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Woolf Bella Sidney More About the Twins in Ceylon London: Duckworth 1911. FIRST EDITION.
NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHED 1911, WITH THE FRONT BOARD AND FRONTIS BOTH BEARING THE COLORED PICTURE OF A RICKSHA IN CEYLON. Bella Sidney Woolf, sister of author Sidney Woolf, wrote the book whilst living Peradeniya, near Kandy, in Ceylon, as shown in her foreword dated 1911. Duckworth published it in 1911 but did not put a date in the book. A search of WoldCat shows only 2 copies in UK national libraries), 1 in New Zealand, (national library) and 1( U Toronto) in Canada. It went well and was republished in 1913, again without a date but with a different binding. That second edition is much more easily found.
This copy that I offer (131 p) is graded at the top end of good with all 8 color plates and 8 b/w plates present, but one loose. Names on blank fep. Color-illustrated front board (same pic as frontis).
The last sale price recorded for a genuine first was $500, but book prices have fallen…
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