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K.S. RANJITSINHJI
Souvenir, The Installation of H.H. Maharajah Ranjitsinji, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Bombay: Vernan & Co., [1907]
Oblong 2to., 15 x 19in. (38 x 48cm.), PRESENTATION COPY signed 'To Archie, From Ranji, With all good wishes, Feb 8, 1908', the album with 71 individual gelatin silver prints of various sizes on 25 grey heavy card mounts, the larger prints mounted mostly one-per-page, others mounted in various patterns, each page with embossed motif at upper left corner, some with printed tissue interleaves (worn and creased). Original brown calf gilt, the covers elaborately bordered in gilt, the upper cover with title and four armorial stamps, the lower cover with central floral arabesque (covers rubbed), lettered and decorated in gilt (extremities rubbed and spine severely worn); and a studio photograph of Archie MacLaren and Ranjitsinhji, 12 x 7½in. (30.5 x 19cm.). (2)
Souvenir, The Installation of H.H. Maharajah Ranjitsinji, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Bombay: Vernan & Co., [1907]
Oblong 2to., 15 x 19in. (38 x 48cm.), PRESENTATION COPY signed 'To Archie, From Ranji, With all good wishes, Feb 8, 1908', the album with 71 individual gelatin silver prints of various sizes on 25 grey heavy card mounts, the larger prints mounted mostly one-per-page, others mounted in various patterns, each page with embossed motif at upper left corner, some with printed tissue interleaves (worn and creased). Original brown calf gilt, the covers elaborately bordered in gilt, the upper cover with title and four armorial stamps, the lower cover with central floral arabesque (covers rubbed), lettered and decorated in gilt (extremities rubbed and spine severely worn); and a studio photograph of Archie MacLaren and Ranjitsinhji, 12 x 7½in. (30.5 x 19cm.). (2)
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