Rare Books
 22 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Literary & Historical Atlas of Asia
By John George Bartholomew
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons, New York - 1912

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 21 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
The Hemingway Rare Book Buyer Test
By Carrie Bailey

Where to buy rare books ?

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 19 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Histoire générale de l'empire du Mogol, sur les mémoires portugais de m. Manouchi.
By Francois Catrou and Niccolo Manucci
Published in 1708
In French

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 19 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Pepys of Mongul India, 1653-1708 : Being an abridged edition of the "Storia do Mogor" of Niccolao Manucci.
Translated by William Irvine
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York - 1913

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 18 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Empire Of The Great Mogol
By James S.Hoyland
Published in Bombay - 1927

Joannes De Laet, the Flemish geographer, philologist and naturalist, was born at Antwerp in 1593 and died at Leyden in 1649. His public life began at about 1625 when he ' occupied the position of the ... Read More
 18 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The three voyages of Martin Frobisher, in search of a passage to Cathaia and India by the north-west, A.D. 1576-8.
By Rear-Admiral Richard Collinson
Printed for The Hakluyt Society, London - 1867

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 16 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
An account of the last 'Battle of Panipat' and the events leading to it.
Written in Persian by Casi Raja Pandit, who was present at the battle; translated into English by Liet. Col. James Brown, of Dinapore, 1st February 1791 and now edite dwith an introduction by H.G. Rawlinso... Read More
 14 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The economic history of India under early British rule, from the rise of the British power in 1757 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
By Romesh Chunder Dutt
Published by Trubner & Co., Lonodon - 1920

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 13 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the Marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of agriculture, arts, and commerce; the religion, manner... Read More
 13 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Bird Of Time
Songs of life, death and spring.
By Sarojini Naidu
Published by William Heinemann, London -1912

Read her famous poem 'Bangle Sellers'...nostalgic and familiar to many of us!

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 12 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
History of the Marathas
In Marathi
Translated from the English original of Captain Grant Duff by Captain David Capon
Published in Bombay - 1830

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 11 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
SALEM
By F.J. Richards I.C.S.
Madras District Gazetteers
Printed by The Superintendent, Government Press, Madras - 1918
In Two Volumes

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A View in the Bara Mahal - 1804
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 9 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Shivaji - The Founder of Maratha Swaraj
By.C.V. Vaidya
Printed by S.R.Sardesai, Poona - 1931

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 8 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
DELHI - Past and Present
By Herbert Charles Fanshawe
Published by John Murray, London - 1902

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 7 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Guide to Qutb, Delhi
By J.A.Page
Archealogical Survey of India
Published by Government of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta - 1927

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This painting depicts the Qutb Minar, Delhi 1850.
Watercolour on ivory.
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 7 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The travels of Peter Mundy in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667
Edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple
Volume 2: Travels in Asia 1628-1634
Volume 3, Part 1: Travels in England, India, China etc. 1634-1637
Printed for The Hakluyt Society, London - 1907

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 6 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Other Papers of importance relating to British Affairs in Malabar.
By William Logan
Printed by A.Manuel, Calicut - 1879 Read More
 6 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Calcoen: A Dutch narrative of the second voyage of Vasco da Gama to Calicut, printed at Antwerp circa 1504
By Jean Phillbert Berjeau
Published by Basil Montagu Pickering, London - 1874

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 4 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Arts and Crafts of India and Ceylon
By Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Published by T.N.Foulis, London - 1913

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 3 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
An Interpretation Of Jain Ethics
A lecture by Dr.Charlotte Krause
Published by Phulchandji Ved, Bhavnagar - 1929

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 1 Jan 2012 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Prophet
By Kahlil Gibran
Published by Alfred Knopf, New York -1923

Gibran's best-known work is The Prophet, a book composed of twenty-six poetic essays. The book became especially popular during the 1960s with the American counterculture and New Age movements. Since it wa... Read More