence side blank. 
                            
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                                Rs 2,75,000 - 3,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 3,00,000  |  
                                $3,704
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 2,88,000  |  
                                $3,556
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            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  
                            
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                                Rs 3,00,000 - 3,50,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
             
            
                
                    
                    
                 
             
        
     
 
                         
		 
			
                             
		 
			
                            
    
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            Himalaya 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Nicholas Roerich, Himalaya , New York: Brentanos, 1926 
                            
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                                Rs 3,50,000 - 4,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 3,60,000  |  
                                $4,444
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            The Crescent Moon: Child Poems [Signed by Rabindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose] 
                            
                                 
                            
                                 
                            Rabindranath Tagore, The Crescent Moon: Child Poems , New York: Macmillan, 1914 
                            
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                                Rs 5,00,000 - 6,00,000 
                        
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                            
                                  
                    
                    
                 
                
                    
                        
                            Winning bid
                                Rs 4,80,000  |  
                                $5,926
                             
                        
                        
                            
                                  
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                            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 
                            
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                                Rs 4,00,000 - 5,00,000