The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
1. M. F. HUSAIN - THE MODERN ARTIST & TRADITION [E Alkazi]
2. IMAGES OF THE RAJ - Water Colours, Acrylic on Canvas, Drawings
3. FIFTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY [Husain. Picasso]
4. HUSAIN [1960 Germany catalogue]
5. HUSAIN [1988 Tennessee catalogue]
6. PAINTINGS OF HUSAIN By Ayaz S. Peerbhoy
7. MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN By Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur
8. HUSAIN - Drawing, Painting, Water Colour, Graphic, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, Tapestry [Herwitz]
9. HUSAIN TAPESTRY
10. THE GENESIS OF GAJA GAMINI, a film by M. F. Husain
11. M.F. HUSAIN - "OUR PLANET CALLED EARTH (OPCE) SERIES"
12. PAINTINGS BY M.F. HUSAIN
13. HUSAIN [Lalit Kala Akademi]
14. KERALA - GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Paintings by M.F. HUSAIN
15. SANSAD UPANISHAD - M. F. HUSAIN IN PARLIAMENT
16. GAJA-NAMA : 10 PAINTINGS, 10 DRAWINGS by HUSAIN
17. MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN By Petra Hinterthur
18. IMPRINTS OF INDIA: M. F. HUSAIN - Graphics, Books and DVDs on and by the artist
19. 'SHASHTIPOORTI' M. F. HUSAIN / Qatar reprint
20. BEYOND BORDERS - The Saarc Journal: M. F. HUSAIN, A TRIBUTE
21. WHERE ART THOU - M. F. HUSAIN, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
22. HUSAIN - RIDING THE LIGHTNING By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni
23. LIGHTNING [Painting of Husain]
24. HUSAIN INC UNLIMITED by Ranjit Hoskote
25. HUSAIN - LES OTAGES MERE THERESA [1981 Montreal catalogue]
26. M. F. HUSAIN: EARLY MASTERPIECES 1950s-70s
27. HUSAIN [Geeta Kapur]
28. HUSAIN - LIMITED EDITION SERIGRAPHS: Horses Series and Mother Series

a)
M. F. HUSAIN - THE MODERN ARTIST & TRADITION
By E. Alkazi
New Delhi: Art Heritage
No date [c. 1980s]
pp. 38 with 4 tipped-in colour plates and many b&w illustrations
1 colour plate tipped-in on cover
Softcover
Size 10 x 8.5 inches
Rare. Very good

b)
IMAGES OF THE RAJ - Water Colours, Acrylic on Canvas, Drawings [by] M. F. Husain
Foreword: Sara Abraham
Text: Ashok Mitra
Bangalore: Sista's Art Gallery
pp. 21 / No date [c. 1980s]
9 colour paintings tipped-in on black paper
Text printed on tissue paper set against blank black paper
Cover drawn and printed in golden ink by Husain [showing 'Tippu's Tiger'], title-page drawn and printed in silver ink by Husain
7 full-page sketches drawn in golden and silver ink facing some of the tipped-in plates
Spiral binding
Size: 11 x 7.5 inches
RARE

c)
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY
Catalogue of a 1958 exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum in the USA where Husain showed alongside Picasso
Stapled softcover with full-page colour reproductions including 1 by Picasso and 1 by Husain [titled 'Sunderi']. He had exhibited 2 works and was the only artist from India.
12 x 9 inches
RARE

d)
HUSAIN
Rare catalogue of exhibition held in 1960 in Germany by Frankfurter Kunstcabinett in association with Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
16-page catalogue with text in German and English
Essay by German gallery owner Hanna Bekker von Roth
6 images, 2 in colour, including the one on cover

e)
HUSAIN
Rare catalogue of exhibition held in 1988 at Hunter Museum of Art, Tennessee from the collection of Chester and Davida Herwitz
Text by Daniel A. Herwitz
16-page stapled catalogue / 11 x 7.5 inches

