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Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry.
by Henry W. Cave
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, 1904 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Henry W. Cave. The third edition of Henry W. Cave's detailed description of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Illustrated with photographic images. The third edition of Henry W. Cave's turn of the century description of the tea industry in Sri Lanka, which was first published four years prior.Illustrated with a colour map of Ceylon, and numerous vignette and full page photographs taken by the author.A guide to the tea plantations of Sri Lanka by Henry William Cave, a British author, photographer, publisher, and archaeologist. The information he presents is based on numerous visits to the region.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.Former owner's inscription to half title. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip age toned, with discolouration to back strip tail. Head of rear board and perimeters of front board age toned. Inscription to half title. Internally, generally firmly bound, though a touch strained to the start of the work. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 906F39
- Title
- Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry.
- Author
- Henry W. Cave
- Illustrator
- Henry W. Cave
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 9" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- tea industry sri lanka ceylon tea sri lanka
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...