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Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

75,000

Illustration: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. Frontis and title pp., water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.

Illustration Condition: Good

Binding: 8.2×5.8”, pp. viii, 392 ; full black morocco with heavy dec. gilt border and motif to cover, 5 raised bands to dec. sp. with gilt title, aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, pp. sl. yellowed.

Binding Condition: Average+

NON-EXPORTABLE FROM INDIA

Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta frescoes based on Photography

Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography

59,500

Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography

  • Volumes: 1,2 and 4 of the “Plates” available.
    Explanatory Text by G. Yazdani, M.A., Intro by Laurence Binyon Colour pl. by Henry Stone & Son, Banbury & F. Bruckmann, Munich. Text and Collotypes by John Johnson, Oxford.
  • Part 1: 16 Colour and 24 monochrome Plates of Cave 1
    Part 2 : 18 Colour and 31 Monochrome Plates of Cave 2
    Part 4 : 17 Colour and 65 Monochrome Plates of Caves 17-27
  • Full pp. plates , several clrd., collotypes, loose portfolio containing loose sheets.
  • Plates Condition: Near mint
  • Binding: Large, full cloth binding, portfolio style with tie-up ribbon on one side, gilt title in silver/gold on cover, marbled epps., loose sheets, sl. foxing, watermark on the cover of Vol. 4.
  • Binding Condition: Good+

 

  • NON EXPORTABLE FROM INDIA

 

KINDLY NOTE – EACH VOLUME IS SOLD INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE PRICE MENTIONED IS PER VOLUME.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

45,000

Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With an introduction by. A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.

Illustration: Colored photographic prints throughout, full pp. and vignettes, gilt and ornate clrd. Border to all illus., highly colorful and dec. frontis and title pp.

Condition: Good.

Binding: 32×23.5cm, pp.16, notes, list of illus.; full creme cl. with heavy gilt peacock made to cover, gilt dec. sp. with title, cover dirty and worn in parts, teg, dec. epps, highly gilt dec. calligraphic text throughout in red and black, light foxing throughout.

Binding Condition : Average+

 

NON-EXPORTABLE FROM INDIA

Eastern Love

Eastern Love

33,000

Eastern Love

English Versions by E. Powys Mathers. Copper plate engravings by Hester Sainsbury and printed and hand colored by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd.

Illustration: Numerous hand colored line drawings, frontis, tissue guards.

Condition: Very Good

Binding: 9.2×6”, half peach cl. over black cl. with gilt figure to cover, gilt title to sp, teg, untrimmed, sp. and edges sl. frayed.

The Armies of India

The Armies of India

29,990

Publication: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1911.

Illustrations: 72 full pp. clrd. prints from photographs with printed tissue guards, frontis., title pp.

Condition: Good

India By Mortimer Menpes

India By Mortimer Menpes

29,990

India By Mortimer Menpes

Illustration: 18 full pp. clrd. reproductions of orig. paintings with tissue guards.

Condition: Good+

Binding: 8.9×6.5”, pp.xii, 216, adverts [4]; full red cl. with elaborate dec. to cover and sp. with gilt peacock and tree in blue and pink, cover and sp. faded in parts, pp. sl. yellowed, edges sl. thumbed, teg.

Climbing in the Himalayas

Climbing in the Himalayas

28,990

Illustration: Signed on front inside pp. Several b/w full pp. and vignettes prints throughout, 1 folded map with clrd. Outlines but brittle.

Illustration Condition: Average

Binding: 25×16.5cm., Pp. xxviii, 709, 1pp. of adverts.; full brown cl. with image of mountain-climbers in black and white to cover with black title, gilt title to sp. with image, minor wormholes, cover frayed and binding loose, title pp. missing, sl. underlining in color pencil by previous owner.

Binding Condition : Average+

Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill.

Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill.

18,950

Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill.

Illustration: B/w frontis print of orig. painting.

Condition: Good+

Binding: 9×6”, pp. xii, 542; orig. green cl. with gilt bison head to cover with title, gilt title to sp. with reindeer head, sl. foxing, pp. sl. yellowed, inscription of ‘Mary O.A. Boreham’ to inside pp., ex libris of Mary O.A. Boreham.

Travels in Peru and India, while superintending the collection…and their introduction in India.

Travels in Peru and India

12,990

Travels in Peru and India, while superintending the collection…and their introduction in India.

Illustration: With maps and illustrations, pp. brittle, map torn at folds.

Condition: Average

Binding: 23×14.75cm, pp. xviii, 572; green buckram rebacked, gilt crest to cover, gilt title to sp., edges thumbed.

Binding Condition: Average

THIS TITLE IS NON-EXPORTABLE FROM INDIA

 

Everest 1933

Everest 1933

9,990

Everest 1933

Illustration: 59 sepia toned reprints from photos, several multi-folding clrd. maps, tables in text, water staing to margins of few pl. in beginning, else fine.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 10.5×7”, pp. xv, 390; orig. blue buckram with gilt title to sp., sp. sl. sunned, binding sl. loose, edges thumbed, marginal foxing. Condition: Good

The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem

The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem

6,990

The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem

Illustration: 1 outlined folded map.

