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1. The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon From photographs taken by publishers, Published by Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, No date [c. 1900], Cover: Stiff brown wrappers, Binding: String-bound album.
2. Twenty-four Types of Indian Native Character Reproduced in Photogravure by Thacker & Co. Booksellers, Bombay Exclusive Copyright. No date [c. 1910], pp. 24, each page with a 5.5 x 3.5 inch sepia print of a captioned photograph tipped in despite the title, all characters are Bombay residents; 1. Dog Boys / 2. Municipal Road Sweeper/ 3. A Dhobie Ghat/ 4. A Police Sepoy/ 5. A Hackney Carriage/ 6. A Khitmagar and Hamal/ 7. Parsees /8. Pan Supari Seller / 9. A Cotton Cart/ 10. A Postman / 11. Telegraph Peon/ 12. A Coffee Seller / 13. Mochi or Shoemaker / 14. A Dhobie / 15. Gowalas or Milk Sellers / 16. A Syce / 17. Native Food Seller / 18. Road Watering / 19. A Police Sowar / 20. Buttons and Laces Boy / 21. Ayahs / 22. A Fruit Seller / 23. Tramway Inspector, Driver and Conductor/ 24. Walking Stick Sellers Stiff brown wrappers, bound with string