[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.

The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register. Volumes 1 to 4. Colombo Office of the Times of Ceylon 1916-19
Four volumes, 4to, pp.x, 281; viii, 296; vi, 304; vi, 231, plates, maps and text illustrations. The cloth bindings have suffered from damp, but text and plates are in very good condition, though plates are often loose. Fuller details on request.

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, dust wrappers. Department of Archaeological Survey, Memoir Volume 8, Parts I and II. Fine set in original cloth, dust wrappers.

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.

Geiger, Wilhelm Dipavamsa und Mahavamsa und die geschichtliche uberlieferung in Ceylon. Leipzig A. Deichert 1905
First edition, pp.viii, 146. Bound in contemporary cloth. Foot of spine snagged. Original front wrapper bound in.

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.

[Hoisington, Henry Richard, editor] The Oriental Astronomer: being a complete system of Hindu astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes. With an appendix. Jaffna American Mission Press 1848
First edition. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (22 x 14 cm) pp.[iv], 177, [1]; [2], 2, 145, [1, blank], [1, corrigenda], [1, blank]. In English and Tamil. Bound in contemporary half roan by M. Winslow, binder to the American Mission his ticket to front pastedown, morocco lettering-piece to spine. Somewhat rubbed, short split to bottom of spine, but binding sound. Contents in very good, clean condition. Presentation inscription to Professor A. Hopkins from the author on front free endpaper.

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.

[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.

Paulusz, J.H.O. (Editor and Translator) Secret Minutes of the Dutch Political Council, 1762. Part I: Translation. Part II: Dutch Text. Colombo 1954
pp.349, 3 plates A very good ex-library copy in the original cloth-backed boards.

Percival, Robert An Account of the island of Ceylon, containing its history, geography, natural history, with the manners and customs of its various inhabitants; to which is added, The journal of an embassy to the court of Candy. London C. and R. Baldwin 1803
First edition 4to, pp. xii, 420; 3 folding charts, large folding map. A very good copy bound in contemporay full speckled calf, neatly rebacked. Some light foxing to map and charts, small tear on p.79 (not affecting text). Contemporary ownership inscription on title-page.

Perera, Edward W. Sinhalese Banners and Standards. Colombo H.C. Cottle, Government Printer 1916
First edition 4to, pp.42, frontispiece, 36 plates. Memoirs of the Colombo Museum. Series A. No.2. A good copy rebound in half leather, but with some browning and spotting from long exposure to tropical climate.

Pybus, Mr Account of Mr. Pybus's Mission to the King of Kandy, in 1762. Printed from the Records of the Madras Government. Colombo W. Skeen, Government Printer 1862
First edition in book form, pp.113. Front wrapper partially detached (but present). Minor wera. A very good copy.

Queyroz, Father Fernao de The Temporal and Spritual Conquest of Ceylon. Translated by Father S.G. Perera. Colombo A.C. Richards, Acting Government Printer 1930
First edition Three volumes, pp.xxviii, 392; (393)-810; (811)-1274. Title page detached (but present), otherwise a very good set in original cloth.

Queyroz, Father Fernao de The Temporal and Spritual Conquest of Ceylon. Translated by Father S.G. Perera. Colombo A.C. Richards, Acting Government Printer 1930
First edition Three volumes, pp.xxviii, 392; (393)-810; (811)-1274. A very good set in original cloth. The set of the anthropologist, Cora Du Bois, with her personal stamp in each volume.

Ribeiro, Captain Joao Ribeiro's History of Ceilao. Part I. With notes from De Barros, De Couto and Antonio Bocarro. Translated from the Portuguese by P.E. Peiris Deraniyagala Samarasinha Sriwardhana. Galle printed at the Albion Press [1900]
[First edition ?] pp.[x], 169,[1]. Original wrappers a little worn, and with hole in rear cover, otherwise a very good copy.