Bid & Hammer > SAROJINI NAIDU (13 February 1879 - 2 March 1949)

Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Photographs II SAROJINI NAIDU (13 February 1879 - 2 March 1949)

mainpic

Click to Enlarge

Lot: 48
Lot Closed

SAROJINI NAIDU (13 February 1879 - 2 March 1949)

ASN0009 Auction Type: Live Floor

Dimension: 21 x 14 cms

R 15,000 - R 18,000

Details Details

Sceptred Flute – Songs of India, signed, on half title, presentation copy by Sarojini Naidu [‘From Sarojini Naidu to Jessie Ward Haywood’]. Haywood’s bookplate inside front cover. Naidu’s portrait with her printed signature as frontispiece pp. xvii, 231
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1928
Original pink cloth binding with gilt-embossed title and elephant motif on cover

Provenance Provenance

Syracuse University Library blind stamp on title-page. Haywood may have donated it to the library, which withdrew it.