Anthonisz, R.G. The Dutch in Ceylon. An account of their early visits to the island, their conquests, and their rule over the maritime regions during a century and a half. Volume I. Early visits and settlement in the island. (All published) Colombo 1929
First edition pp.[iv], 2, iv, ii, [ii], 198, 12 plates, 1 folding, folding map, 21 illustrations. A very good copy in original cloth. With the signature of Sir Charles Collins, senior Ceylon civil servant and former President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Hong Kong.

Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias The spinning-wheel and the paddy field. A consideration of the problems of our food and clothing. Colombo J.D. Fernando, printed at the Granthaprakasa Press 1933
First edition. 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm), pp.[x], 92, frontispiece portrait and 9 plates. A very good copy in original cloth-backed boards, edges lightly worn.
We locate no other copies.

Bell, Harry Charles Purvis The Maldive Islands. An Account of the physical features, climate, history, inhabitants, productions, and trade. Colombo Frank Luker, Acting Government Printer, Ceylon 1883
First edition. Folio (33.5 x 21 cm), pp.[iv], 133, [1, blank] 3 folding maps, 1 folding table. A very good copy bound in contemporary half calf, gilt. Cloth a little worn, short tear to bottom of spine. With a letter from Bell to a Mr Ravenscroft loosely inserted, presenting this copy in thanks for the loan of a copy of Pyrard de Laval during the preparation of the work, signed, and dated November 30th, 1883, Colombo. Later pencil ownership initials of C.H.B. Reynolds.

Callaway, John, translator Yakkun Nattannawa: A Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The Practices of a Capua or Devil Priest, as described by a Budhist: and Kolan Nattannawa: A Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway. London printed for the Oriental Translation Fund 1829
First edition. 8vo (22 x 13 cm), pp.xi, [1, blank], 64, 9 lithograph plates, 7 coloured by hand. A very good copy trimmed and bound in modern half calf, cloth boards. Printed subscriber leaf for the Earl of Shrewsbury. Discreet stamp on title and half-title. Blind stamp of Wigan Public Library on subscriber leaf and title.

[Ceylon] Ceylon Motorist's Road Book. Colombo 1916
First edition pp.200, large folding linen-backed map. A good copy in the original limp cloth binding.

The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register. Volume II, Parts 2 & 4; III, Parts 1 & 4; IV, Part 1. Colombo 1916-18
Five parts bound in one, 4to, pp.[vi], (69)-148; (221)-296; [vi], 68; (237)-304; [ii], 63; viii, vi. A few plates, maps and text illustrations. Bound in contemporary buckram, minor wear to spine.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K Mediaeval Sinhalese Art. Being a monograph on mediaeval Sinhalese arts and crafts, mainly as surviving in the eighteenth century, with an account of the structure of society and the status of the craftsmen. Broad Campden Essex House Press 1908
First edition. Folio (35.5 x 27.5 cm), pp.xvi, 340, [2], 53 plates, 8 in colour, 153 text illustrations, 1 printed in red. No.327 of 425 copies printed at the Essex House Press. A very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards, neatly recased, minor rubbing to cloth spine restored. Some very light spotting on preliminary pages and final leaf, but overall in fine condition.

Cumming, C.F. Gordon Two happy years in Ceylon. Illustrated by the author. Edinburgh and London William Blackwood and Sons 1892
First edition Two volumes, pp.x, 438; vii, 442, 19 plates, folding map. A very good set in original pictorial cloth. Corners bumped. Cover of second volume creased.

Denham, E.B. Ceylon at the Census of 1911, being the review of the results of the census of 1911. Colombo H.C. Cottle, Government Printer 1912
First edition, pp.viii, 538, 24 illustrations and maps. A very good copy in original cloth, spine slightly soiled.

Deraniyagala, S.U. The Prehistory of Sri Lanka. An ecological perspective. Colombo Department of Archaeological Survey 1992
First edition Two volumes 4to, pp.xv, 366; (xvi))-xxvi, (367)-813, illustrations. Department of Archaeological Survey, Memoir Volume 8, Parts I and II. Fine set in original cloth, dust jacket.

