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Baker, Sir Samuel W. THE RIFLE AND HOUND IN CEYLON. |
£40.00 |
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353pp. 6 full-page engravings. Silver Library edition. Very good. 1890 Reprint, Longmans. |
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Baker, Sir Samuel W. WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WAYS. |
£76.00 |
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Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. 455pp. 29 engraved illustrations. Expertly recased in the original decorated cloth. Very good. Spine rubbed. 1891 First Macmillan. |
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Baker, Sir Samuel W. EIGHT YEARS IN CEYLON. |
£58.00 |
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376pp. 6 engraved plates. Topography, natural history and hunting. First published in 1855. Recased in the original decorated green cloth. Very good. 1874 New edition Longmans. |
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Bandaranayake, Seneke SIGIRIYA. |
£8.00 |
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City, Palace and Royal Gardens. 27pp. 4to. Card covered stapled booklet. 21 colour photographs and 3 plans. Fine. 2004 Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Colombo. |
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Bayne, Alan. MADRAS AND BEYOND. |
£12.00 |
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205pp. Autobiography. Born in Madras, he lived for 34 years in Ceylon. Army, insurance and fast cars. Presentation copy signed by the author. Fine in fine dw. 1993 First edition, The Book Guild, Lewes. |
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Bhatt, J.R. ANIMAL LIFE in Story and Picture with special reference to Ceylon. |
£16.00 |
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253pp. Index. 91 illustrations, 19 in colour. Very good. 1941 First Ceylon Daily News Press, Colombo. |
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Bond, George D. THE BUDDHIST REVIVAL IN SRI LANKA. |
£14.00 |
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Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response. 322pp. Index. Very good indeed in like dw. 1992 Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. |
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Bond, Thomas E.T. WILD FLOWERS OF THE CEYLON HILLS. |
£31.00 |
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Some Familiar Plants of the Up-country Districts. 240pp. Index. Colour frontispiece and b/w drawings. Very good indeed in like dw. An outstanding copy. 1953 First edition, Oxford University Press, Madras. |
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Buddhadatta, A.P. ENGLISH-PALI DICTIONARY. |
£18.00 |
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588pp. Fine apart from owner's name. 1970 Reprint, Luzac and Co., for the Pali Text Society. |
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Butterfield, R.P. PADRE ROWLANDS OF CEYLON. |
£45.00 |
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182pp. Portrait frontispiece. C.M.S. mission to the Tamils in Colombo, Kandy and the tea estates 1861-1884. Very good. No date (c1900), Marshall, Morgan & Scott Ltd. |
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Chitty, Simon Chase. THE CEYLON GAZETTEER. |
£18.00 |
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viii, 286, xvii, 15pp. First published in 1834. Dustwrapper protected with transparency which is sellotaped to the endpapers. 1989 Reprint, Navrang, New Delhi. |
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Chitty, Simon Chase. THE CEYLON GAZETTEER. |
£22.00 |
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viii, 286, xvii, 15pp. First published in 1834. Very good in chipped dw. Spotting to prelims. 1989 Reprint, Navrang, New Delhi. |
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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. MEDIAEVAL SINHALESE ART. |
£76.00 |
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Being a Monograph on Mediaeval Sinhalese Arts and Crafts, Mainly as Surviving in the Eighteenth Century, with an Account of the Structure of Society and the Status of the Craftsman 344pp. 53 plates of b/w illustration. 4to. Title page creased. Otherwise fine in dw with a single short tear. 1956 Second edition, Pantheon Books, New York. |
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Dixon, C. Willis. THE COLONIAL ADMINISTRATIONS OF SIR THOMAS MAITLAND. |
£18.00 |
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274pp. Bibliography. Part 2 (93pp) is about Ceylon. Very good in darkening dw. 1969 New Impression Kelley, New York. |
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Enriquez, Major C.M. CEYLON PAST AND PRESENT. |
£28.00 |
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256pp. Index. 27 plates. Slack, rubbed and starting to fray but clean and complete internally. No date (1930s) Hurst & Blackett. |
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Farmer, B.H. PIONEER PEASANT COLONISATION IN CEYLON. |
£13.00 |
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A Study in Asian Agrarian Problems. 387pp. Index. 24 b/w photograhs, 12 maps and 29 tables. Policies to move population into the 'dry zone'. From the library of the Commonwealth Relations Office. Very good. 1957 First edition, Oxford University Press. |
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Forbes, Major ELEVEN YEARS IN CEYLON. Comprising sketches of the Field Sports and Natural History of that colony and an account of its History and Antiquities. |
£18.00 |
