Ramcharitmanas (1976) :: rare First Edition by Ramnarayan Nagardas Pathak

For bibliophiles and for those interested in Indian mythology, we are pleased to offer an extremely rare First Edition of the Ramcharitmanas translated into Gujarati by Ramnarayan Nagardas Pathak.

Born in 1905, Ramnarayan Nagardas Pathak was profoundly influenced by Gandhiji and was actively involved in the satyagraha movement. He nurtured a deep interest in folk literature and Sanskrit poetry. His novels were imbued with the nationalist ideology. In the 1940s, he was one of the first to translate the work of Premchand into Gujarati. In the 1970s, he undertook to translate a selection of around 2500 dohas of the Ramcharitmanas into Gujarati. First published in 1976, this book contains the original Awadhi dohas in Gujarati script followed by the Gujarati translation.

This rare First Edition features a portrait of Tulsidas by the great artist Ravishankar Raval. The cover art and the frontispiece were designed by Somalal Shah, a remarkable artist who was also a student of Kshitindranath Mazumdar.

Several images of this rare First Edition are attached herewith for the perusal of those interested.

RAMCHARITMANAS

Author: Tulsidas

Translated from Awadhi into Gujarati by: Ramnarayan Nagardas Pathak

Commendations by: Vinoba Bhave, Ravishankar Vyas, Kaka Kalelkar

Frontispiece art by: Somalal Shah

Portrait of Tulsidas by: Ravishankar Raval

Publisher: Ramcharit Manas Prakashan, Bhavnagar, 1976 — Highly Rare First Edition

Language: Gujarati (with quotations in Awadhi)

Format: Hardcover

Size: 22 cm x 14.5 cm

Pages: xxiv + 428 pages + 1 frontispiece + 1 plate featuring a portrait of Tulsidas

Condition: Pre-owned. Very Good+. Pages clean & unmarked. Original tight binding. Natural yellowing/foxing of some pages owing to age. Slight shelf-wear to the corners/edges of the covers; the covers are neatly wrapped in an acetate film for future protection. Portions of the blue fabric on the spine are toned and faded; image attached.

Remarks: The value of this particular book that we are offering lies in its extreme rarity for being the very First Edition originally published in 1976 in Gujarat.

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Amcha Pravas (1963) :: rare & out-of-print First Edition

For bibliophiles and those interested in travelogues, we are pleased to offer an extremely rare and unique first-hand account — Amcha Pravas — of journeys across numerous pilgrimage centres throughout the country.

First published in 1963 in Marathi, this rare book is one of the finest pilgrimage travelogues in any Indian language. The author, Madhavrao Hirlikar, was a devotee of Samarth Ramdas in Satara. As a diligent diarist, he maintained a detailed account of his tirtha yatras across the country. This book comprises an account of five extensive pilgrimage travels between the years 1948 and 1962. The first journey in 1948 spanned across Dehu-Alandi, Haridwar, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Kolkata, Jagannathpuri and Kanyakumari. The second journey in 1950 and the third in 1951 were devoted to the pilgrimage centres in Maharashtra and in Karnataka respectively. The fourth journey in 1952 traversed the Himalayan pilgrimage sites. The fifth pilgrimage was the longest in which the author journeyed across Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haridwar, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Nepal, Odisha, Madras and Tamil Nadu.

These extensive tirtha yatras include a vivid description of the Ashtavinayak temple yatras, the Char Dham yatras, and the 12 Jyotirlinga yatras. This travelogue was remarkable for the author's attention to detail. The absorbing account of his long pilgrimages is punctuated with several peculiar details of the expenses, the food and the places of stay, the local modes of transport such as the chariotesque tongas of Ayodhya etc.

Several images of this precious rarity, including the complete table of contents, are attached herewith for the perusal of those interested.

AMCHA PRAVAS

Author: Madhavrao Hirlikar

Introduction by: S. V. Modak, Pune Kesari Karyalaya

Testimonial by: Ramanand Tirthaswamiji, Satara

Language: Marathi

Publisher: Lakshmibai Madhavrao Hirlikar, Satara, 1963 * — Extremely Rare & Out-of-Print First Edition

Format: Hardcover. Professionally bound with genuine brown leather spine & leather corners. The titles are embossed in golden lettering on the front cover and on the spine.

Size: 19 cm x 13.2 cm

Pages: xii + 284 pages + 16 pages of photographs

Condition: Pre-owned. Very Good+ – Excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight and firm. Minor natural yellowing/foxing of some pages owing to age.

* Remarks: The year of publication in this First Edition was mentioned in the author's preface; image attached. Sourced with great difficulty, this rare First Edition was not reprinted and is rather unheard of. It is extremely hard to find, especially in such excellent condition as the one we are offering now.

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