Dance and Magic Drama In Ceylon

London: Faber and Faber, 1957. Hard bound, first edition, foldout colour frontispiece depicting Buddhist heaven, illustrated with plates, Pp237. Includes index. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy in a moderately edge chipped (3/4"" x 1"" chip to bottom of front cover at spine), and edge-torn, good dust jacket. NOT an ex-library copy so no ink… Read more about this item

New York: Theatre Arts Books , 1958. A detailed study of the ritual temple dances of Sri Lanka, in which ancient, epic tales of war and love among the gods are re-enacted by performers often in a trance-like state. In addition to the first-hand information gathered by the author from then-living, active performers, De Zoete also explores the… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1957. Cloth. G to Vg. Bound in light brown cloth, with printed black label, no dw, coloured, pull-out frontis " Buddhist Heaven " (a spectacular illustration), 37 b/w photographs, 1 map, 237pp. Binding is uniformly lightly scuffed, corners are bumped. Ex-library but with new endpapers. Condition of text and illustrations is vg.