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xii, 423 and viii, 356pp. 2 vols bound as one. 15 b/w illustrations. Good quality facsimile reprint of 1840 original. Little-used ex-university library copy. Very good. Slight nick to spine cloth 1972 Gregg International, Farnborough. |
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Geiger, Wilhelm (translates). THE MAHAVASMA |
£22.00 |
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or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon. 323pp. Notes, appendices and index. First published 1912. Very good indeed. 1950 Colombo, Government of Ceylon. |
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Geiger, Wilhelm (translates). CULAVAMSA. |
£40.00 |
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Being the More Recent Part of the Mahavamsa. In 2 volumes. 362pp, 365pp. Notes, index. Preface dated 1928. Very good indeed. 1953 Colombo, Government of Ceylon. |
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Gooneratne, Brendon and Yasmine. THIS INSCRUTABLE ENGLISHMAN. |
£10.00 |
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Sir John D'Oyly (1774-1824). 294pp. Index. Card covers. 8 colour plates and 15 b/w illustrations. Resident at Kandy who established British control of Ceylon. Fine. 1999 Cassell. |
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Gunesekera, Romesh. THE MATCH. |
£5.00 |
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310pp. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Bloomsbury. |
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Guruge, Ananda W.P. MAHAVAMSA. |
£65.00 |
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The Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka. 1129pp. Introduction, translation and notes. A Pali Buddhist epic. Very good in complete but chipped and marked dw. Spotting to fore-edge. 1989 First edition, Associated Newspapers, Colombo. |
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Hook, F.A. EASTWARDS |
£16.00 |
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being the superficial obsrvations of an occasional traveller. 91pp. Large 8vo. With 11 architectural drawings. Travel in Ceylon, India and Burma. The main interest is likely to be in details of rail travel including a journey from Colombo to Madras via the ferry. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. Very good. 1929 The Blue Peter Publishing Company Ltd. |
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Hulugalle, H.A.J. BRITISH GOVERNORS OF CEYLON. |
£25.00 |
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252pp. Index. In the original red cloth. Short biographies and assessment of each holder of the office. 12 plates of b/w photographs. Very good in very good dustwrapper.. Inscribed and signed by the author. 1963 First edition, Associated Newspapers, Colombo. |
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Hulugalle, H.A.J. CEYLON YESTERDAY - SRI LANKA TODAY. |
£18.00 |
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255pp. 4to. Many photographs in colour and b'w. Maps. A lavish Tourist Board sponsored publication designed and printed in Sweden. Near fine in the original slipcase and transparent wrapper. No date (c1970), Stureforlager, Stockholm. |
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Iyer, Ragahavan (edits). SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS. |
£5.00 |
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St Antony's Papers Number 8. 155pp. Essays on topics that include Imperialism, the 1958 Revolution in Pakistan, a Soviet view of Gandhi, the Congress Party, and Indian Immigration to Sri Lanka. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 1960 First edition, Chatto & Windus. |
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Knox, Robert. AN HISTORICAL RELATION OF CEYLON. |
£14.00 |
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409pp. First published 1681. With 18 plates and a folding map. Card covers. Very good. Inscription. 1966 Reprint, Sri Lanka. |
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Knox, Robert. AN HISTORICAL RELATION OF CEYLON |
£12.00 |
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412pp. Index. 56pp introduction. First published 1681. With 17 illustrations and a folding map. Card covers. Very good in chipped dw. 1981 Reprint Sri Lanka. |
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Low, D.A. et al (edit). GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES IN SOUTH ASIA. |
£15.00 |
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A Guide to National and State Archives in Ceylon, India and Pakistan. 355pp. Very good in dustwrapper with section lost from spine panel. 1969 at the University Press, Cambridge. |
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Marshall, Henry. CEYLON: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. |
£12.00 |
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201pp. First published 1846. Card covers. Very good. 1982 Reprint, Sri Lanka. |
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Mendis, G.C. THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON |
£10.00 |
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and its Relations with India and other Foreign Countries. 103pp. Index. Facsimile reprint of 1932 original. Fine in decorated boards. 1998 Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. |
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Mendis, G.C. THE EARLY HISTORY OF CEYLON |
£10.00 |
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The Indian Period of Ceylon History. 173pp. Index. 20 illustrations and 11 maps. Card covers. Very good. 1940 Reprint, YMCA, Calcutta. |
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Mitton, G.E. THE LOST CITIES OF CEYLON. |
£22.00 |
