Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta frescoes based on Photography
Volumes:1,2,3 and 4 of the “Plates” available. (to be Updated)
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. .
Illustration: Copy 3: 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.
Condition: Good
Binding: Copy 3 : 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.
Illustration: Copy 3: Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings, pp. totally brittle.
Binding 9.5×6.6”, pp.63; text in red and black, pp. totally brittle, brown suede leather cover with gilt title and dec. to cover and sp.
Illustration: Copy 2 : Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings with tissue guards with prints, printed floral border to all text pp., sl. foxing throughout.
Condition: Good
Binding : 28.2×21.5cm, full red cl. with gilt peacock border to cover with gilt title, gilt title to sp.
Binding: 9×5.6”, pp. xliv, 387, viii, 406, 8pp. adverts; full maroon cl. with gilt title to sp., extremely sl. foxing, top edges red, ex libris.
Condition: Good
Illustration: A large number of b/ w and clrd. Prints, several folding.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 10×6.5”, orig. black morocco over blue cl. boards, gilt title to sp. with 5 raised bands and dec., cover and sp. sl. frayed, text in double columns, teg, marbled epps., clrd. title pp.
Binding: 10.2×6.5”, pp.426 ; orig. half jute over paper boards, paper label to sp. with black title, red title to cover, edges thumbed, cover sl. dirty, untrimmed.
Condition: Good
Binding: 8.2×5.5”, pp. xxvii, 227,31; full brown cl. with self-design to cover, gilt title to sp., cover and sp. rebacked, spotting to sp., edges thumbed, cover frayed, pp. yellowing, insert from pp.105 to 112, 137 to 141, 201 –224 of the Shakuntala play with border and decorations to each of these pages.
Condition: Average
Illustration: Sepia toned print on tissue paper frontis. Separate from sp. but no harm to pl. itself, few b/w pl.
Condition:Good.
Binding: 10×6.5”, pp.xxxiii, 233; orig. half white paper over brown paper boards, gilt title to sp., gilt image to center of cover, untrimmed, top edges dyed.
(I-CIX, Pl. vol. 2- CX-CC)
Illustration: 200 full pp. clrd. pl., pastedowns, each with a gilt border stuck on brown paper.
Condition: Very Good
Binding: 13.5×11”(text vol.) 22×17.5”(pl.vol.); pp.lxxviii,355(text vol.); full orange cl. with gilt title to cover and sp., pl. vol. with a clrd. pl. stuck to cover. Condition: Good+
Illustration: several b/w photo printed pl. throughout, both full pp. and vignettes.
Condition: Good
Binding: 15.5×10.5”; new binding, several pp. restored, dec. epps. .
Illustration: Photogravure frontis to Vol. 1 and line drawn frontis to Vol.2, tissue guards, Vol.1 frontis pp. torn from side but no harm to pl. itself, title pp. of Vol.1 also torn, pp. brittle.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9×6”, pp. xi, 309,x, 297; full green buckram with gilt title to sp., pp. brittle, teg, cover worn.
Illustration: Copy 1,Several full pp. clrd. Prints of hand paintings, vignette prints of line drawings throughout the text, printed floral border to all text pp.
Binding: Copy 1: 28.5x21cm, pp.xvi, 138; orig. creme cl. with floral dec. to cover and sp. in blue and orange, gilt title to sp., cover dirty and sl. foxing.
Comments: Copy 1: On last pp. ‘The text of this book was hand set in 24 point Weiss tyoe. The paintings and decorations were specially executed for this edition by SARKIS KATCHADOURIAN and are now in the collection of GEORGE MARDIKIAN San Francisco. They are here reproduced in five colors and printed in offset lithography by The Meehan-Tooker Company,Inc. This book was bound by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co. The typography and design by A.P. TEDESCO.’
Binding: 8×5”, pp. 94; orig. brown calf with gilt border to cover, inner dentelles, marbled Epps., cover scratched, both covers separate from sp., sp. totally chipped, Epps. Brittle but the text is complete and good.
Condition: Average, Cover Damaged
Illustration: With maps and illustrations, pp. brittle, map torn at folds.
Condition: Poor
Binding: 23×14.75cm, pp. xviii, 572; green buckram rebacked, gilt crest to cover, gilt title to sp., edges thumbed.
Illustration: Engraved frontis to Vol.I, facsimile letter, few othe pl., pp. yellowed and water stained.
Condition: Poor+
Binding: 7.75×4.75”, orig. green calf with 5 raised bands to sp., gilt title to leather label to sp., few covers separate from sp. but intact, cover and sp. frayed, all edges marbled, marbled epps, pp. turning brittle.
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.
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
Illustration: Several b/w photo prints, colored frontis.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9×6”, pp. xiv, 383; orig. maroon cl. with gilt title to sp., foxing throughout, edges thumbed, pp. yellowed, binding loose.
Illustration: Colored photo print plate frontis to each vol. with tissue guard, sl. yellowed else fine.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9.2×6”, new blue paper cover with orig. sp. with gilt title, cover sl. frayed, edition issued on Bond Paper, untrimmed, teg.Condition: Good
Illustration: Clrd. frontis, 1 folding map at end, wormholes, separate from sp., brittle.
Condition: Poor+.
Binding: 7.6×5”, pp. 273, adverts.[8]; new binding, pp. brittle, wormholes, title pp. separate.
Illustration: 48 full pp. b/w pl., pasted to pp.
Condition: Excellent
Binding: 19×13.5”, loose cl. portfolio with red title to cover with image of 2 men in black, loose sheets, image to back cover as well, cover sl. dirty, 2-3 stains.
Illustration: All pp. illustrated with images of ships etc. made in background, calligraphic style of writing, pp. dec. in from of script rolls.
Condition: Excellent
Binding: 17×12”, pp.224, [8]; new green leather with gilt ship to cover with title, 5 raised bands to sp., beveled edges, aeg, printed sepia toned ships made to epps., jute cl. slipcase sl. dirty.
Illustration: 82 b/w reproductions, incl. Vignettes.
Condition: Good
Binding: 10×6.5”, pp. xxxi, 592; orig. maroon cl. with gilt scene to cover of camp, gilt title to sp. with image of an eskimo, pp. sl. yellowed, teg, binding sl. loose, edges sl. thumbed, sp. sl. frayed.