Over the years, like a famished beast, I have devoured books listed at archive.org. The Kashmir image archive was built primarily out of material from there. But often, while searching for some subject, I ran into books that were still not digitalised or not publicly available outside of foreign libraries. So, not too often, I ending up buying a rare book. Now, I want to give a little back to the project.
The idea is simple. Every month I will be uploading one rare and out-of-print book about Kashmir to archive.org, so that others can read it for free.
January: A test run. Something that I had shared previously via images only. With archive.org, now the book is also available in easy to search text format
February: A book by Pandit Anand Koul that provides interesting information of industries of the state.
- Geography Of The Jammu And Kashmir State (1925) by Anand Koul
Things Seen in Kashmir (1931) by Ernest F. Neve
A book shared by reader from his personal collection. Now complied and uploaded to the archive.[Details] Probable date mid-1960s.
April: A photo book published by Publication Division in November 1956. This is the second edition that came out in May 1962.
Kashmir, 1956
May: An anthology of photographs, verse, and description, mainly of India including Kashmir, Delhi and now Af-Pak region published by a British soldier towards the end of World War 2. [Details]
Of Hills (1944) by Tom Ashley Lakeman
June: A travel guide by a former student of Biscoe.[Details]
Holidaying and Trekking in Kashmir (1969) by N. L. Bakaya
July: A School report for C.M.S. School from year 1926 [Details]
Lake and River Scouts in Kashmir
August: A rare trekking guide written by a woman and meant for women. [Details]
Trekking in Kashmir, with a family, or without one” (1930) by Barbara Earl.
September: A school booklet from year 1944 published by Church Mission School, Srinagar.
October: A book on first Kashmir war of 1947-48
November: A travelogue by a British woman about her visit to Ladakh in 1926
December: A book on farmers of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh
Farmers Of Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh (1959)
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