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Cassell & Company Ltd., 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Third Edition. 476 pages. No dust jacket. Cloth boards heavily decorated with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Cracking to board gutters, with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

London: Cassell & Company, 1904. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 476 p. 22 cm. 235 b&w illustrations including a portrait frontispiece of the author and a map of Ceylon. Beige cloth hardcover with extensive gold impressing. All edges gilt. Softened spine ends, mild soiling to cloth. Some soiling to first pages. Worn spot across from half title. Label residue on title page. Slight tears in pages 50 to 110 approximately. The author discusses Ceylon's capital, Colombo, as well as geography, sports, etc. but his main theme is the professional skill involved in growing tea in the incomparable beauty of the island's south.

Cassell & Co., 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Third Edition. 476 pages. No dust jacket. White cloth with gilt decoration. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Notable marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

Facsimile Publisher, 2020. Paperback. New. English

Facsimile Publisher, 2020. Paperback. New. English

Paperback. New. Book Condition: New Paperback Original Edition. Will be dispatched fast. Please send me an email if you have any questions. 100% Satisfaction.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardcover. New. Book Condition: New Hardcover Original Edition. Will be dispatched fast. Please send me an email if you have any questions. 100% Satisfaction.

Cassell, 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Cassell 4th edition 1905, red cloth with tea leaves illustration in gilt, bevelled edges, fading to spine and board edges, wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners with slight fraying, gilt edges are dulled, no inscription but impress mark on ffep, both hinges sound and binding tight, internally generally good.

Facsimile Publisher, 2020. Hardcover. New. English

Facsimile Publisher, 2020. Hardcover. New. English

UK: Cassell, 1905. 4th edition 1905, red cloth with tea leaves illustration in gilt, bevelled edges, fading to spine and board edges, wear/rubbing to spine ends and corners with slight fraying, gilt edges are dulled, inscription (difficult to read) on dark green front endpapers, splitting to front hinge, straining within but binding still secure, internally generally good. Extra postage required on this heavy book.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1900. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cave, Henry W. (photos). 474pp.incl.index+adverts; HB gilt w/white-beveled edges&gilt trim; some rub&wear on edges&corners; ft.hinge cracked; some lt.fox w/clean,tight pgs. Ceylon circa 1900. map&photos

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1900. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fully decorative gilt over white cloth with white cloth beveled edges and gilt lettering to the spine. All edges gilt. Green EPs. This copy is VG. Exterior is bright and clean with only a hint of wear. Gilt is bright. Interior has presentation BP from James B. Herndon ( Former Chairman of the American Hotel Association) to Cornell University. FEP has signs of removed pocket. FFEP has neat PO signature dated 1904. Page edges have faded "Hotel Administration Library" stamped. 214 Illustrations plus two maps. Frontispiece photograph of the author with tissue guard present, but loose. Text is only minimally toned. Herndon was also a former VP of Hilton Hotels as well as Treasurer of the Waldorf- Astoria. The entirety of his extensive book collection on cookery and culinary subjects was bequeathed to Cornell in 1953. .

Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Very Good. 1901. Hardcover. A new edition 1901, xii + 476, folding map, illustrated, all edges gilt, bound in gilt decorated original dark green cloth, Nice bright copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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… Read More

Cassell, 1904. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. Lovely 1903 fourth edition with gilded letterings to spine and frontis and leaf emblem to front board without jacket on red cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable