Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 120 131 i. Sketches and Incidents of the Siege in Lucknow From Drawings made during the Siege Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant Madras Army Descriptive Notices by George Couper, Esq., Late Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, October 1, 1858 Frontispiece: ‘No. 1 Baillie Guard Gateway, Lieut. C. H. Mecham delt, F. Jones, lith.’ First Edition 22.4 x 15.0 in (56.8 x 37.8 cm) Cover: Black rexin, maroon half-leather with title in gold 29pp / 27 tinted lithographs on 18 sheets as issued Binding: Hardbound (rebound) Condition: Good ii. A Subaltern’s Life in Madras – Being the Adventures of Ensign Blobbs W. T. Durham [76th Regiment] Lithography by G. Winchester Madras: Publisher unknown, 1865 First Edition 12.1 x 19.5 in (31 x 49.5 cm) Cover: Blue rexine and maroon leather quarter binding with title embossed in gold on cover 22 pp/ 20 lithographic reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Fragile. iii. Pandurang Hari Memoirs Of A Hindoo Two Volumes Prefaced by H. Bartle E. Frere London: Henry S. King and Co., 1873. 7.1 x 5.0 in (12.5 x 19.0 cm) Cover: Chocolate rexine with title embossed in gold on spine. Vol.1: 306pp / Vol. 2: 329pp Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good. First English novel on Indian life. Originally published in the 1820s. iv. Imperial India An Artist’s Journals Val. C. Prinsep 2nd Edition Illustration by numerous sketches taken at the courts of the principal chiefs in India London: Chapman and Hall, 1879 8.18x 5.15 in (20.17 x14.5 cm) Cover: Brown rexin with title embossed in gold on spine. 382pp Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good v. Indian Sketch Book L. Raven Hill London: The Whitefriars Press, 1905. First Edition Frontispiece: ‘The Shaw Princess’. 10.6 x 7.2 in (26.0 x 20.0 cm) Cover: Green rexin with title embossed in gold on cover and spine. 110pp / 107 b/w reproductions of caricatures Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good Caricatures drawn during Raven-Hill’s visit to cover the Delhi Durbar of 1903. vi. India: Pictorial And Descriptive London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1888 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Grand Alley of the Taj Mahal’. 12.0 x 9.0 in (22.4 x 30.6cm) Cover: Ochre rexine with title embossed in gold and black on front and spine. 233pp / 112 b/w illustrations Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good vii. Beast And Man In India A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their relations with the People John Lockwood Kipling Drawings by J. L. Kipling Chapter heads by Rudyard Kipling London: Macmillan And Co., 1892. 8.5 x 5.5 in (20.7 x 14.3 cm) Cover: Blue cloth with title embossed in gold on spine and gilt embossments 370pp / 98 b/w illustrations Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good This is the only book extant by Rudyard Kipling’s father. viii. Indian India – As Seen By A Guest In Rajasthan C. W. Waddington London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1933 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Portrait of Bahadur Shah, from a pencil drawing by an Ofcer of the 68th Light Infantry’. 13.5 x 8.8 in (34.5 x 22.5 cm) Cover: Blue rexine with white spine. 223 pp/ 1 colour tipped-in reproduction, 29 b/w plates and 1 map Binding: Hardbound (rebound) Condition: Good Inscribed by the author. ix. Typical Pictures of Indian Natives F. M. Coleman Bombay: Times of India, 1897 First Edition 10.0 x 7.5 in (25.5 x 19.2 cm) Cover: Pale blue cloth with red lettering and black border. Title on spine in black. 93pp/ 24 col and 18 b/w newspaper advertisements Binding: Hardbound (original) Conditon: Good. Cover yellowed and stained in places INR 200,000 – 250,000 USD 4,500 – 5,650 (Set of 9)