In and around Poona.
Daily rambles for a week.
Stock Code 105224
Poona, Poona Star, c.1929.
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A highly unusual set of guide-books to various walks in and around Poona in India. Very scarce.
Poona, no known as Pune, lies in the west of India south of Delhi, and is the seventh most populous city in India and the second-largest city in the state of Maharashtra. Chapter headings include
'Romance and Thrills at Parvati' ; 'The Temple of Jealous Wives' and 'Where Tragedy and Triumph are neighbours' and areas of interest include 'The haunted Government House of Poona' and the 'Ugliest Church in India'. There are in total 49 chapters and rambles.
7 vols, 8vo (16 x 10 cm); 52, 51, 46, 56, 62, 55, 56pp., slight spotting on few pages, ink inscription in vol. one; all bound in publisher's printed pink wrappers with adverts printed on lower covers, corners slightly bumped, faded in parts; otherwise a very good copy.
Poona, no known as Pune, lies in the west of India south of Delhi, and is the seventh most populous city in India and the second-largest city in the state of Maharashtra. Chapter headings include
'Romance and Thrills at Parvati' ; 'The Temple of Jealous Wives' and 'Where Tragedy and Triumph are neighbours' and areas of interest include 'The haunted Government House of Poona' and the 'Ugliest Church in India'. There are in total 49 chapters and rambles.
7 vols, 8vo (16 x 10 cm); 52, 51, 46, 56, 62, 55, 56pp., slight spotting on few pages, ink inscription in vol. one; all bound in publisher's printed pink wrappers with adverts printed on lower covers, corners slightly bumped, faded in parts; otherwise a very good copy.
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