Paris: Éditions Anthropos, 1984. 350p., forword, footnotes, tables, charts, maps, photos, facsimiles of manuscripts, text in French, very good first edition in original pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 110881
Maharagama, Ceylon: the journal in co-operation with the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1959. Paperback. lxvi, 403p., lxvii-lxxiv, illustrated with many b&w period facsimiles, amongst these double-spreads, and a couple period maps, one a large fold-out. Softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch plain printed white wraps enclosed in a decorated..... More
Cat.No: 279837
Cambridge: Published by the Hakluyt Society at the CUP, 1968. Hardcover. x, 170p., illustrations and plentiful maps, hardbound in Hakluyt's signature blue cloth boards gilt & blind and enclosed in the dust jacket. A handsome book in perfectly sound, clean and unmarked condition. The dust jacket has a mildly toned..... More
Cat.No: 280805
Boulogne: Editions Delroisse, [1960s]. 128p., 7x8.25 inches, captioned color photos throughout, brief texts in French and English, very good in boards and dj. Travel guide to the island. More
Cat.No: 133236
London: The Royal Asiatic Society, 1902. Offprint in plain printed 9x5.5 inch wraps, pp.909-938, staples rusted with stains, pencilling and dust to covers and badly torn margins to back cover. Wrapper stock is acidic and fragile. Within, a good copy: clean, unmarked text on alkaline stock. As is, but complete..... More
Cat.No: 261343
London: Routledge, 2002. xvi, 268p., illustrated with scattered line maps and b&w period reproductions, first edition of the softbound issue in glossy 9x6 inch pictorial color wraps. A fine clean as-new exemplar from a well taken-care-of collection. Warfare and history. More
Cat.No: 265934
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1981. 62p., stapled wraps, pocketbook format, wraps yellowed along bottom edges else very good condition. Express edition: a cool look at hot news. On US military activity in the Indian Ocean and Soviet proposals for maintaining balance. More
Cat.No: 167921
Paris: Phebus, 1995. Paperback. 203p., illustrated solely with the color cover facsimile of a very old map showing the islands in question. Softbound, an 8x5.5 inch paperback entirely in the French language. Structurally a sound pleasant copy, but expect holograph comment (in English) and underlines on pp.13, 14 and back..... More
Cat.No: 264540
Stanley, Rose-Hill, Mauritius: Editions de l'océan Indien, 1992. x, 46 pages, slender paperback, third edition, light shelfwear. More
Cat.No: 247354
Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons, 1962. xi, 306p., illustrated with two line maps, one folding, first edition hardbound in grey cloth boards cover- and spine-titled black. A late signature (pp.245-256) is started an eighth inch and is somewhat at risk, item bears an ownership to ffep, a generally good copy..... More
Cat.No: 265904
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. Hardcover. x, 202p., illustrated with a few line maps and period images, hardbound in 9x6 inch white cloth boards titled in copperfoil, and enclosed in the dust jacket. An as-new copy: sound, clean, unmarked, and glossy. More
Cat.No: 279506
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1888. Hardcover. xlvii, 287, xii, to 572p., plus 16p (Society matters for the year 1890), hardbound in black cloth boards gilt, a color we have not before encountered, normally seeing the 'Second Series' blue cloth. Edges untrimmed, good book design. Plates, maps and vignettes..... More
Cat.No: 280714
Notre Dame: Institute of Latino Studies, Unversity of Notre dame, 2003. 50p., 8.5x11 inches, introduction, findings, conclusions, references, illustrated with figures, very good booklet in stapled gray wraps. Interim Reports #1, January 2003. More
Cat.No: 238211
Taiwan / Sri Lanka: The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2022. Flexible Cloth. 118p., text in English translation, hardbound in 9x7 inch colorphoto flexi-boards; handsomely designed. A near-fine copy with a faint touch of edgewear. FYI, this item was originally distributed free, and has an evangelical tone... More
Cat.No: 296334
