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An Account of The Interior Of Ceylon And Of Its Inhabitants With Travels In That Island
by John Davy
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/good
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Colombo: Tisara Prakasakayo, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good/good. Davy was a medical officer attached to the British army at the time when British rule was extended into the interior of the island. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Davy was not only interested in the scenery and superficial behaviour of the inhabitants he met, but also in the structure and nature of society, its religion and customs. So his memoirs remain one of the most thorough descriptions of the last stages of traditional Kandyan culture. Good Paperback in a Good Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1821 399 pages with a a few colour plates, some line drawings and an index. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is faded in places and the edges frayed. The end papers have stains around the edges and the text block is tanned. The binding is tight, text clear and there is nfairly mild tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SL66
- Title
- An Account of The Interior Of Ceylon And Of Its Inhabitants With Travels In That Island
- Author
- John Davy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Tisara Prakasakayo
- Place of Publication
- Colombo
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Sri Lanka - Ceylon - 1800s - British Memoirs
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About the Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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