Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II (ASN0009)

India and its Native Princes; Travels in central-India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal;
contains 317 illustrations and 6 maps, all black & white, pp. 579, original burgundy hardback with ornate binding with gilted elephant motifs and edges also gilted; Published New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1876
34.5 x 25.5 cms

NOTES
Compare: Lot No. 1, Bid & Hammer's August 2010 sale

The Book of Knowledge (The Children's Encyclopedia) edited by Arthur Mee The following are the departments into which the work is divided: Plant life, Ourselves, Countries Picture Atlas, Familiar Things, Men & Women, Animal Life, Earth and it's Neighbours, Things to Make and Do, Literature, The Bible History, Wonder Stories and Legends Power, Poetry School Lessons, Art & Ideas. Volume 1-10, printed and specially bound for sale in the INDIAN EMPIRE, by The Standard Literature Co. Ltd, Calcutta, Colombo, Rangoon and London. Ten hardbound volumes in leather finish with marbled paper with cloth spine heavily gilded with gothic columns with a globe. Each volume is profusely illustrated and numbered from starting to end pages.
24.5 x 17.5 cms

CONDITION
Some pages have stains

The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi - held on the 1st January 1877 to celebrate the assumption of the title of "Empress of India" by Her Majesty the Queen. Includes historical sketches of India and her Princes - past and present. London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, pp. xix, 248, 1877 Mounted photographic plates (Woodbury types) comprising portraits of Queen Victoria, Viceroy Lord Lytton, rulers of Nepal, Hyderabad, Baroda, Mysore, Gwalior, Indore, Udaipur, Bhopal, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kalat and Kashmir and 13 views of buildings, assemblage events etc., plus a double-page chromo-lithographic view of the Durbar arena, plates of medals and banners etc. Fine original blue cloth binding with an ornate and richly designed cover embossed in gilt and matching spine.
31 x 28 cms

The World in Miniature; HINDOOSTAN Containing a description of the religion, manners, customs, trades, arts, sciences, literature, diversions, &c. of the Hindoos, illustrated with upwards of 100 coloured engravings, in 6 volumes. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, Strand No date, but some engravings dated 1822. Paper-covered boards with leather spines, with titles uniformly gilt-embossed. 87 original engravings in all, offered as a collection of plates
14 x 9 cms

CONDITION
Lacks vol. 1 and engravings from other volumes (listed below), which have all been supplied in fine colour facsimiles. Vol. 2: 17 plates only out of 19 [the 2 missing plates supplied in colour photocopy]. Also, folding plate Sujah Dowlah, Vizir of the Mogul Empire, Nabob of Oude and his Ten Sons has a clean tear into the image and lacking a third of the engraving, which has been completed by joining a colour photocopy portion. As for the folding plate Hindoo Ladies Paying a Visit to a Persee Lady- the tear has been neatly joined with tape. Vol. 3: 17 plates only out of 22 [the 5 missing plates supplied in colour photocopy]. Also lacks the title page, pp. 1-2 and pp. 73-74, which have all been supplied in photocopy. Vol. 4: 22 plates only out of 23 [the 1 missing plate supplied in colour photocopy] Vol. 5: [16 plates] and Vol 6: [15 plates] are complete

The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India [1835] The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India [1836]/ The Oriental Annual - Lives of the Moghul Emperors [1837]/The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India [1839]/The Oriental Annual; containing a series of Tales, Legends, & Historical Romances [1840] Covers: Full-leather binding with caparisoned elephant embossed in gold on cover and entwined serpents blind stamped. The spine has the title and a camel and a palm tree embossed in gold. Binding: Hardback with all edges in gilt.
Covers 12. 5 x 17.5 cms (each)

CONDITION
Front cover and frontispiece detached

The Oriental Annual (with 10 engravings after paintings by W. Daniell) New York: Leavitt & Allen, c. 1850, pp. 264 Cover: Leather binding with the image of Taj Mahal in gold embossed on cover and the title embossed in gold on spine. Binding: Hardback with all edges in gilt.
24 x 17.5 cms

CONDITION
Edges slightly worn and spine bottom damaged. Before the days of copyright, some US publishers imitated the idea of the popular Oriental Annuals by reproducing Daniell plates but the text was unrelated to the original annuals.

Caunter's and Daniell's Oriental Annual, 1839 - Eastern Legends The Rev. Hobart Caunter with 22 engravings, from drawings by the late William Daniell, R. A. London: Whittaker, 1838, pp. 268 Cover: Green full-leather binding with Lord Buddha within an ornate panel embossed in gold. The spine has the title and trellises with birds embossed in gold.Binding: Hardback with all edges in gilt.
12.5 x 17.5 cms

CONDITION
Edges worn out and spine slightly detached otherwise all plates and text are in good condition.

