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(east indies) . YEARBOOK OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES 1920
Buitenzorg 1920. 4to., 275pp., monochrome photo illustrations, charts, ads, limp cloth. Title written in ink on spine. Good, light wear and soiling. (a41995)
$20.00 (telephone directory) . TELEPHONE DIRECTORY 1949 SOERBAJA, JAVA 1949
1949. In Dutch. Sm. 4to., 107pp., original decorated wraps. Hole at top left corner for string. VG. (a58710)
$125.00 Armstrong, Rita . THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF HIERARCHY AMONG THE KENYAH BADENG
Sydney 1992. In Oceania, Vol. 62 Number 3, March 1992 at pp. 194-206. Whole issue has several articles. Sm.4to., pp. 161-240, wraps. VG, light wear. (a42268c)
$35.00 Bang, Liang Kim and Edwin Lee . SARAWAK 1941-1957; SARAWAK IN THE EARLY SIXTIES
Singapore 1964. Singapore Studies on Borneo and Malaya, Number Five. Lg.8vo., 65pp., wraps. VG. (a40389)
$24.00 Beekman, E. M. (editor) . TWO TALES OF THE EAST INDIES: THE LAST HOUSE IN THE WORLD ; THE COUNSELOR
1983 University of Massachusetts Press. Last House is by Beb Vuyk and translated by Andre Lefevere. Counselor is by H. J. Freidericy and translated by Hans Konig. Edited with introductions and notes by E. M. Beekman. Sm.8vo., 202pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ, a few small chips and tears. (a62492)
$28.00 Bickmore, Albert S. . TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
London 1869 (1868) Murray. Malaysia, Indonesia, Java, Celebes, Timor, Sumatra, Singapore, etc. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 533pp., 6pp. (ads), woodcuts, two folding maps, original brown cloth with gilt peasant on front board and large gilt palm tree on spine. Good plus, occasional light foxing. (a70965)
$185.00 Brasser, J. C. . SOLDATENLEVEN IN DE INDISCHE WILDERNIS
Zutphen 1930 Thieme. In Dutch. Borneo, New Guinea, Ceram. 8vo., 217pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, lightly foxed, no DJ.. (a38912)
$26.00 Brown, J. Macmillan . PEOPLES & PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC VOLUME ONE
NY n.d. (c. 1930) J. H. Sears. 8vo., 327pp., monochrome photo illustrations, map, index, dark blue clothhardcover with gilt spine lettering. VG, wrinkling on backstrip. Volume one only. (a54229)
$75.00 Carpenter, Frank G . JAVA AND THE EAST INDIES
NY 1925 (1923 1st) Doubleday. Carpenter's World Travels series. Covers Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, Borneo and Malay Peninsula. Hardcover. Large octavo, 272pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Dark blue cloth with circular gilt picture on front board. Good plus, small tear at heel of spine, no DJ. (a58162)
$26.00 Coffee, Frank . FORTY YEARS ON THE PACIFIC, THE LURE OF THE GREAT OCEAN
NY 1920 1st Oceanic. Most of chapters are on South Pacific but Author also traveled to Alaska and Arctic. 8vo., 375pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Coffee. Good, light wear. (lat65)
$45.00 Crocker, Templeton . THE CRUISE OF THE ZACA
NY 1933 1st Harper. Sailing cruise in Pacific to Marquesas, Society Islands, Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, etc. Hardcover. Octavo, 328pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth. VG, light fading on spine, very light cover wear, a few short closed tears on top edge of half title, no DJ. (a75413)
$80.00 Cuisinier, Jeanne (editor) . LETTRES DE RADEN ADJENG KARTINI - JAVA EN 1900
Le Haye 1960 1st Mouton. Preface de Louis Massignon.In French. Octavo, 149pp., original wraps. Good plus, light cover wear and cover lightly browned. No ownership marks. (a72688)
$25.00 De Groot, Cornelius J. . THE HIGH POWER STATION AT MALABAR, JAVA
