The titles in this lot are listed below. Details about each book follow further down.
1. THE BOMBAY REVIVAL OF INDIAN ART
2. THE PEOPLES OF BOMBAY [Illustrated by M V Dhurandhar]
3. WOMEN OF INDIA by Otto Rothfeld [Illustrated by M V Dhurandhar]
4. PICTURES OF INDIAN LIFE AND CHARACTERS [Illustrated by M V Dhurandhar]
5. DECCAN NURSERY TALES [Illustrated by M V Dhurandhar]
6. ANTONIO XAVIER TRINDADE: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa
7. MUNSHI'S WORLD OF IMAGINATION [Illustrated by Ravishankar M. Raval]
a)
THE BOMBAY REVIVAL OF INDIAN ART
A descriptive account of the Indian Room constructed and decorated by the Staff and Students of the School of Art
With notes on Indian architecture, pottery, arts and crafts, and the Bombay Art Society, by well known experts
By W. E. Gladstone Solomon
BOMBAY: published by the author
No date [c. 1920]
pp. vi, 155 + plates
A propagandist book to promote the Bombay School of Art at the British Empire Exhibition London in 1924. The Indian Room was created in Bombay and shipped to London for the exhibition. See p. 192 of Partha Mitter 'The Triumph of Modernism' (Oxford, 2007)
Size 7 x 5 inches
CONDITION: Ex-library copy excellently rebound in green cloth with gilt title on spine
b)
THE PEOPLES OF BOMBAY
By Percival Strip and Olivia Strip
With illustrations in colour by RAO BAHADUR M.V. DHURANDHAR
BOMBAY: Thacker & Co.
1944
pp. 48 + 15 plates [of which 1 titled THE KHOJAS is lacking]
Original green pebbled cloth with gilt title on cover
size 10 x 7 inches
c)
WOMEN OF INDIA by Otto Rothfeld
With 48 full-page illustrations in colours by RAO BAHADUR M.V. DHURANDHAR
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, 1928 [2nd impression]
Pp viii, 223 + 48 colour plates showing women of all parts of India
Size: 8 x 6 inches
Blue cloth binding
d)
PICTURES OF INDIAN LIFE AND CHARACTERS: An Album of Reproductions from Photographs and Drawings, Depicting the People of India, Their Costumes, Life, Manners, Habits, Customs, Etc.
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons
No date [c. 1920]
pp. 82 with drawings and sketches [all by M V DHURANDHAR, many signed by him in the image] and photographs. No text, as issued. There are a total of 86 images.
43 sketches by DHURANDHAR, 3 line drawings and 40 photographs.
softcover
Size: 7 x 5 inches
CONDITION: Ex-library with the stamp of a French seminary library on title page. No other markings.
e)
DECCAN NURSERY TALES or Fairy Tales from the South
By C. A. Kincaid
with 8 colour plates carrying paintings by M. V. DHURANDHAR
LONDON: Macmillan
1914
pp. 135
Size 8.5 x 6.5 inches
CONDITION: Covers a little soiled but a good copy inside.
f)
ANTONIO XAVIER TRINDADE: An Indian Painter from Portuguese Goa
Limited Edition of 1,000 copies issued in the US in 1996
Published by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
pp. 87 with 33 of Trindade's works illustrated in colour
Essays on origin and early history of Bombay School of Painting, biography of Trindade, catalogue, bibliography and an essay on Angela Trindade, the artist's daughter who was also a painter of Indian scenes.
These are:
1. THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF BOMBAY SCHOOL OF PAINTING by Bradley L. Tindall
2. ANTONIO XAVIER TRINDADE: A BIOGRAPHY by Marcella Sirhandi
3. ANGELA TRINDADE, INDIAN ARTIST by William U. Eiland
4. ANTONIO XAVIER TRINDADE: A REMEMBRANCE by Nans Ghumman
Trindade was a colleague of M V Dhurandhar
Fine softcover/ size 11 x 8.5 inches
g)
MUNSHI'S WORLD OF IMAGINATION
With 35 art plates in full colours by RAVISHANKAR M. RAVAL
Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
1962
pp. 186 + 35 plates
The plates are tipped-in on thick sheets with tissue guards bearing explanatory captions.
Size 13 x 9 inches
CONDITION: Original cloth with new spine. Covers soiled. A couple of plates with foldmarks. Some thick sheets and some tissue guards also have minor clean tears along margin without loss.
The volume was brought out as a tribute to Dr K M Munshi [1887-1971], independence movement activist, politician and writer, on his 75th birth anniversary.
The colour plates are by RAVISHANKAR RAVAL [1892-1977], pre-eminent Gujarati artist, art teacher, critic and journalist.
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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