PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS (24-26 JULY 2024)

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Major Alexander Dirom (1757 - 1830) A narrative of the campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. By Major Dirom, deputy adjutant general of His Majesty‘s forces in India Major Alexander Dirom, A narrative of the campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. By Major Dirom, deputy adjutant general of His Majesty's forces in India, London: Printed by W Bulmer and Co. and sold by G Nicol, Pall-Mall; and J Sewell, CornHill, 1794, second edition xv, [1], 300 pages including frontispiece View of Seringapatam, 7 engraved plates and 2 engraved map; full leather binding 27.5 x 22.2 x 3.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,20,000 \| $1,446 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Sir John Malcolm (1769 - 1833) Sketch of the Sikhs; A singular nation, who inhabit the provinces of the Penjab, situated between the rivers Jumna and Indus Sir John Malcolm, Sketch of the Sikhs; A singular nation, who inhabit the provinces of the Penjab, situated between the rivers Jumna and Indus, London: Printed for John Murray, 1812 198 pages + 3 pages of publisher's advertisements at end; contemporary half calf rebacked to style along with cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lettered at the spine 23.4 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 $2,410 - 3,615 Details

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Thomas Duer Broughton (1778 - 1835) Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809, Descriptive of the Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas Thomas Duer Broughton, Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809, Descriptive of the Character, Manners, Domestic Habits, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mahrattas, London: John Murray, 1813. 1st Edition [14], 358 pages, [1]. With ten coloured engravings including frontispiece, from drawings by a native artist; half leather bound with gilt text and marbled boards 10.6 x 8.6 in (27 x 22 cm) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,36,000 \| $4,048 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 24

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Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham (1831 - 1865) Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow [Author‘s presentation copy] Lieutenant Clifford Henry Mecham, Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow: From Drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham with Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq. late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, London: Day and Son, 1858 [12] pages; tinted lithographed title page with vignette and 26 fine tinted lithographed views on 17 plates, with tissue new guards; publisher's dark brown cloth-covered boards, tooled in blind and title embossed in gilt on the boards with fresh spine 57 x 38.5 x 1.2 cm Author's presentation copy. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,28,000 \| $2,747 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Sir Lepel H Griffin and Colonel C F Massy Chiefs and families of note in the Punjab: A Revised edition of "The Punjab Cities" Sir Lepel H Griffin and Colonel C F Massy, Chiefs and families of note in the Punjab: A Revised edition of "The Punjab Cities", Lahore: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, 1940 In 2 Volumes Volume I: Title page + xi + 512 pages; rebound in half leather bound with 4 raised bands and gilt text at the spine; 25.5 x 17.7 x 4.2 cm Volume II: Title page + v + 620 pages; rebound in half leather bound with 4 raised bands and gilt text at the spine; 24.2 x 16.5 x 4.8 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 $2,410 - 3,615 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,40,000 \| $2,892 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 26

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Edward Ives (1719 - 1786) A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 Edward Ives, A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorder’s incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773 xii, 506 pages including 2 folding engraved maps and 13 engraved plates; contemporary calf retaining original gilt stamped spine label, marbled edges and inside marble end papers 27.7 x 22.5 x 4.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 $2,410 - 3,615 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,40,000 \| $2,892 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 27

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William Julius Mickle (1734 - 1788) The Lusiad; Or, the Discovery of India: An Epic Poem translated from The Original Portuguese of Luis De Camoens William Julius Mickle, The Lusiad; or the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camöens. By William Julius Mickle, Oxford: Jackson and Lister, 1776, first edition [xii], clxvii, 484pp. (482pp. as there is an error in paging, pages 153 - 154 omitted - see SABIB); full leather bound with spine decorated in gilt 28 x 23.5 x 4.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 60,000 - 80,000 $725 - 965 Details	Winning bid Rs 66,000 \| $795 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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William Hodges R.A. (1744 - 1797) Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783 William Hodges, Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783, London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J Edwards, 1793 vi + [1] + 156 pages including 14 engraved plates by Medland, Byrne, Angus and others after Hodges + large folding engraved map of part of Bengal and Bihar + table of the Plates (with advertisement to verso for Hodges' Views in India drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783); re-jointed retaining the original spine with half leather bound and marbled boards, all edges gilt 30 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $905 - 1,205 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,36,000 \| $4,048 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 29

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Alexis Soltykoff (1806 - 1859) Voyages dans l‘Inde [Deluxe edition of 2 volumes in a large single octavo volume] Alexis Soltykoff, Voyages dans l'Inde, Paris: Garnier Frères, third edition, not dated 2 volumes in a large single octavo volume 456 pages including title page, half-titles, additional title printed in gold with wood engraved vignette, single-page map, 36 later hand-coloured tinted lithograph plates with tissue guards; original luxuriously gilt-decorated black cloth, incorporating pink, red, green and blue morocco onlays with the front board have been decorated with a picture of a Maharaja, while the backboard is showing a lute player along with extravagant blind stamping as well, all edges gilt, the spine is in gold damask. 28 x 19.5 x 3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 $2,410 - 3,615 Details	Winning bid Rs 7,20,000 \| $8,675 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 30

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George Abbott (1803 - 1838) Views of the Forts of Bhurtpore and Weire along with Sketches about Kurrah, Mannickpore George Abbott, Views of the Forts of Bhurtpore and Weire along with Sketches about Kurrah, Mannickpore, London: Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. for J.M. Richardson, 1827 Later hand-coloured pictorial lithograph title page, dedication page (to General Combermere), and 11 lithograph plates of sheet size 33.2 x 48 cm on India paper and mounted on sheets. Lithographs by William Gauci (2), Paul Gauci (2), J D Harding (4), J S Templeton (2), F Mackenzie (2) and J H Lynch after Abbott, lithographed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.; each plate extensively captioned, single leaf of letterpress and list of subscribers at the end; binding refurbished with later contemporary dark red full leather binding with gilt text at the spine 31.2 x 45.2 x 1.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 2,50,000 $2,410 - 3,015 Details	Winning bid Rs 4,20,000 \| $5,060 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Lieutenant Colonel Wridenhall Roberts Pogson (1789 - 1843) A History of the Boondelas Captain W R Pogson, A History of the Boondelas, Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist Mission Press and Published by the Asiatic Lithographic Company, 1828 pp. vii, 174 + 2-page list of Subscribers’ Names [135 copies] + 1-page Emendata [i.e. list of corrections in the text]. The title-page has a vignette captioned ‘View of the Breach of the N. W. Gateway of Ujeegurh’ [i.e. Ajaigarh]. Complete with 6 full-page lithographic plates [1 of them double-page] and 3 maps [Bundelkhund, Fort of Ujeegurh and Kalinjur] of which 1 is folding, and 1 folding genealogical table; contemporary half-leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers. All edges gilt. Gift slip to Armstrong College pasted inside front cover. 28 x 23 x 1.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,205 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,04,000 \| $2,458 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 32

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890) Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave Sir Richard F Burton, Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave, London: Richard Bentley, 1851, first edition pp. viii, 368 pages including 4 tinted lithographic plates (including frontispiece) and folding engraved map printed by Hullmandel & Walton after drawings by Burton; later full polished calf, gilt rules to the front board, gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, inner dentelles with marbled end papers; enclosed in a customised cloth solander box 18.8 x 12.5 x 2.3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 4,20,000 \| $5,060 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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John Tillotson or J H Stocqueler ? The Route of the Overland Mail to India. From Southampton to India. Thirty two plates, from drawings by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring. Sen., D. Roberts, R.A.Weir and other eminent artists John Tillotson or J H Stocqueler?, The Route of the Overland Mail to India. From Southampton to India. Thirty two plates, from drawings by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring. Sen., D. Roberts, R.A.Weir and other eminent artists, London: Atchley & Co. Printed by Leighton Brothers, [c.1860] 8 black and white wood engraved plates and 24 tinted lithographs by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring, D. Roberts, R.A. Weir, etc. with new tissue guards; original blue decorative cloth binding with ornamental floral pattern debossed on the front and back boards; marbled endpapers and pastedowns; new leather spine bound 45 x 30 x 1.2 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,25,000 - 1,50,000 $1,510 - 1,810 Details	Winning bid Rs 3,36,000 \| $4,048 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Henry Davison Love The Indian Record Series: Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800 - Traced from the East India Company’s Records preserved at Fort St. George and the India Office, and from other sources Henry Davison Love, The Indian Record Series: Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800 - Traced from the East India Company’s Records preserved at Fort St. George and the India Office, and from other sources, London: John Murray for The Government of India, 1913, 4 Volumes including Index volume. Volume I: xvi + 593 pages including folded frontispiece of “View of Fort St. George in the Time of Governor Thomas Pitt, 1698-1709’ + 13 black and white plates and 1 “Thomas Map of Portuguese possessions in Goa” inserted into a pocket at the back, 23.3 x 16.5 x 6 cm Volume II: viii + 624 pages including frontispiece of “Portrait of Thomas Pitt” + 17 black and white plates and 3 maps of Madras of which 2 of the maps titled “Map of Madras in 1733, showing village Boundaries” and “Map of Madras in 1755” are inserted into a pocket at the back, 23.3 x 16.5 x 6 cm Volume III: viii + 580 pages including frontispiece of “Mujammad ‘Ali, Nawab Walajah’ + 12 black and white plates and 1 map of Madras, 23.3 x 16.5 x 5 cm Index: Title page + 197 pages, 23.3 x 16.5 x 2.3 cm Each of the volumes in original decorative cloth gilt, with top edges gilt, contained in two modern morocco-lined cloth slipcases. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 5,40,000 \| $6,506 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Joseph Guibal Mes Croisieres aux Indes. Ceylan, Zanzibar, Le Kénia, L‘Afrique Orientale, L‘Egypte, La Palestine, La Syrie et la Méditerranée. Avec soixante treize illustrations Joseph Guibal, Mes Croisieres aux Indes. Ceylan, Zanzibar, Le Kénia, L'Afrique Orientale, L'Egypte, La Palestine, La Syrie et la Méditerranée. Avec soixante treize illustrations (My Cruises to India. Ceylon, Zanzibar, Kenya, East Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Syria and the Mediterranean. With seventy-three illustrations) , Montpellier, 25 March 1946, 2nd edition 222 pages enriched with 12 original watercolors or gouaches in colour, some signed, by the painter Gaston Astier along with 106 photographic plates and 14 reproductions of the painters’ watercolours; representing scenes of wild animals and caravans; half-leather bound with marbled boards and 5 raised bands at the spine, marbled end papers enclosed in a slipcase 23 x 19 x 4 cm This is copy number 6 from a limited edition of 10 numbered copies. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 75,000 - 1,00,000 $905 - 1,205 Details	Winning bid Rs 78,000 \| $940 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Stephen Wheeler History of Delhi Coronation Durbar Held on 1st of Jan 1903: To Celebrate the Coronation of King Edward VII, Compiled from the Original Papers by Order of the Viceroy Stephen Wheeler, History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar. Held of the first of January 1903 to Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty Edward VII, Emperor of India. Compiled from Official Papers by Order of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, London: John Murray, 1904 xiv; 347 pages including a Plan of the Amphitheatre; plate illustrating the Durbar medal; a folding panorama of the Durbar [equivalent to 4 pages]; large folding seating plan; large folding coloured plan of the camps; 30 full-page photogravure portraits by Walker & Cockerell after various photographers; 18 full-page half-tone engravings from photographs; original red cloth boards with gilt monogram of royal arms in front and back cover, uncut edges, top edges gilt 33 x 26.6 x 9 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 $2,410 - 3,615 Details	Winning bid Rs 10,80,000 \| $13,012 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Anonymous Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911 + Durbar Souvenir, 1911-12 a) Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911, Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911 387 pages with 2 folding heliozincographed plans in end pocket, including plan of durbar arena and large colour map of city showing durbar area, camping areas for various contingents, show grounds, and arena. Title page printed in red and black; original red cloth, front board lettered in gilt with George V's cypher in gilt, blind panels to boards, purple surface-paper endpapers. 15.6 x 10.5 x 1.3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,50,000 - 2,00,000 $1,810 - 2,410 Details	Winning bid Rs 1,56,000 \| $1,880 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Bourne and Shepherd Studios Durbar Panoramas [Set of 2] a) Attributed to Bourne and Shepherd Studios Untitled (Panoramic View of Delhi Durbar of 1911) 1911 Silver gelatin print on paper One panoramic photo of the Durbar measuring 7.9 x 22.7 in (20.2 x 57.7 cm) with 1-fold b) Bourne and Shepherd Studios Untitled (Panoramic View of Delhi Durbar of 1911) 1911 Silver gelatin print on paper One panoramic photo of the Durbar measuring 6.6 x 52.5 in (17 x 133.5 cm) with four folds	Artist Profile
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 $3,015 - 3,615 Artwork Details	Winning bid Rs 5,40,000 \| $6,506 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

