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Golden Tips: A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry

Golden Tips: A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry

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Golden Tips: A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry

by CAVE, Henry W

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London: Cassell & Company, 1904. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 476 p. 22 cm. 235 b&w illustrations including a portrait frontispiece of the author and a map of Ceylon. Beige cloth hardcover with extensive gold impressing. All edges gilt. Softened spine ends, mild soiling to cloth. Some soiling to first pages. Worn spot across from half title. Label residue on title page. Slight tears in pages 50 to 110 approximately.

The author discusses Ceylon's capital, Colombo, as well as geography, sports, etc. but his main theme is the professional skill involved in growing tea in the incomparable beauty of the island's south.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
103640
Title
Golden Tips: A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry
Author
CAVE, Henry W
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Edition
Third Edition
Publisher
Cassell & Company
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1904
Keywords
History, Asia, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Tea
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History;

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