The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
1. NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966) CENTENARY EXHIBITION
2. NANDALAL BOSE - A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS Centenary Volume
3. PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF BUDDHA By Nandalal Bose
4. NANDALAL BOSE - THE DOYEN OF INDIAN ART
5. VISVABHARATI PATRIKA - NANDALAL BOSE NUMBER
6. SIVA & BUDDHA by Sister Nivedita [Illustrations Nandalal Bose]
7. MASTER MOSHAI NANDALAL BOSE
8. RUPAVALI Part 2 by NANDALAL BASU
9. RUPAVALI Part 3 by NANDALAL BASU
a)
NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966) CENTENARY EXHIBITION
Texts by Jaya Appasamy, Sankho Chaudhuri, Laxmi P. Sihare, K. G. Subramanyan
New Delhi: National Gallery of Modern Art / 1983
pp. 248 with 234 images
size 8 x 8 inches
softcover
Ex-library copy in very fine condition. One-line stamp on cover and title-page. No other markings.
b)
NANDALAL BOSE - A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Centenary Volume published by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1983
pp. 93 + numerous plates and sketches, many in colour
Fine hardcover with fine dustjacket/ 10 x 7.5 inches
A near mint copy
c)
PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF BUDDHA By Nandlal [sic] Bose
Bombay: The Times of India
Porfolio of 6 tipped-in plates issued c. 1941 + 1 page of notes on plates
4 of these were earlier reproduced in The Times of India Annual for 1940.
Covers separated but the plates are stunning.
d)
NANDALAL BOSE - THE DOYEN OF INDIAN ART
By Dinkar Kowshik
New Delhi: National Book Trust
1985
pp. 125 + 8 plates
Hardcover with dustjacket / 9 x 6 inches
Kowshik was an artist, critic and student of Nandalal Bose at Santiniketan
e)
VISVABHARATI PATRIKA - NANDALAL BOSE NUMBER
Numerous tipped-in colour plates
TEXT IN BENGALI
Original cloth binding
Size 10 x 7.5 inches
f)
SIVA & BUDDHA by Sister Nivedita
CALCUTTA: Udbodhan Office
1919
pp. 50
2 stories, each with a colour plate by Nandalal Bose
Hardcover / 7 x 5 inches
g)
MASTER MOSHAI NANDALAL BOSE
Edited by Shushobhan Adhikari
TEXT IN BENGALI
Calcutta: Lalmati
2016
pp. 304 with line drawings and memorablilia
Hardback with dustjacket
9.5 x 6.5 inches
h)
RUPAVALI Part 2 by NANDALAL BASU
Text in Hindi
Calcutta: Visva Bharati Granthalaya
1949 [Vikrami 2006]
2-page Introduction + pp. 19 drawings + 2 drawings on tissue paper
Publisher's note states the drawings are based on the paintings in the Ajanta and Bagh caves
Softcover / size 11 x 9 inches
Previous owner's Gujarati rubber stamp on cover and half title and name on cover in ink in Hindi.
i)
RUPAVALI Part 3 by NANDALAL BASU
Text in Hindi
Calcutta: Visva Bharati Granthalaya
1949 [Vikrami 2006]
1-page Introduction + pp. 9 drawings + 1 drawing on tissue paper
Publisher's note states the drawings are based on the sculptures found in south India, Orissa, Bodhgaya, Konark and Ajanta
Softcover / size 11 x 9 inches
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