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GWALIOR JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, J. & E. Bumpus, [1906] image 1
GWALIOR JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, J. & E. Bumpus, [1906] image 2
GWALIOR JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, J. & E. Bumpus, [1906] image 3
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GWALIOR
JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, J. & E. Bumpus, [1906]

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GWALIOR

JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA, IN A COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 36 photographic plates, tissue guards, full crushed morocco by J. & E. Bumpus, covers with all-over design incorporating the the Prince of Wales' plumes cypher and coiled-snake corner-pieces, hand-painted oval miniature of the Maharaja inset to the centre of upper cover, spine tooled in six compartments within raised bands (darkened, one band worn), slipcase, 4to (275 x 213mm.), J. & E. Bumpus, [1906]

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DE LUXE EDITION OF 12 COPIES, WITH COSWAY-STYLE BINDING INCORPORATING A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF H.H. MAHARAJA SCINDIA.

Provenance: Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939), Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1905-1910), inscribed by Maharaja Scindia "With affectionate regards from M. Scindia Gawalior, 1908" inside the upper cover. In the book Daly is mentioned first amongst the one hundred guests invited by the Maharaja to attend the Gwalior Durbar for the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1905; by family descent to present owner. Sold with 2 long letters written to Daly by aides of the Maharaja Sir Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior from Paris, discussing at length the narrative of his declining health, death and cremation. The second, written on 27 June 1925 (two days after the death) notes, "I know how fond you were of Scindia & how earnestly he reciprocated your friendship".

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