Morgan Roy (Compiled and Edited by): Ceylon Isle of Enchantment - 1939 Christmas Edition , Ceylon: Times of Ceylon, 1939

First edition, large stapled paperback, 13" x 10", good tight condition, illustrated glossy card covers - spine cover missing - back worn and grubby, rusty staples, internally clean and tight with some light foxing to a few pages, unpaginated (approx 108 pages), colour and b/w photo illustrations plus tissue guarded full colour tipped in plates on board, several full page colour adverts-----Contents: Christmas Greetings; Distinguished Christmas Visitors; Tropic Moon - tipped in plate from the water colour by G S Fernando; Sri Pada; Photographic Section in Sepia; Schiehallion - tipped in plate from the water colour by H E the Governor of Ceylon Sir Andrew Caldecott; Elephants Sometimes Forget; Those were the Days; Retribution; Song of Ceylon; Demon Ridden Ceylon; Scraper Board Etchings; Dowa Temple - tipped in plate from the oil painting by Lecoq; Photograpic Section in Blue; Weaving Girl - tipped in plate from the water colour by G S Fernando; The lighter side of Broadcasting; Conquest; Leanama - Land of the Nittaewo; The Ruin and the Romantic; Madonna of the Pomegranate - tipped in plate from the oil painting by Giovanni Bellini; Swamy Rock - tipped in plate from the water colour by Lecoq; Let them Lie; Jaffna Sunset - tipped in plate from the water colour by G S Fernando; Scraper Board Etchings; The Gypsy; Tomorrow - Not Today; The Marriage Broker. (Book ref. 2859)  £48.00

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