SET OF SIX BOOKS ON GEORGE KEYT

a) George Keyt: A Centennial Anthology, Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, April 2001

pp xiv + 184 pages including writings on and by Keyt, portfolio of paintings [pp. 57-110], memorabilia, bio-bibliography [1923-1988], murals, essay by his daughter Diana Keyt, obituaries etc.; bound in Bangladeshi jute with Keyt’s signatures blown up and printed on cover in black and with a fine dustjacket.

Has a very large number of Keyt’s paintings and photographs.

b) H. A. I. Goonetileke, George Keyt Drawings, Colombo: George Keyt Foundation, 1990

pp. 91 with 236 illustrations; bound in white handwoven cloth with a Keyt sketch printed in maroon on cover and with a fine dustjacket.

LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies.

c) Sunil Goonasekera, George Keyt Interpretations, Kandy: Institute of Fundamental Studies, 1991

pp. 160 with numerous colour and black and white plates; green cloth binding with fine dustjacket

LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies. A 90th birthday tribute to Keyt covering his career up to 1970s.

d) Jayadeva, Shri Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda: The Loves of Krsna & Radha, Bombay: Kutub-Popular, 1965 [Third Impression]

pp. 105 with colour tipped-in plate as frontispiece and 11 full-page line drawings in red; fine hardback with fine dustjacket.

Rendered from the Sanskrit and illustrated by GEORGE KEYT. Previous owner’s signature on the title-page.

e) George Keyt, Folk Stories of Sri Lanka, Colombo: Lake House Investments, 1979 [Second Edition]

pp. 75 + 9 black and white and 1 colour plate; hardback with dustjacket

f) Mulk Raj Anand, The Story of India, Bombay: Kutub-Popular, June 1958 [First published 1948]

pp. 147 with 50 line drawings by George Keyt; hardback with the spine and front inner hinge crudely repaired with cloth strips

(Set of six)

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