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Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency
The Government Central Press
1926-1927
The Government Central Press : Bombay
10" by 6.5"
145; 96; 87; 79; 73pp
SUMMARY
Five 1920s printings of this reference publication on the Bombay Presidency, produced by the British colonial administration.
Publishers Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Five volumes of this very scarce publication are present here, each updating the material presented in the first editions, which were published between the 1870s and early 1900s.
Each of the volumes present here were first revised in 1904, and are here updated to the years 1921-1922.
Present here are:
Volume II-B, on Surat and Broach
Volume X-H, on Ratnagiri and Savantwadi
Volume XIX-B, on Satara, Phaltan and Aundh
Volume XX-B, on Sholapur and Akalkot
Volume XXIII-B on Bijapur and Jath
This series served as an encyclopaedic reference on the Bombay Presidency, a significant administrative region of British India which included parts of modern-day Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka, as well as the city of Bombay.
These volumes provide information on history, population, geography, environment, public infrastructure and local expenditure.
With bookplates of the Liverpool Public Libraries to each front and rear pastedown, and further library stamps throughout, including to the title pages. Library blind stamps to rear boards.
CONDITION
In the publishers original cloth backed paper covered boards. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with significant handling marks to boards. Library blind stamps to rear boards. Library bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, but with library stamps throughout, including to the title pages.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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