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The Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon: Transition to Dutch Rule
by Winius, George Davison
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0674295102
- ISBN 13
- 9780674295100
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. xxi., 215pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Very slightly shelf worn at bottom edge. DJ has some chipping. Some pages are unopened. "George Winius is the first historian in 300 years to tell the story of the seventeenth-century Dutch take-over of Ceylon from the viewpoint of the vanquished Portuguese." Fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10653
- Title
- The Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon: Transition to Dutch Rule
- Author
- Winius, George Davison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674295102
- ISBN 13
- 9780674295100
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Portugal, decline , Dutch Colonial Rule , Dutch Colonization, 17th Century , Viceroy Goa, Dom Constantino de Sa, Asia Portuguesa
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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