New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- If you want to buy a work by an artist like Bharti Kher, Marina Abramović or Sebastião Salgado, you will be looking to spend at least several thousand dollars. And that's not all. You will also need to invest in the infrastructure to take care of such a precious piece-a temperature-controlled environment, expensive insurance scheme and security arrangements. No wonder collecting art has always been the preserve of the uber-elite. But what if you could own a piece by one of the greats for a fraction of the price?

At the India Art Fair this year, CMYK (the flagship store of Delhi-based publisher Roli Books) has put together a collection of rare and collectible books under the banner, The Art of the Book. Each...