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Published by Gyan Publishing House, 2020
ISBN 10: 8121239672ISBN 13: 9788121239677
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. pp. 344.
Published by Gyan Publishing House, 2020
ISBN 10: 8121239680ISBN 13: 9788121239684
Seller: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. pp. 344.
Published by Gyan Publishing House, 2020
ISBN 10: 8121239680ISBN 13: 9788121239684
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: New. pp. 344.
Published by London: Cecil Palmer, 1929, 1929
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.253; [1]. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With 18 full-page illustrations including a frontispiece, and several in-text illustrations. Also with a map of Ceylon preceding title page, pristine fold-out map to pg.68. Ink ownership of J.E.S. Bodger to fly-leaf. Light toning and spotting throughout although more evident to preliminaries and endpapers, wearing to cloth along top edges and spine. Very good. Ex Libris J.E.S Bodger, General Manager of Railways in Sri Lanka 1945-1948.
Published by Cecil Parker, London, 1929
First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Kathleen Murdoch and E. J. Laws (illustrator). First edition. A richly illustrated and humorous take on the legends and tales of Ceylon, or modern day Sri Lanka, signed by the author. This is an interesting volume on the history, legend and story of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka as it is now called. The volume is intended to interest and amuse the reader with the various tales and folklore of Ceylon.Including eighteen illustrations and maps. Map of Ceylon is missing. The folding map of Jaffa Peninsula is present. This copy is signed by the author on the half title page.Collated. In red cloth binding. Externally, extremely smart. Some bumping to the extremities. A sticker is to the rear pastedown. Author's signature to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.
Published by London: Cecil Palmer, 1929, 1929
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.253. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With 18 line illustrations including a frontispiece. Also with a map of Ceylon preceding title page. Light spotting throughout, toning and minimal marking to boards and spine. Very good. The author has inscribed this copy in black ink to the flyleaf. His message reads, 'To the original Policeman - P.C = see 37. | With the Author's compliments | R. H. Bassett.' Presumably, this note refers to the quote 'sixteen ticks were removed from the person of a policeman who had made a frivolous joke about his kemma' on page 37.
Published by Cecil Palmer, 1929
Seller: Saul54, Lynn, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London: Cecil Palmer; First Edition (1929). 253 pages. 18 Illustrations including 2 Folding-Out maps. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. GrayCloth, Gilt spine title. Minimal discoloration to the spine. No Wear. Name penned inside front cover otherwise clean. Excellent binding and hinges. 8.9"x5.75"x1.25". be35282.
Published by Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd, Colombo, 1934
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Ceylonese edition (originally published in London in 1929); small 8vo, pp. 324; 2 folding maps, 16 full-page illustrations by Kathleen Murdoch and E. J. Laws; fine copy in original red cloth and preserving the fragile dust jacket showing 2 old tape repairs on the verso and a few shallow chips at the edges. A series of romantic folk tales involving Indian and Sri Lankan royalty, British colonialists, and various exotic, scantily clad women.