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Vernon & Co., Photographers.The Installation of H.

101 - Vernon & Co., Photographers.The Installation of H.H. The Nawab Saheb of Radhanpur, November 27, 1910, 39 photographs (from 290 x 365mm. to 105 x 155mm), mounted on card and with printed captions beneath, one full length portrait of the Nawab Saheb hand-coloured, some fading and oxidising to images, mounts browned and stained, all leaves detached from hinges, some worming to inner covers, contemporary half morocco over gilt-decorated and lettered cloth, worn, upper cover heavily stained and almos

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Welsh (Col. James)Military Reminiscences...of near

102 - Welsh (Col. James)Military Reminiscences...of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, numerous plates, maps and plans, 4 folding, many aquatint, others wood-engraved, illustrations, foxed, bookplate of J.Walpole D'Oyly, near contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1830.

Estimation

€170 - 240

White (Lieut. George Francis)Views in India, chief

103 - White (Lieut. George Francis)Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains, edited by Emma Roberts, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 28 plates after Turner and others from drawings by White, paper guards, 4pp. advertisements at end, frontispiece and engraved title heavily foxed, much lighter foxing to other plates and mostly marginal, contemporary claret morocco with central medallion of dancing girl stamped in gilt and corner-pieces in blind, spine ruled and titled in

Estimation

€170 - 240

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) & Samuel Howitt. Orienta

104 - Williamson (Capt. Thomas) & Samuel Howitt. Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of Wild Sports of the East, first edition,hand-coloured engraved additional title, small loss to bottom corner not affecting image, laid down, short tear to bottom edge, 40 hand-coloured aquatints, paper watermarked 1804, faint off-setting, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, bookplate, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, rebacked retaining original spine, gilt inner

Estimation

€4,700 - 7,200

Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Samuel Howitt. 14 pl

105 - Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Samuel Howitt. 14 plates from 'Oriental Field Sports...', first edition, engraving and aquatint with fine hand-colouring, on wove paper sheets, each watermarked 'E&P 1804', each platemark approx. 375 x 480 mm (14 3/4 x 18 7/8 in), sheets each approx. 435 x 545 mm (17 1/8 x 21 1/2 in), some marginal spotting and surface dirt, some expert restoration to losses at edges of sheets, minor nicks and some small splits, browning and handling creases, loose, unframed, [circa

Estimation

€1,100 - 1,800

Wood (William) A Series of Twenty-Eight Panoramic

106 - Wood (William) A Series of Twenty-Eight Panoramic Views of Calcutta, ink gift inscription "Ramsay from the Earl of Dalhousie", 28 handsomely hand-coloured lithographed plates, mostly on india paper, few short marginal tears, light marginal surface staining,Richardson of Pitfour bookplate, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered, rubbing and browning, [Abbey, Travel 495; Bobins 277], folio, 1833.

Estimation

€23,000 - 36,000

Younghusband (Captain Frank E.) The Relief of Chit

107 - Younghusband (Captain Frank E.) The Relief of Chitral, first edition, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the authorto Major Townshend to half title, 23 (of 24) plates, plate facing p.56 is missing, 2 folding, plates facing p.25, 98, and frontispiece are loose, 4pp advertisements to rear, endpapers missing, tissue guard to frontispiece torn, scattered light foxing, some cracking at gutter, hinges cracked, original cloth, very bumped and scuffed, losses and fraying to spine ends, joints, an

Estimation

€170 - 240

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