f)
PAINTINGS OF HUSAIN
By Ayaz S. Peerbhoy
Replica of the first book on Husain, published 1955
Published by M F Husain from Cinema Ghar Museum of Art & Cinema, Hyderabad
2005
pp. 12 + 26 full-page plates
Hardback with illustrated paper-covered boards.br.size 12 x 10 inches

g)
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN
By Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur
New York: Harry N. Abrams
No date [c. 1970]
pp. 60 + 192 paintings, many colour, many tipped-in, some folding
Original maroon cloth binding with a Husain sketch embossed in silver on cover and a fine dustjacket
Size 11.5 x 11 inches
Ex-library copy [Gary Public Library] with title-page clean. Only 1 stamp on contents page and 2 on book edges.

h)
HUSAIN - Drawing, Painting, Water Colour, Graphic, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, Tapestry
By Dr Daniel Herwitz
Bombay: Tata Steel, 1988
pp. 348 [full-page illustrations after p. 29 up to the end]
size: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
Black cloth binding with fine dustjacket
A fine copy

i)
HUSAIN TAPESTRY
A contemporary painter works with the traditional weaver.
Tapestry hand woven in tusser silk and zari
New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery
1994
pp. 36 + a triplefold plate, all in colour showing reproductions of 33 tapestries including 3 on cover
1-page essay at the end by Santo Datta
Title-page reproduced in Husain's handwriting
Hardcover with dustjacket
Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inches

j)
THE GENESIS OF GAJA GAMINI, a film by M. F. Husain
Ahmedabad: H2A Graphics International
2000
pp. 186 + a VCD
Stiff cards with dustjacket
Profusely illustrated in colour
Size 11 x 9 inches

k)
M.F. HUSAIN - "OUR PLANET CALLED EARTH (OPCE) SERIES"
Published by Swarup Group of Industries, Mumbai, in 2004
Industrialist Guru Swarup Srivastava had struck a deal for 100 paintings to be made by Husain for Rs 100 crores. After the first 25 paintings had been delivered, Srivastava brought out this elephant folio volume reproducing them. The project did not continue any further.
The hardback has one plate pasted on cover. There is 1 page each on Husain and Srivastava with their portraits printed on opaque paper followed by 25 reproductions, each preceded by their extensive caption.
The book is contained in a dropover box as issued.
Size 22.5 x 17.5 inches

l)
PAINTINGS BY M.F. HUSAIN
[Cover reads 'Untiring restless work and inspiring workmanship de' Maqbool Fida Husain, the Art Gratia investment as admiration de' OPCE - 100 (Our Planet Called Earth - 100 Painting Series)']
Issued in 2004 after Guru Swarup Srivastava of Swarup Group of Industries had contracted for 100 paintings from Husain
pp. 32 with 24 colour plates
Stiff wrappers
Size: 11.5 x 8.5 inches

m)
HUSAIN
New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi
1961
8-page essay by Shiv S. Kapur and 23 illustrations, some in colour, biographical notes
Stiff cards with dustjacket
Size: 7 x 5 inches

n)
KERALA - GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
Paintings by M.F. HUSAIN
Text by Shashi Tharoor
Published in New Delhi in 2003 on behalf of Kerala Tourism
pp. xiv, 59
Massive size / 14 x 9.5 inches
Fine hardback with fine dustjacket
The first section GOD'S OWN COUNTRY [pp. 1-36] has a large number of full page and smaller colour reproductions of Husain's paintings and some b&w sketches.

o)
SANSAD UPANISHAD - M. F. HUSAIN IN PARLIAMENT: Reflections in Drawings
Hyderabad: Cinemaghar
2007
No pagination [pp. 80]
Title-page drawn by Husain, 5-page introduction in Husain's handwriting followed by full-page and half-page b&w sketches of what Husain saw as Rajya Sabha member in the 1980s-90s. The introduction and many sketches drawn on Rajya Sabha letterheads.
Softcover
Size: 16 x 12.5 inches [elephant folio]

p)
GAJA-NAMA : 10 PAINTINGS, 10 DRAWINGS by HUSAIN
Hyderabad: Cinemaghar, 2006
21 full-page paintings
Essays by Stephen Alter and Savita Apte
Spiral-bound
Size 14 x 12 inches

