Prints and Ephemera

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Promotional booklet of Afghanistan, featuring Mohammed Zahir Shah.

Price: $80.00

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Interesting letter sent by Geoff Hopkins, the Assistant Conservator of Forests, Chakrata Division in May, 1925. He is informing a British officer of good hunting places in specific block areas. B

Price: $40.00

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1910 illustration from Journal des Voyages showing a strange ritual. It translates as “a child is doomed to crime. on the day of this consecration all the men assemble in front of a wall in which a breach has been made similar to that made by a thief to enter a house. The mother carrying her child, comes forward and passes the newborn through the hole, withdraws it and passes it again, repeating: Be a good thief! Be a good thief! May you be famous among the thieves of the tribe.” B

Price: $30.00

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Complete set of 6 early German chromos cards on the pearl industry. M

Price: $120.00

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Collection of World War 2 Italian POW letters from India. 97 pieces in total. Almost all are real letters and not simply notice of capture.

Price: $2800.00

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1848 steel engraving of Ghuznee, Afghanistan. B

Price: $900.00

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Collection of complete 19th century articles on Afghanistan taken from Leisure Hour, 1886, (The Afghans, Afghan Poetry, Afghan Proverbs, Afghan Riddles). Chapter from Harmsworth’s on Afghanistan – A Race of Fighters & Their Highland Home, by Sir Thomas Holdich, 23 pages. B

Price: $40.00

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Collection of 46 mid-19th century steel engravings of scenes of India. Shown are the Rock of Trichinopoply, Ghat and temple at Gokul, village of Khandoo, fortress of Nahan in the dominion of Oude, Hurdwar, Mussooree and the Dhoon, exterior of a Hindu temple, the Ghat and great temple at Hurdwar, the Ghat and temple at Gokul, assemblage of pilgrims before Hurdwar, village of Naree, the pass at Makundra, the abby near Mussooree, Jerdair, village of Kocheera, ruins at Ettaia, the fortress of Dowlutabad, the Ghugun Mahal at Penkonda, the shrine of Raiman Shah Doola at Ellichpur, Jain temple at Muktagerri, the ancient temple a Kunkhul, infanticide in India, distant view of Mafra, the Ghugun Mahal at Penkonda, Perawa, view of Sassoor, scene in Kattiawar, Borro Boedoor, mountain temples, templ of Juggernaut, an old fort at Muttra, Hindu temple at Benares, interior of Elephanta, British residency at Hyderabad, the gate of Vishnoo at Hurdwar, the tomb of Saint Kalender at Mungrool, Fort Gorge at Madras, tombs of the Bereed kinds at Beder, the cave of Karli, more. B

Price: $900.00

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1843 engraving of the death of Sir William McNaghten at the hands of Akhbar Khan. Chink affecting some of the text. B

Price: $440.00

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Collection of 14 early to mid-19th century steel engravings of Islamic architecture and practices in India. Shown are Aurungzeb’s tomb at Rozah, the shrine of Raiman Shah Doola at Ellichpur, the festival of Al-Mohurram, remains of the palace of Jehanguir, the Madressa of Beeder, the tombs of the kings of Colconda, mosque of Mustapha near Beejapore, the shrine of Mohammed Kahn near Deeg, the Musjid at Ghazipore, the Pearl mosque, the mosque of Abdool Raheim Khan. B

Price: $440.00

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