Rare Books
 12 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Jahangir and the Jesuits
By Father Fernao Guerreiro
Translated by C.H. Payne
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London - 1930

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Jahangir holding a Globe atributed to Abu'l-Hasan : 1617 Read More
 12 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Hindu Art - Its Humanism and Modernism.
An Introductory Essay by Benoy Kumar Sarkar
Published by B.W. Huebsch Inc., New York - 1920 Read More
 12 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Some Notes on Indian Artistic Anatomy
By Abanindranath Tagore
Published by Indian Society of Oriental Art, Calcutta - 1914

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Portrait of Abanindranath Tagore by Mukul Dey Read More
 11 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Risabha Deva - The Founder of Jainism
By Champat Rai Jain
Published by Indian Press Ltd., Allahabad - 1929 Read More
 10 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Gangas of Talakad
By M.V. Krishna Rao
Published by B.G. Paul & Co., Calcutta - 1936

Though territorially a small kingdom, the Western Ganga contribution to polity, culture and literature of the modern south Karnataka region is considered important. The Western Ganga Kings... Read More
 9 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism
By Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Illustrations in colour by Abanindro Nath Tagore and Nandalal Bose
Published by G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York - 1916

Let me illustrate by a single quotation the marvellous directness and sincerity of the social et... Read More
 8 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The wonder called TAJ
LIFE Magazine - 3 Nov 1967 Read More
 8 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Mughal Empire In India ( 1526 - 1761 )
By S.R.Sharma
Published by Karnatak Printing Press, Bombay - 1934 Read More
 7 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Calcutta Faces and Places in Pre-Camera Days
By Wilmot Corfield - Honorary Secretary of The Calcutta Historical Society
Published by Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta - 1910 Read More
 7 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Music Lovers' Cyclopedia
By Rupert Hughes
Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York - 1912 Read More
 5 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Sikh Religion - Its Gurus, Sacred writings and Authors
By Max Arthur Macauliffe
Published by The Clarendon Press, Oxford -1909
In Six Volumes

Michael MacAuliffe, also known as Max Arthur Macauliffe (10 September 1841 − 15 March 1913), was a senior British administrator, p... Read More
 4 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon
By John Murray
Published by John Murray, London - 1911 Read More
 4 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
A Dictionary of the principal languages spoken in the Bengal Presidency : English, Bángálí, and Hindústání. In the Roman Character.
By P.S. D'Rozario
Printed by G.Woollaston, Calcutta - 1837 Read More
 3 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
By Charles Babbage
Published by J.Murray, London - 1846

In this eminently readable historical account, Charles Babbage surveys manufacturing practices including printing and publishing, and discusses the political, moral and econom... Read More
 1 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Wanderings in India and other sketches of life in Hindostan
By John Lang
Published by Routledge, Warne & Routledge , London - 1859 Read More
 1 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
In the Heart of India : Beginnings of missionary work in Bundela Land, with a short chapter on the characteristics of Bundelkhand and its people, and four chapters of Jhansi history.
By James F. Holcomb and Helen H. Holcomb
Published by The Westminster Press, Philadelphia - 1... Read More
 1 Oct 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Lachmi Bai Rani of Jhansi, the Jeanne d'Arc of India
By Michael White
Published by J.F.Taylor & Co., New York - 1901 Read More
 30 Sep 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Orient Pearls : Indian Folklore
By Shovona Devi Tagore
Published by Macmillan & Co., London - 1915 Read More
 30 Sep 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
The Tale of the Tulsi Plant and Other Stories
By Charles A. Kincaid
Published by Times of India Office, Bombay - 1908

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A Hindu woman performing a religious ceremony around the tulsi plant Painting by D.V. Dhurandhar, Bombay, C.1890
V&A Museum, London Read More
 29 Sep 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
Durga Puja
With Notes and Illustrations
By Pratapchandra Ghosha
Printed at The Hindu Patriot Press, Calcutta - 1871 Read More
 28 Sep 2011 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book :
A Dictionary - Hindustání and English
By W. Yates
Published by Thacker & Co., Caluctta - 1847 Read More