Saffronart: Passages to India: A Journey Through Rare Books, Maps, Photographs, and Letters , 72424, Mumbai
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 24, 2024 - July 25, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | A S G Butler | The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens [3 Volumes] |
London | 1950 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 17,349.00 |
| 52 | Nandalal Bose | Nandalal Bose [Signed book by Nandalal Bose] + Pictures from the Life of Buddha |
USD 965.00 - 1,205.00 | USD 3,470.00 | ||
| 53 | Sir Mohammed Iqbal | Iqbal: Poet of the East [Signed and numbered in English and signed in Urdu by Chughtai] |
Lahore | 1968 | USD 3,015.00 - 3,615.00 | USD 4,048.00 |
| 54 | Khalid Mohamed | 88 Husain in Oils 003 [Husain signed book along with a sketch by him] |
Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai | 2003 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 7,229.00 |
| 55 | William Daniell | The Adventures of Hunch-Back, and the Stories Connected with it (from the Arabian Nights Entertainments.) With illustrative Prints, engraved by William Daniell, from pictures painted by Robert Smirke, R. A. Arabian Nights |
Whitefriars. | 1814 | USD 965.00 - 1,205.00 | USD 2,169.00 |
| 56 | Thomas Moore | Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance [Along with a Fore-edge Painting] |
London | 1842 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 1,880.00 |
| 57 | Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill | Gitanjali + Poems of Kabir |
London | 1912 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 7,952.00 |
| 58 | Rudyard Kipling | Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling [Signed and limited deluxe edition] |
London | 1912 | USD 1,205.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 8,675.00 |
| 59 | Charles Freer Andrews | The Tagore Birthday Book: Selected from the English Works of Rabindranath Tagore [Signed book by Tagore]] |
London | 1928 | USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 | USD 15,904.00 |
| 60 | Ramananda Chatterjee | The Golden Book of Tagore: A Homage to Rabindranath Tagore from India and the World in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday [Limited Edition Copy] |
Calcutta | 1931 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 3,470.00 |
| 61 | Rabindranath Tagore and Sakti Burman | L'Offrande Lyrique [Limited Edition Copy] |
Paris | 1993 | USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 | USD 7,952.00 |
| 62 | Johnston and Hoffmann | "Souvenir of the Royal Visit to Calcutta Presented by Maharaj-Kumar Sir Prodyot Coomar Tagore", Tagore Castle, Calcutta, January 1906 [Presentation Copy] |
Calcutta | 1906 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 1,880.00 |
| 63 | Rabindranath Tagore | Personality: Lectures Delivered in America [Signed by the Author in English and Bengali] |
London | 1918 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 5,494.00 |
| 64 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Jung Indien: Aufsatze aus den jahren 1919 bis 1922 (Young India: Essays from the years 1919 to 1922) [Signed copy by Gandhi] |
Erlenbach-Zurich, Leipzig - Munich | 1924 | USD 4,220.00 - 5,425.00 | Not Sold |
| 65 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | The Story of My Experiments with Truth |
Ahmedabad | 1929-33 | USD 3,615.00 - 4,820.00 | USD 4,048.00 |
| 66 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Discovery of India [Signed by Nehru] |
Calcutta | 1956 | USD 1,810.00 - 2,410.00 | USD 7,952.00 |
| 67 | Captain Dhyan Chand | Goal [Signed book by the Author] |
Madras | 1952 | USD 905.00 - 1,205.00 | USD 2,313.00 |
| 68 | Edmund Hillary and James Ramsey Ullman | High Adventure + Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing [Signed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay] |
London | 1955 | USD 1,205.00 - 1,810.00 | USD 3,181.00 |
| 69 | Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb Ambedkar) | Constitution of India [Set of six editions till date] |
1955 | USD 6,025.00 - 7,230.00 | USD 6,940.00 | |
| 70 | Thomas Daniell | The Chalees Satoon in the Fort of Allahabad on the River Jumna |
USD 4,820.00 - 6,025.00 | USD 7,229.00 | ||
| 71 | Thomas Daniell after James Wales | Tin-Tali / Rameswara [Set of 2] |
USD 6,630.00 - 9,040.00 | USD 6,940.00 | ||
| 72 | Henry Merke | A View of the Government House and Council Chamber, Madras |
London | 1807] | USD 4,820.00 - 7,230.00 | USD 5,060.00 |
| 73 | John William Hill after Henry Salt | Mosque at Lucknow |
London. | 1809 | USD 2,410.00 - 3,615.00 | USD 2,747.00 |
| 74 | Robert Havell after James Baillie Fraser | Assemblage of Hillmen Series: Series: Views in the Himala Mountains |
1820 | USD 2,410.00 - 3,015.00 | USD 3,181.00 | |
| 75 | Dickinson & Co. after William Prinsep | Calcutta from the Water Gate of Fort William |
USD 4,820.00 - 6,025.00 | USD 5,060.00 |
![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Samuel Johnson, Jr. <i>A School Dictionary…</i> New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/144d303d-fb7b-4c8f-90f8-93d2ee5b5473.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Samuel Johnson, Jr. <i>A School Dictionary…</i> New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.")
![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> James Joyce. <i>Ulysses.</i> London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b96c89fb-e0c1-4ce9-99c1-c97b003d38bd.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> James Joyce. <i>Ulysses.</i> London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.")
![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. <i>King Kong.</i> New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis).](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/030395f1-e26d-4ae6-b120-43d881c17632.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. <i>King Kong.</i> New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of \"a most sought after title\" (Davis).")
![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Ray Bradbury. <i>Fahrenheit 451.</i> New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/593de668-7304-4f7b-af33-0f408183249a.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> Ray Bradbury. <i>Fahrenheit 451.</i> New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.")
![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2f398c6b-072b-406e-ad66-55fff389034a.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> 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.")
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![<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> H. G. Wells. <i>The Time Machine: An Invention.</i> London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1772ac84-200c-4c75-b633-5f918dbe2d54.jpg "<b>Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11:</b> H. G. Wells. <i>The Time Machine: An Invention.</i> London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.")
![<b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17:</b> [Maps] Gio. Ant. Magnini, Italia, 1620.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c92d6947-7efa-449d-82ff-548bbf1cd1ce.jpeg "<b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17:</b> [Maps] Gio. Ant. Magnini, Italia, 1620.")
