A Hundred Years of Ceylon Tea

Forrest, D.M.

44657 Chatto and Windus, London 1967-1st ed (?), h/c + d/j, 320pp, 22.5x14.5, previous owners name on f/s, d/j has a 10 cm tear at rear (repaired with tape on the inside part of d/j), slight tears and nicks to edges of d/j, otherwise a nice sound clean copy, well illustrated. This copy includes a note, 'with compliments from the Colombo Commercial Company, LTD (tea Department) Colombo, Ceylon'. A lucid account on the growth of an industry which owes its origins mainly to British enterprise, but is now closely identified with the people of Ceylon. A fascinating history on the beginnings of tea growth and a detailed growth map of Ceylon. $40.00AUD
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