[Fernando, W. Daniel] Satyartha Sangraha. Volume II, Parts 1, 4-6, 9-12, & III, Part 2. [with] The "Siri Sara." Volume III, Part 3. Panadura W. Daniel Fernando 1919-1920
4to (27 x 22.5 cm), pp.[iv], 121-164, [iv], 165-208, [iv], 209-252, 693-716, [ii], 341-380, [ii], 381-420, [ii], 421-460, [ii], 461-502, 1-36, [ii], 535-564, 4 photographic plates. Sinhalese text with some English translations. Bound in worn contemporary half calf by B.S. Karunaratne. Original printed red wrappers bound in. Some staining on endpapers, but contents in very good condition. Contemporary bookseller's stamps of B.S. Karunaratne, Kurunegala, on a few pages.
We locate a single set of this magazine at SOAS, catalogued as "completely irregular".

Geiger, Wilhelm A Grammer of the Sinhalese Language. Colombo The Royal Asiatic Society Ceylon Branch 1938
First edition pp.xxii, [2], 200. A very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards.

Haeckel, Ernst Indische Reisebriese. Berlin Verlag von Gebruder Paetel 1893
Second, enlarged edition, pp.xvi, 415, 20 plates. Bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly re-cased. Small library stamp on title. A very good copy.

Harvard, William Martin Harvard A Narrative of the establishment and progress of the mission to Ceylon and India, founded by the late Rev. Thomas Coke, L.L.D. under the direction of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference: Including notices of Bombay, and the superstitions of various religious sects at that Presidency, and on the continent of India. With an introductory sketch of the natural, civil, and religious history of the island of Ceylon. London printed for the author 1823
First edition. 8vo (23 x 13.5 cm), pp.vi, [vi], lxxii, 404, hand-coloured frontispiece and map of Ceylon. A very good copy bound in modern half morocco. Gilt title on spine mis-tooled. All edges untrimmed.

Holman-Hunt, Cyril B. Indo-Malayan Musings in Verse. Kuala Lumpur [The author] Printed by the Malayan Leader Press 1921
pp.[xii], 112, ii, 2 portraits, 1 photographic, 1 caricature, errate slip. A very good copy in original boards, torn and stained dust wrapper.

The Indian Ocean in Focus. International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies. Perth, Western Australia, 1979. Nedlands University of Western Australia 1979
Two thick quarto volumes containing the 125 papers presented at this conference, under the headings Environments and Resources, Trade and Development, History of Commercial Exchange and Maritime Transport, International Politics, Cultural Exchanges and Influences, Archives and Resources for Study, and Comparative Education. Illustrations and maps. A very good set bound in cloth. With ownership signature of Andrew Forbes, who delivered the paper: Southern Arabia and the Islamicisation of the Central Indian Ocean Archipelagos.

Kelaart, Edward Frederick Prodromus Faunae Zeylanicae; being contributions to the zoology of Ceylon. Colombo printed for the author by John Bieler at the Observer Press 1852
First edition. 8vo (21 x 14 cm), pp.[ii], viii, [vi], (ix)-xxxiii, [3], 197, [3], 54, [4, index]. Separately published folding map of Ceylon tipped in. A very good copy in the original quarter cloth, boards. Map torn at fold, not affecting printed surface.

Knighton, William The History of Ceylon from the earliest period to the present time; with an appendix, containing an account of its present condition. London Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans; Smith, Elder & Co.; Madden & Malcolm; Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute 1845
First edition. 8vo (20.5 x 12.5 cm), pp.xii, 399, [1, blank]. A very good copy in original green cloth, paper label on spine. Head of spine bruised. Contents fresh and partially unopened.
Goonetileke III, 1440

Lewis, John Penry List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated. Colombo printed by H. C. Cottle, Government Printer 1913
First edition. Folio (34 x 22 cm), pp.x, 462, frontispiece. A very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards. Boards a little grubby, edges worn. Contents clean. Ownership inscription of Henry B. Swanzy, dated 3 February 1914, on front pastedown. Swanzy has pasted in an eight-page letter from Penry dated 17 March 1912, written in response to additional information Swanzy supplied, together with Penry's obituary from the Times, October 2 1923. Three sheets of typescript errata and addenda tipped in at rear. Small stamp of the National Army Museum on endpapers.

[Map. Ceylon] Walker's Road Map of Ceylon. Colombo Walker, Sons & Co. [1930?]
61 x 51 cm, linen backed, folding to cloth portfolio. Scale, 1:696,960, or 11 English miles to 1 inch. A very good copy.