Old Books, Maps and Photographs will take place online on December 13-14, 2016. Bidding begins at 08:00 PM (IST) on December 13. The auction features 82 works and will take place exclusively on www.storyltd.com. The structure of the auction and its time span allows serious collectors as well as first-time buyers, worldwide, to place their bids over a period of 24 hours, as opposed to a period of a few hours in a live auction. Proxy bids can be placed once the catalogue goes live. What: Sale of Old Books, Maps and PhotographsWhere: Online – www.storyltd.comWhen: December 13-14, 2016Top Lots of the Sale:*One Of The Most Rarest Of Books With Tipped In Photographs, Only Of Which A Handful Of Copies Are Known To Be In Existence, TITLE: Gaur: Its Ruins and Inscriptions, AUTHOR: John Henry Ravenshaw, B.C.S, PUBLISHER: C. Kegan Paul & Co., PLACE: London, YEAR: 1878, BINDING: Bound in full calf, NO.OF PAGES: 102 PAGES including 58 plates, 1 folding B & W map of Gaur, tipped photographic frontispiece + 43 tipped in woodbury type of photographs ( lacks 1 plate, plate no 28), SIZE: Height: 35 cm, Width: 26 cm, Depth: 3.5 cm.Starting bid: Rs 5,98,400 | $8,800 Estimate: Rs 7,00,000-Rs 8,00,000 ( $10,295-$11,765 ) *A Magnificent Photographic Record Of The 1903 Durbar To Commemorate The Coronation Of Edward Vii, TITLE: The Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903. Of His Majesty King Edward VII, YEAR: 1903, BINDING: Original red morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover "Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1903 of his Majesty King Edward VII. Viceroy Baron Curzon of Kedleston, P.C.G.M.S.I, G.M.I.E with border blocked in gilt. The book comes preserved in original silk-lined wooden box covered in linen hand-painted with elaborate design of flowers, upper cover with central cartouche. NO.OF PAGES: 132 platinum prints, several panoramic each with letterpress title leaf printed in purple within decorative gilt border. SIZE OF THE BOOK: Height: 47 cm, Width: 34.5 cm, Depth: 8 cm. SIZE OF THE BOX: Height: 51.5 cm, Width: 43 cm, Depth: 13.5 cm.Starting bid: Rs 5,98,400 | $8,800Estimate: Rs 7,00,000-Rs 8,00,000 ( $10,295-$11,765 )*The Oriental Races and Tribes, Residents and Visitors of Bombay: Set of 19 photographs, First Ethnologic Writing On India Published With Photographs, Set of 19 mounted albumen photographs depicting members of tribes and social classes in Bombay, India from the book "The Oriental Races and Tribes, Residents and Visitors of Bombay", volume: 2, Ed: William Johnson, London: W.J. Johnson, 121, Fleet Street, 1866.Starting bid: Rs 4,32,480 | $6,360 Estimate: Rs 5,00,000-Rs 6,00,000 ( $7,355-$8,825 ) *Collection of 63 vintage photos of Bombay and Elephanta Caves taken between 1860 up to 1900. Albumen photographs and some photochromes of varying sizes, most of them of 29.7 x 21 cm.Starting bid: Rs 3,82,160 | $5,620Estimate: Rs 4,50,000-Rs 5,00,000 ( $6,620-$7,355 ) *TITLE: Voyage Dans L'Inde, SUB TITLE: Pendant les annees 1828 A 1832, publie sous les auspices de M. Guizot. EDITION: 1st, VOLUMES: 1 and 2, AUTHOR: Victor Jacquemont, PUBLISHER: Firmin Didot Freres, Imprimeurs De L'Institut De France, Rue Jacob, PLACE: Paris, YEAR: 1844. BINDING: Modern full calf, title in gilt on spine, plain brown end-paper. NO.OF PAGES: 2 Atlas Vols only (lacking four text volumes). Half-titles. 290 lithographic plates (out of which 26 in the zoological section are handcoloured) comprising: , 201 on India, 3 folding and 2 double-page; 4 folding maps (Vol. I, 82 plates. Vol. II., 180 B & W plates, (180 botanical and 83 views, ethnographic studies, 27 Natural history plates including 26 in color including 4 fold-out). SIZE: VOLUME I Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cm Depth: 3 cm. VOLUME II, Height: 34.5 cm Width: 26.5 cm Depth: 5 cm.Starting bid: Rs 3,82,160 | $5,620 Estimate: Rs 4,50,000-Rs 5,00,000 ( $6,620-$7,355 ) For details, visit: www.storyltd.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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