Founded in 1945 by the lawyer and bibliophile KBK Rao, and frequented by the likes of Ruskin Bond and Ramachandra Guha! Now that’s elite. Select has been hailed as Bangalore’s finest antiquarian bookshop and has been managed since the 1970s. Housing rare books, they are usually kept under lock and key. Help is on hand for specific requests, but the place is a haven for browsers who’d just like to be able to find something fresh and unexpected.
