The Tea Planter’s Manual
T. C. OwenColombo: A. M. & J. Ferguson, 1886.
First Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. xxiv, 162 pages, 2 folding colour plans, [6], xvi advertisements, 3 chromolithographic advertisement plates. Original papered boards, paper label, rebacked.
Practical handbook for the Ceylon tea industry, compiled from the contributions of working planters and covering the full cycle of estate management from land selection through manufacture, yield, and plant diseases. Illustrated with two large factory plans; the advertisements, including three chromolithographic plates, document aspects of the material culture of the colonial plantation economy. This copy with the bookplate of theatre producer and noted cookbook collector Crosby Gaige (1882-1949).
Minor foxing, and soiling. The first folding plan with a couple of repairs. Good Condition.
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AU$500.00
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