The History of the Indian Mutiny - giving a detailed account of the sepoy insurrection in India; plus a concise history of the great military events which have tended to consolidate the British Empire in Hindostan. Illustrated with battle scenes, views of places, portraits and maps.All edges in gilt, complete with 81 beautifully-engraved steel engravings and maps Two volumes in four by Charles Ball, pp. 664 plus index, plates and maps London & New York: London Printing & Publishing Co., No date [c. 1860] Cover: Uniformly bound in burgundy cloth with title in gilt on spine Binding: Hardback
27 x 19 cms

CONDITION
Two volumes split into four with title pages only in Vol I and Vol III, as issued. Continuous pagination across 4 volume

The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East, from the earliest times to the suppression of the sepoy mutiny in 1859 Two volumes with 65 steel engravings, Vol I, pp. 804 + 24 plates + engraved maps, Vol II, pp. 774 + 41 plates and portraits London: James S. Virtue, no date [c. 1870] Covers: Uniformly bound in half leather with marble paper on cover and end papers and marbled edges.
25.5 x 16.5 cm

CONDITION
A fine set with edges slightly scuffed

The Century Dictionary, produced under the supervision of William Dwight Whitney who for many years was a Professor of Philology at Yale and has long been regarded as among the greatest achievers of American lexicography. First published in six volumes (1889-91), it evolved into a twelve-volume edition (1911) including supplementary volumes, a Cyclopedia of Names, and a world atlas. The later editions run to more than 8,500 three-column pages and contain more than 200,000 main entries with over 500,000 definitions. The Century is particularly noted for its etymologies, its thorough coverage of American English, its emphasis on scientific and technical terms at a time when such terms were relatively neglected by other dictionaries (including what came to be known as the OED), and its many beautiful illustrative engravings and quotations. Indeed, it remains remarkably "usable" as a dictionary to this day.
30.5 x 20.5 cm


CONDITION
Binding extensively rubbed, edges slightly bent, extensive water stains in a few title pages, otherwise all text and images are in good condition.

The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? In Hindostan. A Hudibrastic Poem in Eight Cantos by Quiz. Illustrated with engravings by Rowlandson, London. Printed by Thomas Jegg, 1816
pp. viii, 252 with 27 hand-coloured aquatints including title page and the folding "A New Map of India from the Latest Authority" [actually an elephant caricature] as frontispiece + 1 uncoloured plate
Half-leather binding with marbled boards and raised bands on spine and gilt designs and title in compartments. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Dimension: 23 x 15 cms

Tom Raw, The Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, in Twelve Cantos: Illustrated by TWENTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India. By a civilian and an officer of the Bengal establishment, the artist was SIR CHARLES D'OYLY (1781-1845) London: Printed for R. Ackermann 1828, pp. 325 + 25 engravings which are hand-coloured caricatures, showing the humorous side of British life in India. A lovely copy in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers, the spine has raised bands with gilt designs and title.
24 x 15 cm

CONDITION
Upper half of pp. 191-192 lacking and provided in photocopy, suitably aligned with the remaining lower portion.

Zigzag Journeys in India; the Antipodes of the far east, a Collection of the Zenana Tales with 79 illustrations. Highly decorative and heavily gilded cover and spine. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, pp. 320
21.5 x 18 cm

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

Painted by Lady Lawley, described by F. E. Penny London: Adam & Charles Black 1914. Cover: Orange decorated cloth 257 pp + 50 plates of watercolours Binding: Hardback
22 x 16 cms

CONDITION
Binding loose and spine partly cracked

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

Representative Men Of India, A collection of memoirs, with portraits, of Indian princes, nobles, statesmen, philanthropists, officials, and eminent citizens by Sorabji Jehangir, Chief Magistrate of Baroda, with an Introduction by Sir George C. M. Birdwood London: W. H. Allen & Co.,1889
38.5 x 29.5 cm (each portrait)

CONDITION
Original worn, but highly decorative and gilt embossed binding remains. However, the text pages are very brittle with occasional loss of text and the original fine Woodbury types have also occasionally suffered due to the brittleness of their mounts. Of the 44 Woodbury type portraits, each bearing the credit line of Vincent Brooke Day & Son, London - only 26 are present. These are in various states of damage and repair along margins but the images themselves in most cases remain unscathed. Most portraits relate to Bombay gentry, 8 of them being of Parsis.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian official By Lt-Col W. H. Sleeman, London: J Hatchard, 1844 Two Volumes: Volume 1- pp. xii, 478 + Chromolithographic frontispiece + 6 chromolithographic plates at the end , Volume 2- viii, 459 + Chromolithographic frontispiece + 24 chromolithographic plates in the text Bound with new cloth spines in both volumes with gilt titles, retaining original gilt-embossed ornate original boards. New endpapers. The chromolithographs are complete and match the list in Volume 2
25 x 17.5 cm

The High Road of Empire - Water-colour and Pen-and-ink Sketches in India by A. H. Hallam Murray London: John Murray 1905, pp. xxix + 453 + 47 colour plates Cover: Full leather with gilt tooling and a device embossed on cover in gilt and the title embossed on spine. Marbled edges.
23 x 16 cm

CONDITION
Covers detached. No. 69 of an edition of 150 copies printed on handmade paper

Pen and Pencil Sketches in India, journal of a tour in India by Gen. Godfrey Charles Mundy, Third Edition, with many illustrations, 1858. LONDON: John Murray, pp. xiv, 367, folding map at the end. 26 lithographic plates
20 x 12 cm

CONDITION
Original gilt-embossed blue-cloth binding, all edges gilt, bevelled edges. Front hinge crudely repaired, binding generally rather shaken and uneven. 1 out of the 26 lithographic plates is missing