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Lot No. 60: Menpes, Mortimer; text by F. A. Steel

INDIA

  • Medium: Printed book
  • Year: 1912
  • Size: 8.8 x 6.6 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 39,240

(Inclusive Buyer's Premium)

Estimate

 30,000 -  40,000


Estimate US$

360-480

Ends at Sep 12, 2024 07:59 PM IST

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Total : 2 bids   |   Next 5 valid bids   | 20% Buyer's Premium   |   Additional Charges   |   Comparable

Menpes, Mortimer; text by F. A. Steel

INDIA

Second Edition

Year: 1912
Size: 22.6 x 17 cm (8.8 x 6.6 inches)

Published by Adam & Charles Black

large 8vo, PP XII+ 216. Illustrated with 75 colour plates. Original pictorial binding with beautiful tree and peacock design on front cover. Title in yellow on front panel and spine.

Presentation inscription in ink on first front flyeaf ? With X?mas Greetings - from S & W H, Bombay Dec 1914.

A Lovely production. Mortimer Luddington Menpes, was an Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator, who in 1901 published War Impressions, the first of a series of books illustrated in colour from his sketches, with, in most cases, a text written by his daughter Dorothy. The series included Japan, a Record in Colour (1888, 1901), France, Spain and Morocco (1893), World's Children (1903), The Durbar (1903), Venice (1904), India (text by F. A. Steel, 1905), The Thames (text by G. E. Mitton, 1906), Paris (1907), China (text by Sir H. A. Blake, 1909), The People of India (text by G. E. Mitton, 1910), Lord Kitchener (1915), and Lord Roberts (1915).
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0218 32700.00 Regular 12-09-2024 07:09:30 PM IST
2 anon0347 29700.00 Regular 12-09-2024 06:09:56 PM IST
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