Lot 182
Women in India
Collection of works from the 19th and 20th centuries
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Hutheesing, Krishna Nehru. Shadows on the Wall. Bombay: Kutub, [1946]. First edition, 8vo, jute binding, half-tone portrait of the author as frontispiece, rare (British Library only location on Library Hub Discover);
[Lawrence, Louise]. Memoir of Louise Lawrence. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913. First edition, 4to, original publisher's black cloth, portrait frontispiece and 8 coloured plates after Louise Lawrence’s paintings, for private circulation, some spotting to endpapers, rare (only 2 locations on Library Hub Discover);
Rothfeld, Otto. Women of India. Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., [1923?]. First Indian edition, 4to, original publisher's decorated cloth, frontispiece and 47 plates with colour portraits, light occasional spotting;
[Gedge, Evelyn C. and Choksi, Mithan, editors]. Women in Modern India. Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1929. First edition, 8vo, original boards and dust jacket;
Dutt, Manmatha Nath, editor. Heroines of Ind. Calcutta: H. C. Dass, 1897. Second edition, 8vo, original publisher's red cloth, slight worming to boards and textblock, volume 2 in the ‘Gleanings from Indian Classics’ series, rare (Cambridge University Library only location on Library Hub Discover);
Manhar Kooverba, maharani of Panna. Lady Hardinge of Penshurst, C. I. Vice-Reine of India: a Tribute to her Memory. Richmond, R. W. Simpson, [1915]. First edition, 8vo, original leather binding with gilt title on front cover and coat of arms on both covers, edges gilt, portrait frontispiece, 3 plates (one lacking tissue guard), binding slightly worn at extremities;
together with 27 others on the same subject (34)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA