Set of 5 books on Poona & Mahabaleshwar

a) Rao Bahadur D B Parasnis with a 4-page foreword by C A Kincaid, Poona in Bygone Days, Bombay: Published by the author and Printed at the Times Press, 1921

pp. vi, 136 + 12 plates; original blue-cloth binding with gilt title embossed on cover. Covers a bit soiled.
8.8 x 6 in (22 x 15 cm)

Author’s signed presentation copy to Capt. W. E. Gladstone Solomon with Solomon’s rubber stamp

Gladstone Solomon [1880-1965], to whom the book has been presented, was an artist and writer on Indian art who was associated with the Sir J J School of Art in Bombay for a number of years.

b) Rao Bahadur D B Parasnis, Mahabaleshwar, Bombay: Published by the author and printed at Lakshmi Art Printing Works, 1916

pp. vii, 202 + 56 pages covering 7 appendices + 20 plates, 1 double-page map of Mahabaleshwar + 1 plan [Lacks 2 plates]; original parrot-green cloth with gilt title and design on cover and back. Gift inscription on free front endpaper.
8.8 x 5.8 in (22 x 14.5 cm)

Apart from early history, establishment of a sanatorium and places of interest, there is a chapter of extracts from distinguished early visitors including Mrs Postans, Lady Falkland and others. One of the appendices is on Chinese convicts kept there.

c) Captain M Scott, Poona’s Great Days: Describing the Palace of the Peshwas when they were paramount in India; The British Embassy & its Residents; The battle of Kirkee & Koregaon, after which the last British Resident became the first Commissioner to administer the Peshwa’s territories on behalf of the Honourable the East India Company, Poona: Published at the Sign of the Crown and Golden Streamer and Printed at Yeravda, 7 November 1944

pp. x, 49 + 2 folding colour maps of India + folding genealogical table of the Peshwas + folding plan of the action of Ganeshkhind or Kirkee + folding plan of the defence of Koregaon + 4 plates
8.6 x 6.8 in (21.5 x 17 cm)

Published anonymously, the author was Capt. M. Scott, ADC to the Governor of Bombay 1943-1946, as written in ink on the cover. The cover states: Profits to Sailors’, Soldiers’ & Airmen’s Families’ Association.

d) Edward F. Elwin, Indian Jottings: From Ten Years’ Experience in and Around Poona City, London: John Murray, 1907

pp. xi, 314 + 16 plates and has Index; decorated beige cloth
10.2 x 6.2 in (25.6 x 15.5 cm)

e) James M Campbell, Poona: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency - Volume XVIII, Part I, Bombay: Printed at the Government Central Press, 1885

pp. ii, 576 + coloured map, appendices and index; rebound in black cloth, Ex-library copy.
10 x 6.2 in (25.2 x 15.5 cm)

The first gazetteer on Poona and the rarest in the series issues by the Bombay Presidency.

This volume has 3 chapters [or parts]
Chapter 1 has DESCRIPTION, covering boundaries, hills, rivers, lakes, geology, climate etc. / covers pp. 1 - 28

Chapter 2 has PRODUCTION, covering minerals, forests, trees, domestic and wild animals, snakes and fish / covers pp. 29 - 93

Chapter 3 has POPULATION, covering Hindus, writers, traders, husbandmen, craftsmen, musicians, servants, shepherds, fishers, labourers, unsettled tribes, depressed classes, beggars, Musalmans, Bene-Israels, Christians, Parsis and Chinese - each section also describing by name the various castes of the particular professionals, the longest two being for craftsmen and beggars / Covers pp. 94 - 538

There are 6 appendices:
Spirit basis of the rule in favour of child-marriage
Spirit basis of the rule against widow-marriage
Traces of polyandry
Origin of ornaments
Spirit-possession
Special funeral rites

(Set of five)

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