The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
1. MANAS MUKUR by ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
2. ART AND TRADITION By ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
3. EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
4. HALDAR [Lalit Kala Akademi]
a)
MANAS MUKUR by ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
Text in Bengali /Text printed in saffron ink, plates in blue
Allahabad: The Indian Press Ltd
c. 1945
Poem by Haldar interspersed with drawings by him
pp. x, 102 + 14 plates
size 8.5 x 7 inches
Hardback.
Spine strip lacking but binding sound and tight.
b)
ART AND TRADITION By ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
Preface by The Right Hon'ble Marquess of Zetland
Originally published in 1938, this is the revised edition published in Lucknow in 1952.
pp. [viii], 139 with a large folding chart showing three generations of Dr Abanindranath Tagore's disciples
Also has a facsimile of Dr Abanindra Nath Tagore's letter to Haldar written in Bengali with its English translation
8.25 x 5.5 inches
Stiff cards with dustjacket.
c)
EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF ASIT KUMAR HALDAR
1991 catalogue of an exhibition organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi as part of Haldar's Birth Centenary Celebrations
pp. 28 including covers with 29 illustrationsand a list of 190 exhibits
Stiff cards/ 9 x 9 inches
d)
HALDAR
8-page essay by Miss Mukti Mittra
With 31 plates
New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi/ 1961
Size 7 x 5 inches
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