Author: BENY, ROLOFF
Title: Island Ceylon, designed and photographed by Roloff Beny; text by John Lindsay Opie, including an edited anthology of the writings on the island and its history
Description: London : Thames & Hudson 1970. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: 224 p. ; 35 cm. Notes: Printed in Neuchâtel. Summary: This book is about an island whose material tresures and spiritual values have acted as a magnet to travellers for over 2.000 years. Traditionally known as as the tear-shaped diamond lying off the southeast tip of India. it boasts resplendent landscapes. a superb climate and a people of unique grace and dignity. This books evokes the incomparable spectrum of the island in 72 colour plates and informative text. Subject: Sri Lanka - Pictorial works. Other names: Opie. J. N. Lindsay.ISBN: 0500240736. Weight in Kg appr.:

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