Lot 1571 , Cave, Henry W. - The Book of Ceylon: being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the visitor and tourist ... new edition, revised. folded coloured plan, folded railways map, other map

° Cave, Henry W. - The Book of Ceylon: being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the visitor and tourist ... new edition, revised. folded coloured plan, folded railways map, other maps and many illus. (some full page); original gilt pictorial cloth (rebacked with old spine mounted), gilt top, roy.8vo. 1912; Spittel, R.L. - Wild Ceylon: describing in particular the lives of the present day veddas. folded map, 53 photo. plates, text illus.; original gilt cloth. The Colombo Apothecaries Co., 1927; Spittel, R.L. - Far-off Things: treating of the history, aborigines, myths and jungle mysteries of Ceylon. 42 plates, text illus.; original gilt cloth. Colombo Apothecaries Co., 1933; Villiers, Sir Thomas L. - Some Pioneers of the Tea Industry. gilt cloth and d/wrapper, sm. 8vo. The Colombo Apothecaries Co., 1951; together with related others (14)
£100-160

Condition:
Cave - good, e/ps. replaced, rlwy. map not called-for; (11), 664pp. and 2 advt. leaves at front; Wild Ceylon - good; Far-Off Things - some cloth wear; (17), 331pp. planter's ownership; Villiers - good; Others incl. Cave's Golden Tips (3rd ed., 1904); Storey's Hunting and Shooting in Ceylon (4th.ed., 1921); Leitch's Seven Years in Ceylon (1890); Brooke Elliott's Real Ceylon (3rd ed.,1938); Spittel's Savage Sanctuary (2nd ed., 1950); The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon (oblong 4to., ca. ); Loose, unsigned coloured sketch of 8 native 'characters', ink captioned, v.competent