LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JANUARY 2025

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY

1234 Nepean Highway, Cheltemham, Vic 3192, Australia.
Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427 725 740 or Victor 61 3909 4040
E-mail: < hemguru@hotmail.com > OR < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com >
Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >

THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT HEMAL OR VICTOR AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. 

                                       ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JANUARY  2025

BOOKS.

1. The Faithful Foreigner, Thilo Hoffmann, The Man Who Saved Sinharaja by Douglas B. Ranasinghe, 2015.

  (Donated by Udara Kankanige, Epping, NSW)

2. Elephantine Tales, & other Anecdotes from the National Parks of Sri Lanka, by Srilal Miththapala, 2023

  (Donated by Geetha Miththapala, Hampton Park, Vic)

3. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon of its Inhabitants with Travels in the Island by John Davy, 1983.
4. Kaleidoscope, An Anthology of Sri Lankan English Literature by D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke, 2007.
5. Leonard Woolf: A British Civil Servant As a Judge in the Hambantota District of Colonial Sri Lanka (1908-1911) by Prabath de Silva,

          1996.

6. Twenty Five Years of Life in the Jungle – Ven. Thambugala Anandasiri Thero, by Kamala Rajapakse, 2002.
7. British Governors of Ceylon by H.A.J.Hullugalle, 2002.
8. An Enemy Within by Punyakante Wijenaike, 198.
9. Seeing Ceylon by R.L.Brohier, 2000.
10. Monarchs of Sri Lanka by H.M.Mervyn Herath, 2003.
11. Monkfish Moon by Romesh Gunesekera, 1992.
12. Modern Sri Lankan Stories, An Anthology by D.C.R.A.Goonetilleke, 1986.
13. Kuveni by Henry Jayasena, 2000.
14. Animals of the Ruhuna National Park by C.E.Norris, 1979.
15. Ceylon of the Early Travelers by H.A.J.Hullugalle, 1969.
16. The Village in the Jungle by Leonard Woolf, 2000.
17. At the Water’s Edge by Pradeep Jeganathan, 2004.
18. Shrapnel, A Collection of Short Stories by Neil Fernandopulle, 2000.
19. Writing That Conquers Re-Reading Knox’s by Sarojini Jayawickrama, 2004.
20. A Visit to Ceylon, 1882 by Ernst Haeckel, 1975.
21. In the Shadow of the Tamarind Tree by Matthew S. Friedmann, 2005.
22. Robert Knox by Ranjit Dharmakirit, 1996.
23. Memoirs of a Penpusher, Kachcheries and Commissions by Tissa Devendra 2010.
24. A Guide to Western Culture and Society by Goolbai Gunasekera, 1998.
25. Out of the Darkness by Gunadasa Amarasekara, 2003.
26. Mirage by Bandula Chanraratna, 2000.
27. Hermann Hesse by Dayaratne Gurusinghe, 1075.

          No’s 3 – 27, Donated by Ajit St John, Coolaroo, Vic)

28. Fallen Leaves by Shirani Rajapakse, 2019

           (Donated by the Author, Maharagama, Sri Lanka, conveyed to Australia by Mrs Fae Egan, Gladstone Park, Vic) 

29. The Great Days of Bambalawatte, With a Walkthrough of Colpetty in the Olden Time by Asiff Hussein, 2024

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

30. Looking for Doug, Doug Walters: An Australian Cricketing Legend by Dr Nimal R. Chandrasena, 2024.

             (Donated by the Author, Winthrop, WA)

MAGAZINES.

1. Loris, Journal of the Wildlife & Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, Vol 30, Issue 4, December 2024.

  (Donated by Udara Kankanige, Epping, NSW)

• LMD International, Lanka Monthly Digest, International, Jan – March  2025, 3 Copies.

                     (Donated by the Publishers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, courtesy  – Naushan Sarrifodeen)

3. Loris, Vol 22, Number 6, December 2001
4. Loris, Vol 28, Issue 4, December 2018.
5. Loris, Vol 28, Issue 5, May 2019, 125 Anniversary, Special Commemorative Volume.

(No’s 3 – 5, donated by Sergei de Silva Ranasinghe, Perth, WA)

NEWSLETTERS

1. Newsletter – St Peter’s College Old Boys Social Club Melbourne, 2024 Xmas.
2. ‘The Old Aloysian’, News Mag, of the Old Aloysians Sports Club (Australia) Inc, April 2021.
3. ‘The Old Aloysian’, News Mag, of the Old Aloysians Sports Club (Australia) Inc, April 2021.

                    (No’s 2 – 3, Donated by Ajith St John, Coolaroo, Vic)

4. Newsletter – Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO) –Vol 43, No 1, January 2025.
5. Western Australia – Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Association Inc, December 2024.

OTHERS.

1. Sri Lanka Pictorial (Post Card) Diary 2025. (Donated by S. Skandakumar, Haputale, Sri Lanka)
2. Sri Lanka Pictorial (Post Card) Diary 2025. (Donated by Sanjeeva Ratnapala, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
3. Assorted box of 92 Sri Lanka Parliamentary Hansards, of various dates.

   (No 3 donated by  Sergei de Silva Ranasinghe, Perth, WA)

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