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256pp. Index. Folding map. 38 b/w photographs. 3 local maps. Very good. 1928 Reprint, John Murray. |
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Moore, Mick. THE STATE AND PEASANT POLITICS IN SRI LANKA. |
£21.00 |
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328pp. Index. Cambridge South Asian Studies 34. The economic and political causes and consequences of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka Very good in very good dw. Paper starting to brown at edges. 1985 First edition, Cambridge University Press. |
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Murphet, Howard. HAMMER ON THE MOUNTAIN. |
£12.00 |
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The Life of Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907). 338pp. 34 b/w illustrations and facsimiles. Biography of leading theosophist and account of his work for Buddhism in India and Ceylon. Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1972 First edition, The Theosphical Publishing House, USA |
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Naipaul, Shiva. AN UNFINISHED JOURNEY. |
£12.00 |
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136pp. The last writings by the brother of V.S. Naipaul before his early death whilst on assignment in Australia. Essays on the Third World, India and the Nehrus, the Aborigines, Sri Lanka and on his relationship with his brother. Very good in very good dw. 1986, First edition, Hamish Hamilton. |
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Ondaatje, Michael. RUNNING IN THE FAMILY. |
£20.00 |
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207pp. Autobiography of Sri Lankan novelist and poet, Booker Prize winner. Near-fine in fine dustwrapper. 1983 First edition, Gollancz. |
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Ondaatje, Michael. ANIL'S GHOST. |
£7.00 |
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312pp. Novel set in modern Sri Lanka. Fine in fine dw. 2000 First, Bloomsbury. |
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Page, Tim (photographs). SRI LANKA. |
£21.00 |
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Large format. 92 superb full-page colour photographs. Short text. Fine in very good dw. 1984 First edition, Colombo. |
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Raven-Hart, R. (transcribes) THE PYBUS EMBASSY TO KANDY, 1762.. |
£30.00 |
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83pp. Light card wrappers. Very good. 1958 National Museum of Ceylon. |
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Sarachchandra, E.R. THE FOLK DRAMA OF CEYLON. |
£16.00 |
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185pp. 39 b/w photographs. Copy presented to the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Fine in fine dustwrapper. 1966 Second edition, Department of Cultural Affairs. |
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Storey, Harry. HUNTING AND SHOOTING IN CEYLON. |
£88.00 |
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366pp. Large coloured folding map. 73 illustrations. Various contributors. Very good. 1907 Second edition, Longmans. |
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Storey, Harry. HUNTING AND SHOOTING IN CEYLON. |
£95.00 |
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366pp. 73 photographs. Large coloured folding map. Very good. A clean , bright copy. Owner's name. 1907 Second edition, Longmans. |
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Swaan, Wim, LOST CITIES OF ASIA. |
£16.00 |
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Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor. 176pp Index. 4to. 105 plates of which 51 are in colour. The classical cultures of Ceylon, Burma and Cambodia. Very good in very good dw. 1966 First, Elek. |
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Wilkinson, Major-General Osborn and Major-General Johnson. THE GEMINI GENERALS. |
£22.00 |
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Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers. 441pp. In the original maroon cloth. Military exploits in India and Ceylon (with lots of opinions). Essays on 31 Victorian soldiers they knew personally. Chapters on the Mutiny, the Second Afghan War and the Celyon Revolt of 1848. Poor. Nasty damp stain on front board but inscribed 'from the author'. 1896 First edition, A.D.Innes. |
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Wilson, A Jeyratnam. POLITICS IN SRI LANKA 1947-1973. |
£14.00 |
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347pp. Index. Near-fine in like dw. 1977 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Wilson, A Jeyratnam. POLITICS IN SRI LANKA 1947-1973. |
£12.00 |
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347pp. Index. Near-fine in dw with faded spine panel. 1977 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam. POLITICS IN SRI LANKA 1947-1973. |
£15.00 |
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347pp. Index. Near-fine in fine dw. 1977 Reprint, Macmillan. |
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Woolf, Leonard. GROWING. |
£15.00 |
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An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911. 256pp. Index. 12 b/w photographs and 2 maps. His account of his years in the Ceylon Civil Service. Very good. Slight speckled colour loss to blue boards. 1961 First edition, The Hogarth Press. |
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Zoete, Beryl de. DANCE AND MAGIC DRAMA IN CEYLON. |
£34.00 |
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237pp. Index. 38 illustrations. Very good. 1957 First Faber. |
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