q)
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN By Petra Hinterthur
14-page essay focusing on Husain's MOTHER TERESA SERIES in complete issue of ORIENTATIONS for April 1983

r)
IMPRINTS OF INDIA: M. F. HUSAIN - Graphics, Books and DVDs on and by the artist
Text by Dr P. M. Bhargava
Organised by 1x1 Gallery of Dubai in 2007
pp. 40 printed on stiff cards, entirely in colour, with some text printed in Husain's handwriting.br.Spiral bound as issued / 14 x 10 inches

s)
'SHASHTIPOORTI' M. F. HUSAIN / Qatar reprint
Originally issued in 1975 on the 60th birthday of Husain, this rare reprint of that rare book of memorabilia was issued in a limited edition under Husain's supervision in Qatar in 2011 and has a printed note in Husain's handwriting to that effect.
pp. 45 full of photo-montages, paintings, sketches, drawings, photographs
Hardback / 10 x 8.5 inches

t)
BEYOND BORDERS - The Saarc Journal: M. F. HUSAIN, A TRIBUTE
pp. 100 with essays by 16 eminent persons and some poems by Husain.
Full of old photographs, drawings, sketches. Contributors include Geeta Kapur, Ram Rahman, Shashi Tharoor, Arpana Caur, Jitish Kallat and Richard Bartholomew
Softcover/ 11 x 8.5 inches

u)
WHERE ART THOU - M. F. HUSAIN, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
With Khalid Mohamed
Published by M. F. Husain Foundation, Mumbai in December 2002
pp. xxxiv, 262
with sketches by Husain and some photographs
Hardback with dustjacket / 10 x 9.5 inches

v)
HUSAIN - RIDING THE LIGHTNING
By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni
Bombay: Popular Prakashan
1995
pp. 176 with sketches and colour plates
Hardback with dustjacket
12 x 10 inches

w)
LIGHTNING [Painting of Husain]
From the collection of Marguerite and Kent Chargundla
NEW YORK: Tamarind Art Gallery
2007
pp. 85 with numerous colour plates and photographs
Signed presentation copy from the Chargundlas
About a single huge painting titled 'Lightning' created by Husain for the Chargundlas with commentaries on the work by 5 scholars including Daniel Herwitz and Tom Keehn
Hardback / 15 x 9.5 inches
In a box as issued

x)
HUSAIN INC UNLIMITED by Ranjit Hoskote
5-page article in complete issue of 'Gentleman' magazine for July 1996, criticizing Husain for "hype, gimmicks and media publicity", with Husain photograph on cover

y)
HUSAIN - LES OTAGES MERE THERESA
March 1981 catalogue of exhibition of Mother Teresa-related works at Galerie Jourdan, Montreal, Canada
pp. 20 with 22 colour images and a portrait of Husain + chronology
Softcover/ 10.5 x 8.5 inches

z)
M. F. HUSAIN: EARLY MASTERPIECES 1950s-70s
2006 catalogue of exhibition at Asia House, London
Reproduces 16 works in full-page colour with extensive commentary facing each work + Husain portrait and biographical chronology
3-page essay by Yashodhara Dalmia titled 'M. F. Husain: Re-inventing India'
Softcover enclosed in a paper slipcase as issued
Size 9 x 7.5 inches

1)
HUSAIN
Introduction and Analytical Notes by GEETA KAPUR
Bombay: Sadanga Publications / c. 1968
pp. 46 with 10 full-page colour plates [8 of them tipped-in] and 27 b&w images
Excellently rebound hardback in full red cloth
Size 9.5 x 9 inches

2)
HUSAIN - LIMITED EDITION SERIGRAPHS
Horses Series and Mother Series
2009
Issued by Archer Graphic Studio, Ahmedabad
No pagination [pp. 106]
Some plates are folding, some reproduce Husain handwritten comments
With essay by Sandhya Bordewekar and Husain biographical chronology
Softcover / 16 x 8 inches