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| LEITCH, MARY & MARGARET W. Seven Years in Ceylon. Stories of Mission Life NY: American Tract Society, (1890). 170 pp, profusely illustrated, square 8vo. Original cloth backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed but overall VG. Smith (L21) calls this work, "more interesting than usual missionary account.". USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 3354] Book number: 000295 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| PARANAVITANA, SENARAT Glimpses of Ceylon's Past Colombo, Lake House. 1972. First Edition. [viii], 199pp, endpaper map, 26 photo illustrations on XVI plates, index. 8vo/21.5cm. Blue cloth light wear in slightly chipped and lightly soiled dj, internally clean, tight and very good. Dr. Paranavitana was head of the Archaeological Department of Ceylon for a number of years and was the first Professor of Ceylon Archaeology at the University of Ceylon. This is a summary account of some of his excavations. Patterson 3372. USD 26.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.5 | £UK 15.75 | JP¥ 2295] Book number: 001338 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| RAHULA, WALPOLA The Heritage of the Bhikku: A Short History of the Bhikkhu in Educational, Cultural, Social, and Political Life New York, Grove Press. 1974. (ISBN: 0 394 49190 4) . First Edition in English. Foreword by Professor Edmund F. Perry. Translation from Sinhala (Bhiksuvage Urumaya, 1948). xxxiii, 176pp, 9 photo illustrations, 4 appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. 8vo/21cm. Tan cloth, light spotting/foxing, internally fine. The role of Buddhist monks in the political struggle against British control by the leading Buddhist monk in that struggle. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 971] Book number: 001580 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| SARACHCHANDRA, E.R. The Folk Drama of Ceylon Colombo, Department of Cultural Affairs. 1966. Second Edition (1952). [iv], xiii, 180, v pp, many b/w photo illustrations, index. Red decorated cloth, light edge wear, in edgeworn dj with closed edge tears. VG/G+. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 001389 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| VAIKUNTHAVASAN, K. Three Months in New China and Soviet Union. Foreword by J.D. Bernal Colombo, People's Press. 1953. First Edition. [x], 148pp, 24 photo illustrations, route map. 12mo/18cm. Printed card wrappers, slightly spotted and soiled, short closed split at tail of back joint, first few pages dampstained, small chip head of ffep, otherwise internally very good. Account of a left-wing Ceylonese trade unionist's visit to two peace congresses in China and Vienna via the Soviet Union, with associated tours. The author was General Secretary of the Government Clerical Service Union in Ceylon in the forties and subsequently Editor of People's Voice, a bi-weekly English language paper. Professor John Desmond Bernal (1901-1971), F.R.S. was a prominent British leftist and Vice President of the World Peace Council at the time of writing. He was also awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1953. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 003942 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| WIJESEKERA, N.D. The People of Ceylon Colombo, M.D. Gunasera & Co. Ltd. 1965. Second Edition (1949). xxii, 311pp, map, 24 photo illustrations, bibliography, 19 page index. 8vo/22cm. Green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at extremities, in chipped dj, internally clean, tight and very good. Foreword by Julius de Lanerolle pointing out that much of Dr. Wijesekera's text is from notes taken during the first Ethnological Survey of Ceylon the results of which were apparently never published. De Lanerolle had recommended to the Ministry of Education in 1934 that such a survey be conducted to back up the artifacts held by the Colombo Museum. He says, "As a reliable source-book his work is indispensable to all research workers in this field and will remain so for many years to come.". USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 001304 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| WILBER, DONALD N. The Land and People of Ceylon Philadelphia and New York, J.B. Lippincott Company. (1963) 4th Printing. Portraits of the Nation Series. 157pp, map, many black & while photo illustrations, index. 8vo/21cm. Pictorial cloth, ex-library markings, otherwise clean and tight. A competent guidebook for young and old of the country now known as Sri Lanka. Donald Newton Wilber (1908-1997) was an area expert of the old school primarily experienced specialized in Iran but who became an early US government and CIA consultant and was able to broaden his scope to include Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, about all of which he wrote books. His last book, the autobiographic Adventures in the Middle East (1986) found him battling with his former government employers particularly the CIA, on the issue of censorship. USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1147] Book number: 002353 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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