Item #46449 Romantic Ceylon. Its history, legend and story. R. H. Bassett.

Romantic Ceylon. Its history, legend and story

Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries Co., Ltd., [1934]. 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. Item #46449

Price: $225.00

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