An Inky Parade

An Inky Parade
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Publisher : Hachette India
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9789357314190
ISBN-13 : 9357314199
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Book Synopsis An Inky Parade by : Pradeep Sebastian

Download or read book An Inky Parade written by Pradeep Sebastian and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pradeep Sebastian has been an avid bibliophile and book collector for over a decade. In this collection of essays, he paints in full splendour the picture of a life devoted to the romance of books, blending personal experience, revelatory conversations and bewitching legends from the world of books. Meet the biryani chef guarding a prized Ottoman manuscript, track the mysterious 'Book Prince' of Kolkata, and visit the cottage in Kodaikanal that lures book collectors with its siren song. Discover how an emperor's defeat brought illuminated manuscripts into sixteenth-century India, how a rare 1865 edition of Alice in Wonderland surfaced in an Indian bazaar, and much more. An Inky Parade is a window into the charming world of antiquarian book trade in India and around the world, as well as an ode to the book as an object of art, sure to delight every reader.


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