Peek-a-Book Rare Books Catalog 1, 11/5/24.
A list of 8 twentieth century books and ephemera, featuring two scarce books by South Asian American immigrants, three uncommon books on travel in South and Southeast Asia, and sensational erotica and prophylactica. Inquire to determine availability.
Peek-a-Book Rare Books Catalog 2, 11/18/24.
A list of 8 visually appealing items, featuring three scarce offerings in South Asian Americana, a photograph of an early Parsi visiting the United States on behalf of the Theosophical Society, a carte-de-visite of a South Indian temple by a Connecticut photographer, and a selection of Spiritualist and Orientalist ephemera. Inquire to determine availability.
Peek-a-Book Rare Books Catalog 3, 12/3/24.
A list of 5 scarce selections of South Asian Americana, featuring the only known circular of the Parsi lecturer Maneck Anklesaria, an unrecorded metaphysical treatise by Bhagwan Singh "Gyanee," an unrecorded book by the naturopathy doctor Yacki Raizizun, amid other offerings. Inquire to determine availability.
Peek-a-Book Rare Books Catalog 4, 01/07/25.
A list of 12 items from the first half of the twentieth century, featuring a previously unknown pamphlet by the notable Sikh lecturer Bhagat Singh Thind, a real-photo postcard of the faith healer Brother Isaiah, an early account by a South Asian American of Mohandas K. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj movement, a flier by the Women's Club of Hollywood about their "India Night" in Hollywood, and more besides. Inquire to determine availability.
Peek-a-Book Rare Books Catalog 5, 02/11/25.
A special blast of 8 items documenting many of the South Asian American teachers from the Punjab region of India who traveled the Swami circuit between 1920 and 1950. Featuring multiple items priced as lots, including two early issues of Rishi Singh Gherwal's journal "India's Message," a 1930s handbill of Bhagat Singh Thind's lectures at a Masonic Lodge in San Francisco, a deluxe-edition copy of Yogi Wassan's exceedingly odd "Secrets of the Himalaya Mountain Masters and Ladders to Cosmic Consciousness." Inquire to determine availablity.