Early Prints of Ceylon [ Sri Lanka ] 1800-1900
by Silva R. K. De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Serendib Publications, 1985. Book measures 28.5x22.cm. ix, 362pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, marked. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed on edges. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy. . Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014429
- Title
- Early Prints of Ceylon [ Sri Lanka ] 1800-1900
- Author
- Silva R. K. De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Serendib Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Ceylon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Jacket
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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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...
- Edges
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