C. F. Gordon Cumming [Constance Gordon-Cumming] — Two Happy Years in Ceylon

London, Chatto & Windus, 1893 . Cloth. A smart copy of Constance Gordon-Cumming's account of two years spent alongside her brother in late nineteenth century Ceylon. Illustrated by the author herself. An early edition of this work, published the year after the first. First published in 1892 in two volumes, this 'new edition' has been revised into one.Scottish travel writer and painter Constance Gordon-Cumming's account of two years spent in Ceylon - modern day Sri Lanka - alongside her brother, John, who lived there as a planter. Chapters discuss the Southern Coast, native police, the planting districts, and the role of Christian missionaries.Illustrated with a folding map and twenty-five illustrated plates from the author. Collated, complete.With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear. A smart copy of this informative work. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to page perimeters. Significant closed tear to folding map. Very Good . Ill.: C. F. Gordon Cumming. Very Good .