Ceylon Colombo: First Edition (19 results)

First edition. 37 pages. Paper booklet in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 9 pages : 30 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 10 pages, illustrations : 30 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 11 pages : 30 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 14 pages : 30 cm.

Blattgröße circa 25 x 15 cm. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 1 Blatt Beeindruckende Xylographie in gutem Zustand, siehe Fotos. Auf feinem Papier gedruckt. Verso mit Text. Ein eventuell unregelmäßiger Rand, siehe Foto, sollte beschnitten oder mit einem Passepartout überdeckt werden . Der Versand erfolgt flach (ungerollt) und gut geschützt. ---- Diese illustrierten Holzstiche des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, dokumentieren als geschichtliche Primärquellen Zeitgeschehen, Technik und Kultur. Aus kunstwissenschaftlicher Sicht vereinen sie meisterhafte handwerkliche Schnittkunst mit frühem Bildjournalismus. Vor der Fotoreportage prägten sie die visuelle Wahrnehmung der Moderne, indem sie Ereignisse detailreich ästhetisierten und für ein breites Publikum weltweit greifbar machten. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.…

Blattgröße circa 17 x 25 cm. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 1 Blatt Beeindruckende Xylographie in gutem Zustand, siehe Fotos. Auf feinem Papier gedruckt. Verso mit Text. Ein eventuell unregelmäßiger Rand, siehe Foto, sollte beschnitten oder mit einem Passepartout überdeckt werden . Der Versand erfolgt flach (ungerollt) und gut geschützt. ---- Diese illustrierten Holzstiche des späten 19. Jahrhunderts, dokumentieren als geschichtliche Primärquellen Zeitgeschehen, Technik und Kultur. Aus kunstwissenschaftlicher Sicht vereinen sie meisterhafte handwerkliche Schnittkunst mit frühem Bildjournalismus. Vor der Fotoreportage prägten sie die visuelle Wahrnehmung der Moderne, indem sie Ereignisse detailreich ästhetisierten und für ein breites Publikum weltweit greifbar machten. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. 1. The ondaatjes of Colombo and their world. 2. Nicolaas Ondaatje at the cape. 3. Letters, gifts, and slaves. 4. How a letter was written. II. The letters: 5. Introduction to the letters. 6. Translation. 7. Transcription. Bibliography. Index. In 1728, the Ceylonese Chettiyar Nicolaas Ondaatje was sent into exile to the Cape of Good hope where he died in 1737, only a few months before the end of his term. All these years Nicolaas Ondaatje kept in contact with his family and friends in Ceylon through letters in Tamil, Dutch and Sinhala. His own letters are lost but those he received have been preserved. These letters give an intimate picture of an early eighteenth-century elite Chettiyar community in Ceylon employed by the Dutch East India Company. By contrast at the Cape Nicolaas Ondaatje found himself in the company of the Free Blacks at the very bottom of the social ladder. Though as a convict he was allowed to move about freely, Ondaatje had to provide his won source of income, making a modest living, first as a doctor and trader and later as a home teacher. In the letters which are kept in the archive in cape town, we have chanced upon a classic case of subaltern history. Here we have a protagonist who has been denied a voice by the quirk of the availability of historical documents, but whose situation comes through in the concern his family and friends show for him in exile thousands of miles away, over nine long years. The letters give an excellent picture of the loyalty of the Chettiyars to one of their own, of their unfailing Christian faith, and of their meticulous account keeping. That we will never know what Nicolaas Ondaatje did to deserve his long exile or how he died shortly before his term ended makes his life history all the more poignant. (jacket). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. reprinted 1978 hardback, orange cloth black lettered with 28 bw plates< Memoirs of the Colombo Museum series A No. 1, 31pp of text followed by plates. small stain to front cover.

Hardcover. Gr.-8° ( 27,7 : 20,5 cm). Hellblauer, leicht flexibler Original-Leinenband. Die Deckel gering aufgebogen und sehr leicht randgebräunt. XI, 213 Seiten mit farbigem Frontispiz sowie 22 weiteren Abbildungen nach Original-Aufnahmen. Der Block nicht beschnitten. Texte und Bilder sauber und gut erhalten, die Bindung fest. Guter Gesamtzustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Leuchtender Herbstbeginn! Wie wäre es mit einem guten Buch? Bei uns werden Sie fündig, stöbern Sie in unserem Ladengeschäft oder online. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Asie/Vitri6.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated softcover with modest cover wear, owner signature. All maps are present. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes; author's presentation copy [volumes I & II bearing the author's presentation inscription on the front endpaper addressed to 'E. R. T. Croxall'; leather-bound; hardcovers; quartos (28.5 x 21.5 cm); pp. [8], 69; [4], [6], 91; [4], [6], 85. English text. Handsomely bound in publisher's original full leather gilt; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers; 103 full-page plates with captioned tissue guards; decorative initials; tail-pieces; printed footnotes. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Downs Park Road, Hackney. Provenance: E. R. Tongue-Croxall's armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure. Covers rubbed to the spine ends and points. Interiors very well-preserved. Scarce thus. Inscribed by Author(s). …

