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Skeen, William Louis Henry, 1903 (photographer)

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The Knuckles (Colombo, 1868)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303D
Scope and Contents A volume of poems by William Skeen, Government Printer of Ceylon, illustrated by albumen prints produced by his son, W.L.H. Skeen. The prints measure approximately 145 x 95 mm and are pasted in beside the text.An advertisement by Skeen and Co. at the end of the book states the different editions of the work available: at 10 shillings with two photographs, at £1 with seven photographs, and 6 shillings without illustrations. The poem of the title is a history of the Knuckles planting...
Dates: 1868
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