JOHNSTON, A. Narrative of the Operations of a Detatchment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the year 1804, London: by and for C. and R. Baldwin, 1810. 8°, engraved map frontispiece (short tear to map, light spots and offsetting onto title, some leaves with frayed edges), contemporary vellum-backed boards, spine with green calf lettering piece (rubbed and marked). FIRST EDITION.

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JOHNSTON, A. Narrative of the Operations of a Detatchment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the year 1804, London: by and for C. and R. Baldwin, 1810. 8°, engraved map frontispiece (short tear to map, light spots and offsetting onto title, some leaves with frayed edges), contemporary vellum-backed boards, spine with green calf lettering piece (rubbed and marked). FIRST EDITION.

With De Butts' Rambles in Ceylon (London, 1841) and George Barrow's Ceylon: Past and Present (London, 1857). (3)

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