a)
TWELVE PORTRAITS by MUKUL C. DEY
With an introduction by the Hon'ble Justice Sir John G. Woodroffe
Published by Amal Home, Calcutta
Printed by U. Ray & Sons, Calcutta, which belonged to Satyajit Ray's family
1917
2-page Introduction followed by portraits of following eminent Bengalis: Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, Sir Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee, Brajendra Nath Seal, Surendranath Banerjee, Motilal Ghose, Abanindranath Tagore, Bipin Chandra Pal, Ramananda Chatterjee, Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
6-page biographical notes on the sitters at the end were printed by Sree Gauranga Press, Calcutta
Size 11 x 9 inches
CONDITION: Grey paper covers split at spine. Cover has Bengali device of Mukul Dey printed in red. Previous owner's label inside front cover [Michael Ernest Sadler, University College Oxford]. Sadler [1861-1943] was a British historian and educationalist.
b)
PORTRAITS OF MAHATMA GANDHI
By MUKUL DEY
Calcutta: Orient Longmans Ltd
1948
3-page preface by Mukul Dey in English and 3-page translation of same into Hindi
12 plates printed on verso only
Stiff cards / 10.5 x 9 inches
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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