Condition: Average

Binding: 22×13.8cm., subscr. list, xxxvi, xxxiii-cccvlxii, 83, 507; full brown marbled boards with spine chipped off, covers loose, front cover of Vol.2 separate from spine but intact, text clean, stamp of ‘Eliza Peavey’ bookseller to inside cover, edges thumbed.

 

History of Indian Glass

History of Indian Glass

5,990

Illustration : 4 clrd. full pp. printed pl., 26 text figs., 58 b/w full pp. printed pl.

Illustration Condition: Good+

Binding: 29x23cm., Pp. xiii, [3], 212, xlviii of plates; full sky blue cl. with black title to cover and sp., dj torn and frayed.

Binding Condition : Average+

Himalayan Assault, The French Himalayan Expedition 1936

Himalayan Assault, The French Himalayan Expedition 1936

5,200

Himalayan Assault, The French Himalayan Expedition 1936

Translated by Nea. E. Morin, Intro by Brig-Gen The Hon. C.G. Bruce

Illustration: 48 gravure plates and 3 line drawn maps. Condition: Excellent Binding: 22x14cm., pp. xv, 203; full brown cl. with gilt title to sp.

Condition: Very Good

Great Men Of India

Great Men Of India

2,990

Illustration: B/w prints of photographic images, both full pp and vignettes
Condition: Average+
Binding: 9x 6”, Pp. 640; orig. green cloth with gilt title to sp., label of previous owner to spine, self embossing to cover, deco. Epps., pp. brittle, top edges blue

Binding Condition : Average+

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Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Illustration: Copy 5, over 100 tinted illustrations, all pages in photogravure
Condition: Good
Binding:
– Copy 5 dimensions: 12.5×8 inches, pp. xii, 273, [2]
– Floral printed cloth cover with gilt title to spine
– Beveled edges
– Top edge gilt (teg)
– Untrimmed pages

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Lalla Rookh – an Oriental Romance

Illustration: Copy 4, illustrated by John Tenniel

 

Features:
– A large number of woodcut vignettes throughout
– Chromo lithographed title page

Condition:
– Average+
– Edges thumbed
– Binding loose and cover slightly disjointed from spine in parts
– Discoloration to cover and spine
– Light foxing

 

Binding:
– Copy 4 dimensions: 21×14.5 cm, pp. xxiv, 336
– Original red cloth with decoration to cover and spine in silver and black
– Silver title to cover and spine
– All edges gilt (aeg)

The History of British India

The History of British India

Binding: 9×5.6”, orig. purple cl. with gilt title to sp., cover sunned, sp. and cover chipped, sl. foxing throughout, binding loose, text clean. , Vol 2 bound in new leather.

Condition: Average

Glimpses of IndiaOut of stock
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Glimpses of India

Glimpses of India,

A grand photographic history of The land of Antiquity, the vast Empire of the East. With 500 superbly reproduced Camera Views of her cities, Temples, Towers… Natural Wonders, and pictures of the various types of people, also, supplementary Photographic Views of Burmah, Ceylon, Cashmere and Aden PUNDOLES
Made by: Historical Publishing Company, Philadelphia Published by: C.B. Burrows, Bombay, c.1895.

Illustration: 500 photo prints duotone in purple and brown, vignettes and full pp., yellowed pp.

Condition: Good.

Binding: 26.7×32.5cm., pp. xv, 542; oblong, new binding, sl. foxing throughout.

Napolean: Memoirs of Napolean Bonaparte

Napolean: Memoirs of Napolean Bonaparte

Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse D’abrantes.
Illustration: Several full pp. colored, b/w as well as sepia toned prints from etchings with tissue guards, frontis.

Condition: Good

Binding: 9×5.9”, orig. half morocco over marbled boards, 4 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps, untrimmed, pp. brittle pages in some volumes have come unstuck due to ageing very very BRITTLE, Breaks on handling

Cassell’s History of the Russo Japanese War

Cassell’s History of the Russo Japanese War

Cassell’s History of the Russo Japanese War

Special Edition. Insert by the Publisher, ‘This edition being specially prepared for Subscription, is not obtainable through the General Bookseller.’

Several b/w prints throughout, both full pp. and vignettes.

Condition:Good

Binding: 9.75×7.25”, full maroon leather with heavy gilt dec. to sp. with gilt title, sp. and cover worn, text in double columns, binding sl. loose.

The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form IndiaOut of stock
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The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form India

The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form India

Arranged In Verses By Laurence Hope. Illustrated by Byam Shaw

Illustration: 24 full pp. colored prints with printed tissue guards incl. Frontis and title pp.

Condition: Very Good.

Binding: 31x23cm, pp.158; orig. red cl. with black title to cover and a gilt image of Kamadeva to cover, black title to sp. with gilt dec., sp. ends thumbed and sl. torn, teg.