Diversions of a Diplomat in Ceylon
by Crowe, Philip K. w/foreword by Viscount Soulbury & illus. by P. E. P. Deraniyagala
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. 1957 1st ed. 318pp. w/folding map. illus. green cloth 8vo: Very Good in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some age browning of endpp; smudged spot top edge; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A memoir by the American diplomat and conservationist Crowe (1908-76) who served as U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon in the early 1950s when Herwald Ramsbotham (1887-1971), the 1st Viscount Soulbury, was the British Governor-General there.
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- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17525
- Title
- Diversions of a Diplomat in Ceylon
- Author
- Crowe, Philip K. w/foreword by Viscount Soulbury & illus. by P. E. P. Deraniyagala
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1957 1st ed
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan
- Keywords
- DIPLOMACY AMERICAN AMBASSADOR CEYLON SRI LANKA MEMOIR EXPLORATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SOUTH ASIA ASIAN
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- Memoir;
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