Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 123 v. A Journey through India Part 1 – Pictures of India by British Artists Part 2 - Company School Pictures (Exhibition Catalogue published in Conjunction with an Exhibition held for sale by Spink and Son Ltd., London, from Wednesday 9th October to Friday 1st November 1996) London: Spink and Son Ltd., 1996 Slipcase: 10.2 x 8.4 in (26.3 x 21.0 cm) Part 1 - 8.2 x 10.2 in (20.9 x 26.0 cm) Part 2 - 8.2 x 10.2 in (20.9 x 26.0 cm) Cover : Part 1 – Image of ‘The Plains of Bengal’, Oil on canvas, 9 _ x 14 3/4 inches; 23.5 x 37.4 cm, Signed twice with monogram, inscribed on stretcher: ‘Plains of Bengal Edward Lear.1877’ Part 2 – Image of ‘A Panoramic View of the River Face of the Red Fort of Agra’, India (Agra), circa 1820, Height: 42.7 cm, Width: 1 m 65 cm. Each part 104pp / 88 col and 9 b/w reproductions Binding: Softbound Condition: Good vi. Baboo Jabberjee F. Anstey Illustrations by J. Bernard Partridge London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1897 First Edition 7.4 x 5.4 in (19.1 x 13.9 cm) Cover: Blue rexine with the image of a man with stick and hat embossed on the cover and the title on the spine in gold 258pp/ 29 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good vii. A Bayard from Bengal Being some account of the Magnicient and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, Esq., B. A., Cambridge, by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B. A. , Calcutta University, author of Jottings and Tittlings, etc., etc., to which is appended the Parables and Proverbs of Piljosh, freely translated from the Original Styptic by Another Hand, with Introduction, Notes, and Appendix by the above Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B. A.; F. Anstey Illustrations by Bernard Partridge New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Exhorted her with an eloquent that moved all present, to abandon her frivolities and levities’. 7.2 x 5.0 in (18.3 x 12.8 cm) 169pp / 8 b/w illustrations Binding: Hardbound (original) in red rexin Condition: Good viii. The Durbar Mortimer Menpes Text by Dorothy Menpes London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First Edition Frontispiece: Lord Curzon in his study 9.0 x 6.10 in (22.8 x 16.2 cm) Cover: Brown cloth and decorative cover with title embossed in gold 392pp / 100 col plates based on Menpes paintings each with a tissue guard Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good. ix. India Mortimer Menpes Text by Flora Annie Steel London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. Reprinted Frontispiece: India 8.2 x 6.1 in (22.6 x 16.3 cm) Cover: Decorated cloth with title embossed in gold on spine. 376pp / 75 col reproductions with tissue guards bearing titles Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good. Plates are based on Menpes paintings. Menpes was an Australian artist who visited India to cover the Delhi Durbar of 1903. x. The Letters of Warren Hastings to His Wife Transcribed in full from the Originals in the British Museum Introduced and annotated by Sydney C. Grier (Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg) London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1905 First Edition Frontispiece: ‘Mrs. Hastings’, from a sketch by Ozias Humphry 8.8 x 6.0 in (22.5 x 16.5 cm) Cover: Green rexine with the logo inscribed with ‘Mens Aequa In Ardius’ on the cover and spine in gold 527pp / 6 b/w reproductions Binding: Hardbound (original) Condition: Good INR 300,000 – 375,000 USD 6,750 – 8,450 (Set of 10) 136 Journal of the Photographic Society of India Acting Editor: J. A. Edwardes-Evans Published in Calcutta from 1886 until 1926 33 issues of the monthly journal between 1909 and 1925 1909 – September 1915 – November 1918 – April & October 1920 – July 1921 – July, August, September, October 1923 – January to December (except February) 1924 – January to December (except June) 1925 – January & February [Early issues have tipped-in photographic plates] PLUS Souvenir of the First All India Exhibition of Photography, Ahmedabad, 7 –15 November 1939. Among the jury members mentioned on the title page is the name of Karl J. Khandalavala who later rose to become one of India’s foremost art historians. INR 200,000 – 250,000 USD 4,500 – 5,650 (Set of 33)