LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS - DECEMBER 2024

VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY
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ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2024

BOOKS.

A Modest Arsenal: Gunpowder Weapons in Sri Lanka 1500 – 1820 by Channa Wickremesekera.

(Donated by the Author, Mount Waverley, Vic)

Gnanam – Timeless Wisdom by Selvi Sachitanandam, 2022.

(Donated by the Author, Colombo 6, Sri Lanka. Donation facilitated by Rev Sam Prem, Malvern East, Vic and Premilal Thurairatnam,

Glen Waverley, Vic)

Elephantine Tales by Srilal Miththapala
A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami by Nath Yogasundram.
A Pictorial Guide to Uda Walawe National Park, edited by Sarath Kotagama
The Temple of Kelaniya by Vesak Nanayakkara.

(No’s 3 – 6, Donated by Geetha Miththapala

A Ceylon Moor Pictorial with A Glimpse into the Moorish Life of Old by Asiff Hussein, 2024.

(Donated by Tass Thassim, Wolstonecraft, NSW, facilitated by Fazli Sameer, Kalubowilla, Sri Lanka)

Ceylon Through the Eyes of Foreign Artists, Vol 1, 1600 – 1900 by Anura Saparamadu.
Ceylon Through the Eyes of Foreign Artists, Vol 2, 1900 – 2000 by Anura Saparamadu.

(No’s 8 -9, Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka and conveyed to Melbourne by Stefan D’Silva, Sunshine, Vic)