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LUDOWYK, E.F.C.: The Story of Ceylon.
Faber and Faber Ltd., London. 1962 1st edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With dustwrapper. 328pp.Prof.ills. with b/w photographs and maps. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded with small chips to ends. Edges slightly rubbed). Price clipped. Mild foxing to edges. Spine slightly faded. Library bookplate on front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. Well written general history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Concentrates on the 150 years of Britain’s connection.
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15.00 GBP
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PEISSEL, MICHEL: The Last Barbarians: The Discovery of the Source of the Mekong in Tibet.
London, Souvenir Press. 1998 1st UK edition.
Tall 8vo. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. Maps on endpapers. 253pp. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; very slightly rubbed on top edges). Not price clipped. Presentation inscription on front endpaper. A clean and tight copy. "This is an account of the discovery of the source of the Mekong River in Tibet. It is an immensely readable book of how Michael Peissel and his companions achieved what many others had tried but failed to do. They charted the origins of one of Asia’s most majestic and fabled waterways".
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12.00 GBP
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