Beautiful Christie's auction catalog covering many aspects of India. The catalog is clean and without writing, though I wouldn't have been unhappy if the realized prices had been jotted in. the catalog shos no spine crease and is pristine insicde and out. It measures 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" and has 112 pages plus back matter. The catalog shows many differnt types of art -- metal sculpture, wooden book cover, paintings, furniture, textiles, silver filigree, jewelry, jade items, metal thread embroideries and enameled gold, among others. View More...
We have six prints from this series of which this is one numbered V. It clearly comes from a book, but the origin is unknown. The print has only the date 1955 penciled on the back. The caption beneath the image reads "Kamodi Ragini. Ahmadnagar, Deccan; now Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan. About 1595." The image is beautiful and tipped-in which means you can lift it up from the page. Three of the corners appear damaged, but they are NOT -- the print shows the original as it is. The page itself measures 9"x12" and the image 7"x9" View More...
Beautiful Indian print tipped onto a page which clearly came from a book. Because it isn't fully pasted you can lift part of it up. The origin is unknown, but the date 1955 is penciled small on the reverse side. The caption reads "Buddha expounding the Doctrine to Yasas, the first lay member of the Buddhist community. Detail of a painting on rock-cut pillar in temple (cave X) Ajanta. Hyderabad, Deccan. Fifth Century." The full page measures 9"x12-1/4" and the inside image 7"x9" View More...
This is the last of a series of seven Indian prints of unknown origin. All clearly came form a book, but the only identifying info is the date 1955 penciled very small at back. The caption under the image reads "Maharaja Kesari Singh on horseback overcoming a lioness. Bikaner, now Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan, About 1715-20. The entire page measures 9"x11-3/4" and image is 6"x8". Image is tipped in which means you can lift it up from the page. View More...
This is a beautiful print clearly from a book, but of unknown origin. Only the date 1955 is penciled on the back. The print is tipped onto the page so you can lift it up. The caption reads: The meeting of Irandati, the Naga princess (on a swing), and the Yaksa general Purnaka. His magic horse is on the left. Detail of Vidhura Pandita Jataka; wall painting on rock, in monastery (cave II). Ajanta, Hyderabad, Deccan. Fifth century." The full page measures 8-1/2"x12" and the image itself 7"x9". Richly colored. View More...
This is beautiful print of unknown origin, but clearly from a book. The image is tipped in which means that you can lift it up from the page. There is a date on the back which reads 1955, but no other details available. The caption reads "Virahini(?, Basohli, Western Himalaya (sic); Now Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Beginning of eighteenth century" The full page measures 9"x12-1/4" and the image is 6"x9". Very stylized and very charming. View More...
Mughal Miniatures are a marriage of Indian and Persian painting. They are filled with life, action, and gorgeous colors, but despite the title these six beauties are not miniatures. They may have started out that way, but each print in this portfolio measures 10-1/2 x 14-3/4". There is also a booklet of the same size explaining the various works and their artists. The only fault to the contents is a stripe of toning to bottom edge of the first page of the booklet. The prints are without defects.The portfolio has its picture pasted on as per design, but there is a loose one inside for framing i... View More...
Two crisp, clean, beautiful booklets, one about India's silk and the other India's handwoven textiles. Both are illustrated with color photographs and both have 24 pristine pages. Booklets measure 5-1/2" x 8-3/4" and have no defect of note. Text is lengthy. View More...
This is a small booklet written by Mirra Alfassa (1878-1973), a woman born in Paris to an Egyptian Jewish mother and a Turkish Jewish father. In adulthood she moved to India, became a Hindu, and ultimately was revered as The Mother. This booklet measures 4-3/4" x 7-1/4" and has 85 pages, primarily comprised of pithy excerpts from her voluminous writings. Alfassa also founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. President Woodrow Wilson's daughter came to visit it and remained permanently. Book is clean and attractive with no tears and no names or writing. The dust jacket on a paperback is quite elegant. View More...
Beautiful condition! A book for both adults and children by the beloved author, Pearl Buck. This book must have been gently read, if at all, as there is no defect of note save price-clip to front jacket flap. There's no names or writing and no tears or chips. Binding is tight. Book will arrive in a brand new mylar cover to protect this perfect jacket. Book measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and has 47 pages. Story is set in India and was based on an incident Pearl Buck saw while traveling in India. It's the story of a little boy whose father owned a small circus, including Raj the tiger and Meera, the l... View More...
This lovely little book would make a precious gift. It offers beautiful color art, plus wisdom from India. The book is not a miniature, but it measures 3-1/2" x 5" and has an inside spiral metal binding. The art is beautiful and has both drawings and color flowers. An example from the East is this quite, "What we have done will not be lost to all eternity. Everything ripens at its time and becomes fruit at its' hour." View More...
A bit hard to find, but here it is in very nice clean condition. Booklet measures 5-1/2"x8-1/2" and has 44 pages plus a wonderful large fold-out at back which shows a map on one side and a scale drawing of Temple Lakshmana on the other. Booklet also contains numerous black and white photographs printed on quality coated paper. Other than one very small tear to outer edge of back cover and one also small one on map, both of which I repaired with almost invisible archival tape, the book is very good. View More...
This is part of a series of small booklets given to military personnel entering foreign countries in wartime. The booklets are literally pocket sized and very straightforward about dos and don'ts, cultural differences, and choices which could possibly be to an American's detriment. Here's an example: "Rabies are common. Avoid strange dogs and jackals and obtain quick treatment if bitten." The booklet measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/4" and has 68 pages, including two unused blank ones for notes. I also have five other titles for different countries. View More...
Beautiful publication, No. 33 in a series of publications dealing with serious photography. The first section is a 22 page essay by Arthur Ollman on Samuel Bourne, an Englishman and a great photographer of the 19th century. His work in India is especially favored for its artistry and the photographer's grasp of technology. The pictures are beautiful and each is given an entire page for a total of 25 images. Catalog measures 9-1/4" x 11" and is clean and tightly bound and with no names or writing. View More...
The small color booklet was laid-in to the larger one so buyer gets both. I usually keep things where I find them when the topics are at least similar, if not exact. These, however, are very complimentary. The larger booklet shows former owner's name on cover and inside on title page, but is very clean, tightly bound and uncreased. It measures 5-1/2"x8-3/4" and has 46 pages including wonderful black and white photographs printed on coated paper. The smaller color booklet measures 5"x7" and 11 pages. No photos. Both written in ENGLISH View More...
I have always been fascinated by the patent medicine peddlers (otherwise known as snake oil salesmen)who offered a magic pill for anything that ailed you. Their advertising is very collectible ,be it magazine ads or trade cards. But here we have something a little different -- a booklet of 29 pages of dense text broken up by black and white art, all of which tells the story of Charles Wills who went to India, discovered the Cake of Healing and used it to make pills so fine he called them "the best pills in the world." What's interesting about it is that it's told as a long story replete with m... View More...
