Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 122 134 India And Its Native Princes Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal Louis Rousselet New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1876 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘His Highness The Maharaja of Gwalior’. 13.4 x 10.4 in (34.3 x 26.8 cm) Cover: Burgundy rexine with leather corners, elephant motif embossed in gold on the cover and title in gold on the spine. Gilt-edged pages. 696pp / 113 full page engravings, 217 b/w illustrations and 6 maps Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good INR 300,000 – 375,000 USD 6,750 – 8,450 135 i. A Book of Two Plays 9.2 x 6.2 in (23.0 x 15.5 cm) Cover: Both plays bound together in contemporary green-cloth binding with title embossed in gold on a leather strip and pasted on the spine Condition: Good a. Aladdin or The Wonderful Scamp A Tale of Old China – in Several Chips H.J. Byron Adapted by J.H.Leslie & E.A.P.Hobday Specially produced at the Theatre Royal, Ferozpore, August 1882 Reprinted edition. Bombay 1885 Originally printed: Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1882 46pp + 1 page ‘Key to Music of Aladdin’ at the end & 12 crudely-printed full- page caricature lithographic plates & an unnumbered smaller page bound between pages12 &13 titled ‘A Recollection – Umballa Versus Ferozepore November 1882 [ie. long after the performance of the play] There is a copy of this play in the British Library but that makes no mention of the 12 illustrations. b. Ali Baba or Forty Thieves A Burlesque Extravaganza in Two Acts Translated from the Arabian Nights and adapted to the stage by E.A.P Hobday Music selected and arranged by J.H. Leslie Specially produced at the Theatre Royal, Ferozpore, August 1883 Reprinted edition. Bombay 1885 Originally printed: Lahore: Arya Press, 1883 50pp +1 page ‘Key to Music of Ali Baba’ at the end & 10 crudely-printed full-page caricature lithographic plates + 2 page Prologue, written by Col. Harward and spoken at the performance at Mian Mir, 3 April 1883 The British Library only has a Bombay reprint of 1884 which mentions 9 illustrations. ii. Deccan Nursery Tales or Fairy Tales from the South C.A. Kincaid. Illustrations by M.V. Dhurandhar London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1914 First Edition Frontispiece: “Gave Memorial honours to his dead father”…p.108 8.3 x 6.4 in (20.7 x 16.2 cm) Cover: Blue cloth with oral design in black and title in gold lettering on spine 154pp / 8 col plates Binding: Hardboud (original) Condition: Good. Pages 117–8 slightly torn with loss of text. iii. Pa En Million Ar Gammer Mark – Indiske Digte A rare and unusual publication of poems by various Indian poets, translated into Danish Some illustrated in colour by Chittaprosad The six poems illustrated by Chittaprosad are by Mary Erulkar, K. Raghavendra Rao, Mahendra Bora, Amrita Pritam (2) and R.C. Rajasekhar Denmark: Publisher unknown, undated ( c .1970) 14.0 x 10.2 in (37.2 x 26.0 cm) Cover: Handmade paper with title in black & gold and a poem dedicated to a child inscribed in black on the back cover. 30pp / 6 full-page col plates and 4 full-page woodcut prints printed on brown paper & 1 b/w photographic reproduction of Chittaprosad. The woodcuts bear the facsimile pencil signatures and pencil titles in Chittaprosad’s hand Binding: Softbound Condition: Good. iv. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations Part 4 India / Volume 2: Uniform Coinage East India Company 1835-58 / Imperial Period 1858-1947 F. Pridmore London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1980 First Edition 10.0 x 7.4 in (25.2 x19.0 cm) Cover: Black rexin with title embossed in gold on the spine and a printed dustjacket 246pp / 674 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good