THE DURBAR by Menpes, Dorothy - 1903

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 9" by 6.5". Mortimer Menpes. A first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the Durbar. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and ninety-nine colour plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. A detailed commentary on the Durbar, with chapters on the state entry, the proclamation, the review of the troops, different camps, the Viceroy, Lord Kitchener, and more. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. Written by Dorothy Menpes, a British writer and the daughter of Mortimer. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, worn with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the joints with light fraying. Loss to the head of the spine with part of the cloth detaching from the binding. Minor loss to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages… Read More

Published by Adam and Charles Black in London,1903, in 8 (23 x 16,5 cm) 210 pages. 100 color plates engraved and printed at the Menpes Press under direction of Mortimer Menpes. Hardcover original cream cloth, decorated in red, blue and gilt to a design incorporating a tree and peacocks within a floral border, design partly reprised to spine, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed. +++++++ Book written by Dorothy Whistler Flower (Born Menpes) illustrated by his father Mortimer Menpes on the Delhi Durbar that was an illustrated record of the commemoration in Delhi of the coronation of King Edward VII. The first Durbar was held in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. This is the second Durbar to proclaim Edward VII as king, in 1902 but was not attended by the King either. It was not until the 1911 Durbar, when George V and Queen Mary went to India, was the Emperor and his Empress proclaimed in person to the people of India. Mortimer Menpes painted in oil and watercolour… Read More

London: A & C Black. Very Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. A bit of tanning to spine. Boards with the slightest of bumping to corners. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally a handsome and tight copy. ; A coronation in British India. Very rare. 100 tissue guarded illustrations from watercolors by the famous artist Mortimer Menpes. Gilt lettering. Tan cloth boards with ornate design in brick red, blue and gilt. Top edge gilt. 20 Shilling Series. Inman 18; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii, 210 pages .

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Menpes, Mortimer. Signed. Original ivory, decorative cloth. Gilt titles to spine and front board.Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. xii + 210 pp. 100 full page, colour illustrations. Copy no. 534 / 1000 of the De Luxe Edition, SIGNED by Mortimer Menpes on the verso of the half-title page. Cloth a bit soiled as per usual. Front hinge cracked and repaired. Some foxing. Pencil name of Anton Van Vouw on the front, free end-paper. 100 full page, colour illustrations after paintings by Menpes to illustrate the Great Durbar to mark the accession to the throne of Edward VII and his installation as Emporor of India. A most beautifully illustrated work. solid binding. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.