Woolf in Ceylon: An Imperial Journey in the Shadow of Leonard Woolf 1904-1911
by Ondaatje, Christopher
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0002007185
- ISBN 13
- 9780002007184
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Woolf in Ceylon: An Imperial Journey in the Shadow of Leonard Woolf 1904-1911, Ondaatje, Christopher. Published by HarperCollins, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 326pp. with sources, bibliography and index; profusely illustrated.
Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, green endpapers. Volume is in fine condition; unclipped jacket has the lightest of shelf edge wear.
Leonard Woolf was sent to Ceylon in 1904 as a civil servant. In this text, Ondaatje revisits Woolf's former imperial haunts and considers his wide range of writings on the region.
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- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4878
- Title
- Woolf in Ceylon: An Imperial Journey in the Shadow of Leonard Woolf 1904-1911
- Author
- Ondaatje, Christopher
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002007185
- ISBN 13
- 9780002007184
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- January 2005
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