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    MORTIMER MENPES (1855 - 1938)
    Durbar Text by Dorothy Menpes London: Adams & Charles Black, First Edition, October 1903 Cover: Original decorated cloth binding 210 pp + 100 colour plates of Delhi Durbar of 1903 by Australian artist Mortimer Menpes Binding: Hardback
    22 x 16 cm

    CONDITION
    Covers worn and cloth decorations faded, spine cracked
    Estimate:
    ₹45,000 – ₹60,000
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    MORTIMER MENPES (1855 - 1938)
    India Text by Flora Annie Steel, Menpes visited India in 1903 to cover the Delhi Durbar organized by Lord Curzon. This is his pictorial record of a tour across India. Another book resulted in a 100-plate book on the Durbar itself [see previous lot] London: Adam & Charles Black, 1912 [Reprint of 1905 edition] Cover: Original decorated cloth binding 216 pp + 75 colour plates with tissue guards by Australian artist Menpes + folding map Binding: Hardback
    22 x 16 cms

    CONDITION
    Covers worn and cloth decorations faded
    Estimate:
    ₹25,000 – ₹30,000
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