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Francois Valentijn's Description of Ceylon
by Valentijn, Francois
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0904180069
- ISBN 13
- 9780904180060
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hakluyt Society, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition, edited and translated by Sinnappah Arasaratnam. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon made available for the first time to the English-reading public. Presentable, tight and sound copy. Dust wrapper not price clipped but does have light rubbing at extremities and is slightly faded. No inscriptions. Xv + 395 pages, notes, maps, plates, bibliography, indexed. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; ISBN: 0904180069. ISBN/EAN: 9780904180060. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0020938. . 9780904180060
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0020938
- Title
- Francois Valentijn's Description of Ceylon
- Author
- Valentijn, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0904180069
- ISBN 13
- 9780904180060
- Publisher
- Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB28 Sri Lanka Ceylonese East Indies Dutch Holland Countries & Travel; Francois Valentijns Description of Ceylon Valentijn Francois
- Bookseller catalogs
- Countries & Travel;
Terms of Sale
Steve Liddle
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...