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 13 Aug 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Lalla Rookh
By Thomas Moore
Published by Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia - 1899

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Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the h... Read More
 13 Aug 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Freelance in Kashmir : A tale of the great anarchy
By Sir George Fletcher MacMunn (1869-1952)
Published by Smith, Elder & Co., London - 1915

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The following romance is a story o... Read More
 11 Aug 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Thirty-five years in the East. Adventures, discoveries, experiments, and historical sketches, relating to the Punjab and Cashmere; in connection with medicine, botany, pharmacy, etc
By John Martin Honigberger (1795-1869)
Late Physician to The Court of Lahore
Published by H.Bail... Read More
 2 Jun 2015 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, manne... Read More
 2 Jun 2015 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, manne... Read More
 2 Jun 2015 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, manne... Read More
 2 Jan 2015 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
A Handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon
With Eighty Maps
Published by John Murray, London - 1911

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 9 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'A Dhurmsala Bene Mahadeo Chaut'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 9 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'A Kutcherry'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 9 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'Elephant Fights'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 9 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'Lachhmi - The Goddess of Beauty'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 8 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'The Tomb of Akbar Shah'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 8 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'The Taj Mehul'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 8 Aug 2014
'Temple of Bhawani'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

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Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 8 Aug 2014 Rare Paintings
'Kaniyajee and the Gopees'
Painted by Fanny Parkes

From the book:
Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850 Read More
 8 Aug 2014 Article/Essay
Article:
Lady of the Raj
By William Dalrymple
The Guardian, Saturday 9 June 2009

Fanny Parkes's exuberant journals trace her journey from prim memsahib to sitar-playing Indophile and provide one of the most enjoyable accounts of colonial India, discovers William Dalrymple.

I first heard about t... Read More
 8 Aug 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Wanderings of a pilgrim, in search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana
By Fanny Parkes
Published by Pelham Richardson, London - 1850

Fanny Parkes's exuberant journals trace her journey from prim memsahib to sitar... Read More
 6 Jul 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Oriental Annual, Or, Scenes in India
By William Daniell and Rev.Hobart Caunter
Published by Edward Churton, London - 1836

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 1 Jun 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
INDIA and its Faiths - A traveller's record
By James Bisset Pratt
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., New York - 1915

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 23 May 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Happy Valley - Sketches of Kashmir & the Kashmiris
By William Wakefield
Published by Samson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London - 1879

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 23 May 2014 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account
By Frederic Drew
Published by Edward Stanford, London - 1875

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