Buy this book on-line Cave, Henry W : GOLDEN TIPS A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea IndustrySamson Low, Marston and Company, London, 1901
Moderate rubbing to boards. ; Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt tea leaf. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated. A handsome copy with tight binding; 8vo; 476 pages, Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cave, Henry W : GOLDEN TIPS A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Cave, Henry W : Golden Tips : A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea IndustryLondon: Sampson Low Marston & Co, 1900
Hardback, first edition ,1900, 8.5" x 6", good condition, no dust-jacket, publisher's original clothboards with gilt blocking to all covers, boards worn at spine ends and edges, cocked spine, top corner of title page cut out - approx 4" x 0.5", original owner's ink name to back of frontis dated 1910, otherwise a very good copy, xii + 474 pages including index, gilded page edges, 214 b/w photo illustrations by the author including tissue guarded frontis, 2 maps as listed,. Contents include: Preface; Introductory; Columbo; The Pettah; residential Colombo; The Tea Company; Peradeniya Garden; Matale; Matale to Rambodde; Gampola to Hatton; Adam's Peak; Dimbula; The Tamil Coolie; From Dimbula to Nuwara Eliya; Kandy; Matale line; Bandarawela; Udapussellawa line; Polgahawela junction; Jaffna; Kankesanturai; Kelani valley; Yatiyantota; Necombo line; Anuradhapura; The South Coast Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cave, Henry W : Golden Tips : A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, first editions, antiquarian books, out of print books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |