Rare books: Places to find a great collection in Kolkata

Kolkata is a city that loves books, and this is proven with the fact that a large number of special bookstores are thriving there. There is a really complimented list of great and rare collections of books you can find in several bookstores of the city. Here we bring some well-informed booksellers of Kolkata you can approach for your literary quest, the next time you visit the city-

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Places to find rare books in Kolkata

Earthcare books

Earthcare is apparently a tiny bookstore on Middleton Street which can be termed as one of the Kolkata’s gem. This store has some best collections of Indian writing in English. If you are in search of something which balances out academic work with a healthy dose of fiction, and a place that gives you a vast range of narratives to choose from, Earthcare is absolutely the store for you.

• Location: Earthcare books, 10, Middleton Street, Park Street Area, Kolkata

Seagull books

This bookstore is undoubtedly one of the most aesthetically beautiful stores in the city. However, there are better reasons to visit this store than its décor. It sells English translations of European literature which are published by Seagull India. The book covers have attractive collages and montages of photographs, generally done by in-house designer, Sunandini Banerjee.

• Location: Seagull books, 31-A, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Bakul Bagan, Kalighat, Kolkata

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Piccadilly book shop

Piccadilly is one of the oldest dealers of both second-hand and new books on Free School Street. If you could not get a book in the previously-mentioned bookshops, there is a chance you might find it here. The gate of the bookstore proudly cabinets the entire Tintin and Asterix collection, which is sold at half the price, and the books appear to be brand new!

• Location: Piccadilly Book Shop, 28, Free School Street, Near Fire Brigade Head Quarter, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Kolkata

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Ananda bookstores

Ananda is a Bengali bookstore at the hub of the College Street. It has great comic versions of Satyajit Ray's Feluda. It has panels exemplified in watercolours. Other than this, you can find beautiful books about art in Shantiniketan, Bengali translations of books by Jhumpa Lahiri, old classics like Chander Pahar with original woodcut illustrations, children's books, and recipe books.

• Location: Ananda Book Depot, Stall 55, College Street, Newland, College Square, Kolkata

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