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Two Happy Years in Ceylon
C. F. Gordon Cumming [Constance Gordon-Cumming]
1893
Chatto & Windus : London
8.5" by 6"
2-619, 32pp
SUMMARY
A smart copy of Constance Gordon-Cummings account of two years spent alongside her brother in late nineteenth century Ceylon. Illustrated by the author herself.
Early Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 23.99
EU Postage: £ 18.99
European Postage: £ 19.99
Asia Postage: £ 31.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 32.99
DESCRIPTION
An early edition of this work, published the year after the first. First published in 1892 in two volumes, this new edition has been revised into one.
Scottish travel writer and painter Constance Gordon-Cummings account of two years spent in Ceylon - modern day Sri Lanka - alongside her brother, John, who lived there as a planter. Chapters discuss the Southern Coast, native police, the planting districts, and the role of Christian missionaries.
Illustrated with a folding map and twenty-five illustrated plates from the author. Collated, complete.
With a thirty-two page publishers catalogue to the rear.
A smart copy of this informative work.
CONDITION
In the publishers original pictorial cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to page perimeters. Significant closed tear to folding map.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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