• Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 42 - Meyer (Dr. Hans). Across East African Glaciers, limited edition of 50, 1891. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 2 - Agassiz (Louis). Etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 volumes, 1840. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 234 - Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1584]. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 288 - Florio (John). A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English, 1598. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 289 - Cotgrave (Randle). A Dictionary of the French and English Tongues, 1st edition, 1611. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 368 - Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 1st edition, 1908. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 52 - Phillimore (R. H.). Historical Records of The Survey of India, 4 vols, 1st edition, 1945-58. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 92 - Albin (Eleazar). A Natural History of English Insects, 1st London, 1720. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 99 - Leach (William Elford). Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae, 1815-20 & 1875. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 247 - Embroidered binding - Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, 1660. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 282 - Nightingale (Florence). Notes on Nursing, 1st ed., 2nd issue, [1860], signed presentation copy. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 66 - Ward (Rowland, editor). Great and Small Game of Africa, limited edition, 1899. £600-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 235 - Campo (Antonio). Cremona Fedelissima Citta, 1st edition, 1585. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 355 - Jewish playing cards. Artistic Palestine Play-Cards, Jerusalem: Duchifat Press, circa 1920. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 102 - America. Lea (P. & J. Overton). A New Mapp of America..., London: circa 1686. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 161 - North America. Laurie (R. H.), Map of the Southern Dominions belonging to the United States, 1823. £500-800
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    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
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    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €

Saffronart: Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Maps, Photographs, and Letters , 72424, Mumbai

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Auction Date
July 24, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Page Size: 93 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Edward Ives

A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757

1773 USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 USD 2,892.00
27 William Julius Mickle

The Lusiad; Or, the Discovery of India: An Epic Poem translated from The Original Portuguese of Luis De Camoens

Oxford 1776 USD 725.00 - 965.00 USD 795.00
28 William Hodges R.A.

Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783

London 1793 USD 905.00 - 1,205.00 USD 4,048.00
29 Alexis Soltykoff

Voyages dans l'Inde [Deluxe edition of 2 volumes in a large single octavo volume]

Paris not dated USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 USD 8,675.00
30 George Abbott

Views of the Forts of Bhurtpore and Weire along with Sketches about Kurrah, Mannickpore

London 1827 USD 2,410.00 - 3,015.00 USD 5,060.00
31 Lieutenant Colonel Wridenhall Roberts Pogson

A History of the Boondelas

Calcutta 1828 USD 1,205.00 - 1,810.00 USD 2,458.00
32 Sir Richard Francis Burton

Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave

London 1851 USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 USD 5,060.00
33 John Tillotson or J H Stocqueler ?

The Route of the Overland Mail to India. From Southampton to India. Thirty two plates, from drawings by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, Absolon, Herring. Sen., D. Roberts, R.A.Weir and other eminent artists

London [c.1860] USD 1,510.00 - 1,810.00 USD 4,048.00
34 Henry Davison Love

The Indian Record Series: Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800 - Traced from the East India Company's Records preserved at Fort St. George and the India Office, and from other sources

London 1913 USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 USD 6,506.00
35 Joseph Guibal

Mes Croisieres aux Indes. Ceylan, Zanzibar, Le Kenia, L'Afrique Orientale, L'Egypte, La Palestine, La Syrie et la Mediterranee. Avec soixante treize illustrations

Montpellier, 1946 USD 905.00 - 1,205.00 USD 940.00
36 Stephen Wheeler

History of Delhi Coronation Durbar Held on 1st of Jan 1903: To Celebrate the Coronation of King Edward VII, Compiled from the Original Papers by Order of the Viceroy

London 1904 USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 USD 13,012.00
37 Anonymous

Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911 + Durbar Souvenir, 1911-12

Calcutta 1911 USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 USD 1,880.00
38 Bourne and Shepherd Studios

Durbar Panoramas [Set of 2]

USD 3,015.00 - 3,615.00 USD 6,506.00
39 Government of India

Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911: Compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [Delux Edition]

London; London and Aylesbury and London 1914 USD 3,015.00 - 3,615.00 USD 9,398.00
40 Ronald Arthur Dalzell (Earl of Carnwath)

Carmonth: Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of Their Services in the Great War. Edited by the Earl of Carnwath, Etc. [With Portraits.]

London 1922 USD 3,015.00 - 4,220.00 USD 3,181.00
41 A R Datt

The Chamber of Princes (Narender Mandal), Delhi, 13th March 1939

USD 3,015.00 - 3,615.00 USD 3,181.00
42 Anonymous

Delhi Sketch Book [Set of 2]

[Delhi] 1852 USD 1,510.00 - 1,810.00 USD 4,627.00
43 Barorjee Nowrosjee

Cartoons from the Hindi Punch: Being the Political and Social History of the Country during the year told in humorous cartoons, &c. [6 Volumes]

Bombay 1910 USD 1,205.00 - 1,810.00 USD 5,783.00
44 Alexander Cunningham

The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument ornamented with Numerous Sculptures illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century BC

London 1879 USD 2,715.00 - 3,315.00 USD 7,952.00
45 William Griggs

India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. 100 Plates Reproduced By W. Griggs. From the Collection in the Late Office of Curator of Ancient Monuments in India

London 1896 USD 3,015.00 - 4,220.00 USD 9,398.00
46 Edmund W Smith

Portfolio of Indian Architectural Drawings: Part I, Issued by the Government North-West Provinces and Oudh

London; Calcutta; Bombay and Allahabad 1897 USD 3,015.00 - 3,615.00 USD 11,566.00
47 Raja Ravi Varma Press

Vintage Raja Ravi Varma Postcards [Set of 30]

USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 USD 3,759.00
48 Thomas Holbein Hendley

Indian Jewellery [Signed by Hendley]

London July 1909 USD 3,015.00 - 4,220.00 USD 6,940.00
49 M Robert Delpeuch

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam [Limited Edition Copy with ilustrations by Abanindranath Tagore]

Paris 1910 USD 905.00 - 1,205.00 USD 3,470.00
50 A V Yaremenko

Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich, His Life and Creations During The Past Forty Years 1889-1929

New York 1931 USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 USD 7,952.00
  • Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London, 1954-1955.FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, ALL IN THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE DUST JACKETS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Francesco Fontana. Novae coelestium terrestriumque rerum observationes... Naples: Gaffari, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contains the first observations of spots on the surface of Mars.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought” (PMM).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Benjamin Franklin. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par lui-méme… Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION OF FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Samuel Johnson, Jr. A School Dictionary… New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Joseph Smith, Jr. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. FIRST EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. THE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IBARRA EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: James Joyce. Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Neil Gaiman. Original manuscript for the "Neverwhere" BBC television miniseries. [London: Crucial Films, LTD., 1995-1996]. TYPESCRIPT "NEVERWHERE" WITH NEIL GAIMAN'S NOTES AND AMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [DICTIONARY]. Noah Webster. An American Dictionary of the English Language... New York, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, UNCUT IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Stephen King. Full Dark, No Stars. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010. WITH AN ORIGINAL TWO-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY GLENN CHADBOURNE
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: H. G. Wells. The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.
  • Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 1. Rare First Edition of Oronce Fine Double-Cordiform World Map (1531) Est. $50,000 - $60,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 2. French Edition of "Rudimentum Novitiorum" with Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine (1543) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 3. Complete Edition of Munster’s Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views (1560) Est. $32,500 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 4. Purchas' Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia (1625-26) Est. $55,000 - $70,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 5. Complete First Latin Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX (1590-1602) Est. $120,000 - $150,000
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