Lot 39

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Government of India Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [Delux Edition] Government of India, The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, London: Published for the Government of India by John Murray; London and Aylesbury: Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ld. and London: Binding by Bain, 1914 xiii, 613 pages including 1 colour frontispiece, 8 colour plates, 2 photogravures, 44 collotypes, 112 black and white plates, 52 colour illuminated head and tail pieces, 4 plans including 1 large folding plan of the Coronation Durbar Area, Delhi at the end of the book; full leather bound in black morocco with gilt monogram of royal arms on the front and back boards, gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands, all edges gilt 32.7 x 27.5 x 8 cm This is a limited Deluxe Edition. Only 250 copies of this edition were printed. This is copy no. 84. 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,00,000 $3,015 - 3,615 Details	Winning bid Rs 7,80,000 \| $9,398 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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Ronald Arthur Dalzell (Earl of Carnwath) (1883 - 1931) Carmonth: Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. Edited by the Earl of Carnwath, Etc. [With Portraits.] Ronald Arthur Dalzell (Earl of Carnwath.), Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. With an Introduction by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, London: Zaehnsdorf Ltd, 1922 xv + 543 pages including photogravure frontispieces of King George V and Queen Mary, numerous photographic portraits of Indian rulers to the text throughout by Vandyk, Bassano, W. & D. Downey, F.A. Swaine, and others, the majority of them full-page, text printed throughout within gilt borders; publisher’s vivid blue cloth, title gilt to the spine with an elaborate "oriental window" panel, concentric panels gilt on both boards, a large central scrolled floral lozenge with similar corner pieces to the inner panel, and a red ground on the front board; all edges gilt, housed in a customised solander box with gilt text at the spine 30.5 x 25 x 5 cm 31.8 x 28 x 6 cm (with solander box) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 2,50,000 - 3,50,000 $3,015 - 4,220 Details	Winning bid Rs 2,64,000 \| $3,181 (Inclusive of Buyers Premium)

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PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS (24-26 JULY 2024)