For those interested in spiritual literature, we are pleased to offer two highly rare and out-of-print First Editions in Gujarati — Sant Darshan and Sant Jeevan Darshan. These books were authored by Pragji Dossa, one of the most distinguished playwrights of Gujarati theatre. Pragji Dossa was a devoted researcher of the lives of saints and wrote extensively on the subject.
First published in 1982 in Gujarati, Sant Darshan is a collection of engrossing life sketches of 59 saints and saint-poets. This wonderful book was followed by a subsequent volume — Sant Jeevan Darshan in 1983 — that encompassed the life sketches of 69 different saints, saint-poets, Sufi mystics and saintly personalities from other countries. The comprehensive table of contents of both these books (attached herewith) offer a glimpse into the vast spiritual scope of these two volumes.
Several images of these rare First Editions (including the complete table of contents) are attached herewith for the perusal of those interested.
Author: Pragji Dossa
Preface by: Ramdas Kilachand
Publisher: Nandlal Thakkar on behalf of N. M. Thakkar & Co., Mumbai, 1982 * — Highly Rare & Out-of-Print First Edition
Format: Hardcover. Professionally bound in green Rexine with the titles embossed in golden lettering on the front cover and on the spine.
Size: 25 cm x 19 cm
Pages: 342 pages.
Condition: Pre-owned. Excellent. Pages clean & unmarked. Binding tight and firm. The margins of a select few pages have been professionally treated for future protection.
2] SANT JEEVAN DARSHAN
Author: Pragji Dossa
Preface by: Shri Anubhavanandji
Publisher: Nandlal Thakkar on behalf of N. M. Thakkar & Co., Mumbai, 1983 * — Highly Rare & Out-of-Print First Edition
Format: Hardcover. Professionally bound in green Rexine with the titles embossed in golden lettering on the front cover and on the spine.
Size: 25 cm x 19 cm
Pages: 352 pages + 1 dedication plate featuring a photograph of the author's wife Premkunvar Dossa.
Condition: Pre-owned. Excellent. Pages clean & unmarked. Binding tight and firm. The margins of a select few pages have been professionally treated for future protection.
* Remarks: The value of these particular books that we are offering lies in their extreme rarity for being the very First Editions originally published in 1982 and 1983 respectively. The year of publication was not printed in these First Editions; the year of publication has been ascertained from the comprehensive biodata of the author prepared posthumously by the author's son and from the publisher's catalogues of the time.
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