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| BRADNOCK, ROBERT & ROMA [EDITORS] Sri Lanka Handbook with the Maldives Lincolnwood: Passport Books, 1996. Hardcover. 12 x 19 cm.; Pg. 288; Map index (70+ maps), introduction, glossaries, index, illustrations. "Interest in Sri Lanka and The Maldives has never been greater: magnificent mountains, history and fascinating people, temples, railways, wildlife. There are 1600 km of Sri Lankan coastline lined with fine sandy beaches, coral reefs and lagoons and the 1190 coral islands in the Maldives group. The new SRI LANKA HANDBOOK is the most up-to-date guidebook available and an essential traveling companion. " ISBN 0844249025; 0844249025. Fine with no dust jacket . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 10462 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| CAVE, HENRY W. (HENRY WILLIAM), 1854- Golden Tips : A Description of Ceylon and Its Great Tea Industry London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, 1900. Hardcover. Ex-lib stamps all edges, sticker removed lower spine, ex-lib sticker front endpaper, sticker removed front endpaper, previous owner's signature prelim.; Ex-Library; 15 x 22 cm.; pg. xii, 474; Preface, index, frontis + 213 photos, map; gilt edges, decorated gilt covers. "...[Tea] culture in Ceylon is associated with life in a tropical country of unrivalled beauty and interest, 'where every prospect pleases' and where the operations of agriculture are carried on under conditions andamidst surroundings that cannot fail to appear novel and interesting to those for whom these pages are written. "; B0000CQEIJ. Good with no dust jacket . USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 | £UK 60.25 | JP¥ 8826] Book number: 4955 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| CEYLON Thorana Guide to Sri Lanka Colombo: Lever Brothers, 1980. Second Printing. Paperback. 14 x 22 cm.; pg. 109; Introduction, index, 11 maps and plans. "The Guide falls into three parts. The first provides essential information for planning a trip to and within the country. This consists of the first two chapters...Chapters III-X provide more detailed background information on a variety of subjects...The Itineraries which form the third part are designed to allow you to find your own way around. ". Good with no dust jacket . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 16206 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| COOK, E.K. A Geography of Ceylon Madras: Macmillan & Co, Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Previous owner's (Cora DuBois) stamp and pencilled signature front endpaper.; 16 x 21 cm.; pg. xi, 360; Preface, introduction, many maps and diagrams drawn by Maurice Weightman, photos, index. "This book is intended for the use of teachers and scholars in secondary schools, to whom no scientific study of the geography of Ceylon has yet been available. "; B0008883WQ. Good with no dust jacket . USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 3592 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| JAYATILAKA, TISSA [EDITOR] Excursions and Explorations : Cultural Encounters between Sri Lanka and the United States Colombo: United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission, 2002. Hardcover. ; 21 x 30 cm.; pg. x, 280; Foreword, illustrations (some color). "This volume of essays...is on the theme of Sri Lankan and American interactions. ISBN: 9558707007. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 23078 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| LUDOWYK, E.F.C. A Short History of Ceylon New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. Hardcover. Name stamp front endpaper.; 15 x 23 cm.; pg. 336; Originally published in 1963. Preface, prologue, epilogue, postscript, bibliography, index, frontis + 6 photographic plates, 3 line illustrations. "This book attempts to narrate, without any claim to completeness, the story of the important events and persons crowded into the two thousand years and more of Ceylon's history. ". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 11036 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| RANDOW, HEINZ Zoo Hunt in Ceylon New York: Doubleday & Co, Inc, 1958. Hardcover. Light browning endpapers, small sticker front endpaper; lightly chipped and moderately soiled dust-jacket with horizontal damp stain back cover.; 15 x 22 cm.; pg. 234; Translated by Charles Johnson. "Heinz Randow's destination was Ceylon--twenty-five thousand square miles of lush, steaming forests and fertile plantations off the southern tip of India. His mission was to find and capture rare animals and reptiles for European zoos and circuses. "; B0006AVGQG. Good in Good dust jacket . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 5354 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| WILLIAMS, HARRY Ceylon : Pearl of the East London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Frontis + 32 photographs, introduction, bibliography, index, maps on endpapers; spine title slightly faded with slightly frayed ends, discreet damp stains on covers, signature on half-title, frontis loose in binding. ; 16 x 25 cm.; pg. 460; First published 1950. Frontis + 32 photographs, introduction, bibliography, index, maps on endpapers.. Good with no dust jacket . USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 139 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| WRIGHT, COLONEL T.U. Ceylon in My Time 1889-1949 Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries' Co, 1951. Hardcover. 20 x 26 cm.; pg. xxii, 366; Numerous illustrations. The author was a planter in Ceylon and director of Carson & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 350.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.5 | £UK 210.5 | JP¥ 30890] Book number: 1346 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. |
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