Lot 160
India
Works on sports and pastimes
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
[Cycling]. Pedalling through the Afghan Wilds. Being the Experiences of K. J. Kharas, R. D. Ghandhi, R. D. Shroff. The First Bicycle Journey ever ventured through Mountainous Afghanistan. Bombay: Ardeshir Pallonji Bhandari, 1935. First edition, inscribed from the authors (in one hand) on the front free endpaper, small 8vo, original red cloth, 10 photographic plates, folding map;
[Horse riding]. Calcutta Paperchasing Records. By ‘X’. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co, 1909. First edition, 8vo, original white half sheep, colour frontispiece, 27 photographic plates, folding map, plate facing p. 124 partly loose;
Branson, L. H. Indian Conjuring. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., c.1915. First edition, original pictorial boards, 8 photographic plates;
De Lisle, H. de B. Polo in India. Bombay: Thacker & Company, Limited, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, 26 plates including frontispiece;
McGavran, Helen A. A Book of Bhajan Tunes for Mid-India. Jubbulpore [Jabalpur]: Mission Press, 1929. First edition, one of 500 copies, oblong 8vo, original green cloth, Devanagari types;
Scott, Emma Moore. The Hindustani Tune Book … containing the Principal Native Airs, sung in the Missions of North India. Lucknow: Methodist Publishing House, 1894. Second edition, 4to original cloth, worming;
and 5 others similar (11)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
One copy only of Pedalling through the Afghan Wilds traced in libraries, at the British Library.