This guide addresses some frequently asked questions about rare and older books and their values.
1. What makes a book rare?
2. What makes a book important?
3. Does scarcity increase a book’s value?
4. Are all old books valuable?
5. What is the difference between a rare book and ...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Bhagavad-Gita: The Lord's Song
With the text in Devanagari and an English translation
By Annie Besant
Published by G.A.Natesan, Madras - 1922
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This charged scene is from the Mahabharata...
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Digital Rare Book:
English and Tamil Dictionary
Containing all the more important words in Dr. Webster's Dictionary of the English language.
By Joseph Knight and Levi Spalding
Printed at The American Mission Press, Jaffna - 1852
Digital Rare Book:
TAMIL STUDIES or Essays on the History of the Tamil people, language, religion and literature.
By Muttuswami Srinivasa Aiyangar
Printed at The Guardian Press, Madras - 1914
Digital Rare Book:
Psalms of Maratha Saints
One hundred and eight hymns translated from Marathi
By Nicol Macnicol
Published by Association Press, Calcutta - 1920
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Page of original manuscript from Tukaram's abh...
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Digital Rare Book:
A short history of the Mahrattas: From the early times to the death of Shivaji
By Upendra Nath Ball
Published by Rama Krishna & Sons, Lahore - 1919
Digital Rare Book:
The Prem Ságar or The Ocean of Love, being a history of Krishin, according to the tenth chapter of the Bhágavat of Vyasadev
Translated into Hindi from the Braj Bhakha of Chaturbhuj Mishra by Lallu Lal
By Edward B Eastwick
Printed for the Hon. East India Company by Stephen Austi...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Prema-Sagara or Ocean of Love
Being a literal translation of the Hindi text of Lallu Lal Kavi
By Edward Backhouse Eastwick
Published by Archibald Constable & Co., London - 1897
Digital Rare Book:
An Introduction to the ANVARI SOOHLY of Hussein Vaiz Kashify
By Charles Stewart
Printed for the Author by W.Bulmer & W. Nicholas, London - 1821
The PANCHATANTRA goes by many names in many cultures. In India, it had at least 25 recensions, including the Sanskrit Tantrākhyāyikā[...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge.
A companion to "The hand-book of British India."
By Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler
Published by C.Cox, London - 1848
J. H. Stocqueler (21 July 1801 - 14 March 1886) was a journalist, government employee, entrepreneur,...
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Digital Rare Book:
Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-Merchant in the English factory in Japan 1615-1622.
Edited by Edward Maunde Thompson
Printed for Hakluyt Society, London - 1883
In Two Volumes
"Richard Cocks lived in Hirado for 10 years as the head of the English Trading Post and used his po...
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How to Determine Value on Old Books
By Tara M. Clapper
Pricing old books involves a great deal of research and observation. Even old and rare book experts typically find it necessary to contact other experts in the field to establish an estimated value. It's best to always work with objective ne...
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Digital Rare Book:
The Three Brothers, or The travels and adventures of Sir Anthony, Sir Robert, & Sir Thomas Sherley in Persia, Russia, Turkey, Spain, etc.
By George Manwaring and others
Printed for Hurst, Robinson & Co., London - 1825
Digital Rare Book:
The Other Way : Respectfully dedicated to all good housewives
By Ernest Forbes
Published by the Author - 1899
A mixture of recipes, information about cooking and heating with gas, and narratives of customs of other lands, notably India, experienced by the author, the who...
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