Osian's Auction Catalogue Masterpieces and Museum-Quality III | March 2004

56 OSIAN’S 21 RABINDRANATH TAGORE Lot 21a is a National Art Treasure Text of the poem * Dear Manik Song Do you have the power to tie me down, Since I make peace with all, to be their prisoner, Splendour of the evening sky-glow has imprisoned me, The free flow of the river beckons me day and night The flower which blooms and dies on its own and does not remain, They are my friends and companions and do not look back. In vain you strive to catch me, I am tied to myself and the tune of my melody. He who forgets himself and his heart sings, He, my friend, is a companion of the waves and wind day and night, His blood dances with the constant rhythm of escape. Rabindranath Tagore 4th Magh 1339, Uttarayan (1932) [Translated from Bengali] 21b The Golden Book Of Tagore A Homage To Rabindranath Tagore From India And The World In Celebration Of His Seventieth Birthday Edited by Ramananda Chatterjee Calcutta: The Golden Book Committee, 1931 Frontispiece : Portrait of the Artist after a photograph by Martin Vas, New York 21.0 x 27.0 cm (10.7 x 8.1 in) Cover : Quarterbound in red leather with black cover. Title & date embossed in gold on the spine. Binding : Hardbound & roundbacked 394pp / 15 Col & 15 Monochrome Plates with interleaved tissue Condition: B / Has been rebound and the first and last pages strengthened by the addition of strips at the spine. Minor Silverfish and pinhole damage. Rs. 100,000 – 150,000 Non-Exportable Lot 21a Letters To A Friend Edited with Two Introductory Essays by C.F. Andrews London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928 (First Edition) 20.3 X 12.7 cm (8.0 x 5.0 in) Frontispiece : Rabindranath Tagore. From the dry point by Muirhead Bone Cover : Bound in tan leather with titling in gold on corded spine Sketched and dated in black ink on half-title page by the Author Signed and dated, handwritten dedication & poem in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore on flyleaf Binding : Hardbound & roundbacked / 100pp Condition: A