Uva Revisited: and the Inauguration of the New Province, Together with an Account of the Native Divisions and Letters on Railway Extension
by Ferguson, John
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Ex-lib, University of Massachusetts with its stamps (but no pockets). Rebacked with a small portion of the original spine attach
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Ex-lib, University of Massachusetts with its stamps (but no pockets). Rebacked with a small portion of the original spine attached. Table of contents leaf mended. Maps intact apart from a couple of splits at folds. (Colombo) 1886 1st Edition 16mo, wraps. Unpaginated (about 140pp). With two folding maps. About the newly created Ceylonese province, Uva, and a tour by the governor of the Crown Colony. And an account of the debate about the extension of an existing railway and its various possible routes among government officials, journalists, plantation owners, and the local Tamils. The two maps deal with these subjects: the first depicts the borders of the new province, the second the proposed rail route. Very scarce with only 3 copies listed in OCLC (none in North America).
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- Seller
- 12th Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BOOKS 53232 I
- Title
- Uva Revisited: and the Inauguration of the New Province, Together with an Account of the Native Divisions and Letters on Railway Extension
- Author
- Ferguson, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-lib, University of Massachusetts with its stamps (but no pockets). Rebacked with a small portion of the original spine attach
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Date Published
- 1886
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