Lionel Wendt's Ceylon (1950 First Edition) is a rare and highly collectible photographic work showcasing the artistic vision of pioneering Sri Lankan photographer Lionel Wendt. Published posthumously, this remarkable volume contains approximately 255 pages featuring about 120 striking photogravure plates capturing landscapes, architecture, portraits, and cultural life in Ceylon during the 1930s and 1940s.
 
Produced by Lincolns-Prager in London, the book highlights Wendt’s distinctive pictorialist and modernist photographic style and is regarded as an important visual document of Sri Lanka’s cultural and artistic heritage.
 
Printed in a limited run and long out of print, Lionel Wendt's Ceylon remains an important collector’s item among photography enthusiasts, historians, and rare book collectors interested in early South Asian photographic art.