College Street with its street vendors and small bookshops has long been the prime hunting ground for book collectors. The month-long Calcutta Book Fair, held on the Maidan near Park Street in January and February, is now among the biggest of its kind in the country, and provides a good opportunity to pick up books at a discount.

Bookmark, 56D Mirza Ghalib St. A selection of books upstairs. One of several around Sudder St.

Cambridge Book & Stationery, 20D Park St. Small bookshop with a similar selection to the Oxford Book & Stationery down the road but dated in comparison.

Classical Books, Middleton Row. Small, friendly and well worth a browse.

Dey Bros, B47 New Market. One of several bookshops in this part of the market.

Family Book Shop, 1A Park St. On the Chowringhee end, small but crammed full of books.

W Newman & Company, 3 Old Court House St. Bookshop and stationers in the Great Eastern arcade near BBD Bagh, which has been around for a long time - and it shows. Oxford Book & Stationery, 17 Park St. Completely and tastefully revamped with a/c, an art gallery and a music section; a limited collection of fiction, coffee-table books, maps, guides, magazines, stationery and postcards.

Ashok Pustak Mandir 163MGRoad, Calcutta Phone No 2398833 Oxford Book Gallery 17,ParkStreet, Calcutta Phone No 297662 Aviskar Corporation 20K,ParkStreet,Calcutta Phone No: 298143, 294047 Giggles 12B/2,ParkSteet,Calcutta Phone No: 290666 Rajniklal 32,ParkMansion, 57ParkSt, Calcutta Phone No: 297963, 297588 Hallmark 11A,RowdonStreet,Calcutta Phone No: 2401572, 2804840 Archies 14B,LindsayStreet, Calcutta Phone No: 2444924, 2490015 Rupa & Compnay 15,BankimChatterjeeStreet, Calcutta Phone No: 2417546, 2417401 Ananda Publishers 45,BeniatulaLane,Calcutta Phone No 2414352, 2413417 W. Newman & Co Ltd 3,OldCourtHouseStreet, Calcutta Phone No: 2489436, 2489438 Cambridge Book & Stationery 20D,ParkStreet, Calcutta Phone No: 299017 Computer Book Shop 11,MayfairRoad, Calcutta Phone No: 2401860