SAGEN UND GESCHICHTEN AUS INDIEN UND CEYLON für Jung und Alt. Band II., Autorisierte Übertragung in Deutsche von J. Barell. Schweiz. Verlags-Druckerei G. Böhm Basel, 1. Auflage 1913, ERSTAUSGABE, 206 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, illustriertes hellblaues Oln. 8°), schön erhalten BEILAGE : ORIGINAL-TYPOSKRIPT (Durchschlag, 5 SS. gr. 4°, The Ceylon Daily News, July 13, 1926) "Großer Verlust im Buddhistischen Erziehungswerk. Der Tod der Frau Marie Musaeus-Higgins". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, early reprint. Hardcover, publisher's distinctive woven cloth boards in yellow with green and orange geometric patterning, an uncommon and visually striking binding. A curated collection of 200 recipes - 100 Ceylonese and 100 international - reflecting mid-20th-century Sri Lankan domestic cuisine alongside colonial and global culinary influences. The text includes traditional preparations such as sambals, curries, coconut-based dishes, and desserts, with introductory notes on meal structure and ingredient preparation. Notably, the acknowledgements reference diplomats and international contributors, underscoring the book's cultural and diplomatic context. Condition: Very Good. Boards remain bright and clean with minor rubbing and light edge wear; binding firm. No fabric tears or fraying. Interior is clean and unmarked throughout with light, even toning. Faint ghosting of perhaps a sticker on the rear interior board. A small, closed tear is present at the upper-right corner of page 180 (index leaf), as shown; otherwise no markings, inscriptions, or damage. A well-preserved example, particularly given the fragile textile binding. First edition (1959), with stated August 1959 reprint. Early issue of a scarce Sri Lankan community cookbook produced by The Colombo Apothecaries' Company, known for publishing domestic guides and household manuals during the mid-20th century. This volume represents a collaborative culinary effort rather than a single-author work, drawing on contributions from members of the Ceylonese community and international figures. Such cookbooks served both as practical household guides and as cultural documents, preserving regional recipes while reflecting the global connections of post-independence Sri Lanka. The Colombo Apothecaries' Company Ltd., founded in Colombo in 1883 by J. Smith Finlay and W. M. Smith, began as a modest chemist shop but rapidly expanded into one of Ceylon's mercantile enterprises. Strategically located in central Colombo - near York and Prince Streets, at the hub of British colonial trade routes - the company was deeply embedded in the island's role as a key Indian Ocean port linking Europe, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Over time it evolved into a major department store, photographic exporter, and printing/publishing house, supplying goods and cultural materials to both local and international markets. Active from the late 19th century into at least the mid-20th century, it functioned as both a commercial powerhouse and a cultural intermediary, producing works such as cookbooks and guides that reflected Ceylon's domestic life to the Western world while also reinforcing its global trade and diplomatic connections.…

Condition: BUONO. NOTA:legatura con abrasioni ai piatti / Napoli, A spese del Nuovo Gabinetto Letterario cm.9,5x15, pp.180, 212, rilegatura coeva in mezza pelle, piatti cartonati. Raccolta delle Storie de' Viaggi. Il nostro esemplare è uno scompleto, solo, volume I e II rilegati in un tomo. Volume completo anche nelle sue tavole come si evince dall' indice delle tavole. Primo volume: 1) Il tempio di Schoe - Madou 2) Un Rhahaahs o prete birmano. 3) Attavouun , o consigliere privato, e sua moglie. 4) Voungèe o consigliere di Stato, e sua moglie. Secondo volume: 1) Paesano birmano e sua moglie. 2) Statua di Gaudama. 3) L'orma del piede di Gaudma. 4) Un Kioum (e si è scelto uno dei più magnifici. Complessive 8 tavole fuori testo incise su rame e finemente colorate a mano raffiguranti vedute, costumi e monumenti. Prima edizione napoletana con figure miniate.…

Condition: VG. London 1886. first edition. Six articles on use of concrete in harbour construction. pp. 65-240 . Articles bound together with appendixes, discussion, correspondence, 8 engraved foldout plates and 11 text woodcut illustrations. Octavo. Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXXXVII and rebound in later wraps. VG .…

Original Wraps. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. 84 pages. Ormiston's contribution makes up the first 70 pages of this edition of "Spolia Zeylanica." Also includes "Aphididae of Ceylon" by P. Van der Goot, "A Note on Lymantria Ampla (Walker)" by R. Senior-White. Illustrated (illustrator).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale marble paper covered boards, maroon cloth spine. 8vo. 6¼'' x 4¼''. Contains 151 printed pages of text with 4 full-page monochrome engravings as called for engraved by William Dickes: 'Talipot Tent', 'Trincomalie, Ceylon', 'Church at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon', and 'Port Louis, Mauritius'. The hinges internally are cracked, age toning to the end papers beyond which the text block is clean, spine faded, rubbing to the corners and edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. SRI LANKA [Ceylon].…

Brossura. Condition: discrete. Prima edizione italiana. Opera completa in quattro volumi, dedicata alla Contessa Teresa Cocastelli Castiglioni di Mantova, Marchesa di Montiglio. Cm.18,8x11. Pg.XX, 224; 248; 284; 272. Brossure editoriali allentate, con alcune coperte semistaccate. Marginali vecchi lavori di tarlo. Fuori testo 16 tavole incise, in buona parte con nitida acquarellatura a mano coeva, e al primo volume una "Carta dell'Impero Birmano pel Viaggio di Symes" in formato cm.25x35. Collezione "Raccolta di viaggi dopo quelli di Cook", n°X-XIII. Prima edizione italiana dello straordinario resoconto della missione diplomatico - commerciale compiuta in Birmania nel 1795 da Michael Symes (Dublin, 1761-1809) per conto del Governatore dell'India, uno dei primi squarci sulla vita, le tradizioni e la cultura dell'Estremo Oriente. > Le biografie consultate segnalano solo l'edizione originale londinese del 1800. 700 gr.…