1926-1927 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Description

Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

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.