NY 1924. In the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Volume 12 Number 6, December 1924, at pp., 693-722, photos. Whole issue includes several article. 8vo., wraps. VG text, spine chipped, wraps a bit worn. (a23150a)
$50.00 De Leeuw, Hendrik . CROSSROADS OF THE JAVA SEA
NY 1931 1st Jonathan Cape. 8vo., 350pp., photo illus. Signed presentation copy from author. Good, light foxing, spine browned, some cover wear, no DJ. (a32233)
$55.00 De Wit, Augusta . JAVA FACTS AND FANCIES
The Hague 1912 Van Stockum. 8vo., 321pp., 160 monochrome photo illustrations, orange brown cloth with picture of two Javanese on front. Top edge gilt. Owner bookplate. Good, cover somewhat worn, stained and rubbed. (a71136)
$65.00 Earl of Ellesmere . ESSAYS ON HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTED TO THE QUARTERLY REVIEW
London 1858 Murray. Essays on Japan, Wallenstein, Aqueducts and Canals, Blucher, Art, Antarctic, Borneo, Lapland, General Gordon. Hardcover. Octavo, 473pp., cloth. Owner signed. VG. (a17279)
$165.00 Eriksson, JOhn . DJUPHAV OCH VULKANOAR
Stockholm 1953 Aktiebolaget Svensk Litteratur. 4to. Color and bw photo illus. 323p. Index. Foldout map. Voyage to Pacific including Galapagos, Tahiti, Hawaii, Java.VG, no dj. (a16042)
$55.00 Falconer, Dr. Bolivar Lang . FLYING AROUND THE WORLD
Boston 1937 1st Stratford. World tour from San Francisco to Hawaii to Guam, Philppines, Japan and China. Small octavo, 1904pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Falconer. VG, corners and spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a67418)
$44.00 Farrell, Andrew . JOHN CAMERON'S ODYSSEY
NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Voyager in Hawaiian and Pacific waters. 8vo., 461pp., drawings by C. Kuhn, photo illustrations, cloth. Good, rear hinge cracked, no DJ. (lat116)
$29.00 Greenfield, Darby . INDONESIA A TRAVELER'S GUIDE JAVA AND SUMATRA
NY 1975. Small octavo., 188pp., illustrations, index. wraps. VG, light wear. (a40727)
$29.00 Griffith, George . IN AN UNKNOWN PRISON LAND AN ACCOUNT OF CONVICTS AND COLONISTS IN NEW CALEDONIA WITH JOTTINGS OUT AND HOME
London 1901 1st Hutchinson. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., photo illustrations, original gilt stamped cloth. Top edge gilt. Small instituition stamp on title page, a few small numbers on verso. Good, new endpapers, shadow of removed label at heel of spine, slightly toned on fore-edges, cover worn and soiled. Scarce. (a58629)
$255.00 Guggenheim, Ferdinand . INDISCHE KUNST
Dresden 1923 Reissner. Sculpture, architecture and art of India, Burma, Java. In German. Sm.8vo., 150pp., 35 abbildungen, hardcover. Good, light wear. (a52031)
$29.00 Hall, James Norman and Charles Bernard Hordhoff . FAERY LANDS OF THE SOUTH SEAS
NY 1921 Harper. Illus by George Picken. Good-hinges tight; spine faded. (a14229)
$25.00 Helliwell, Christine . GOOD WALLS MAKE BAD NEIGHBORS: THE DYAK LONGHOUSE AS A COMMUNITY OF VOICES
Sydney 1992. In Oceania, Vol. 62 Number 3, March 1992 at pp. 179-193. Whole issue has several articles. Sm.4to., pp. 161-240, wraps. Dayak in Kalimantan. VG, light wear. (a42268b)
$35.00 Her Highness The Ranee of Sarawak . THE THREE WHITE RAJAS
London 1939 1st Cassell. About James, Charles and Vyner Brooke. Hardcover. Octavo, 304pp., illustrations, black cloth. VG, some light foxing in text, slight bit of wear at head of spine, no DJ. In new protective clear jacket. (a61684)
$60.00 Herbert, George and George Kingsley . SOUTH SEA BUBBLES.
London 1872 Richard Bentley. Travel from Tahiti to Samoa complete with shipwreck. 8vo., 312pp., 3/4 leather. Ex-library, text clean and binding secure. Good. (lat52)
$24.00 Hering, B. . CANDI AND PURA A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Townsville 1985. Lg.8vo., 156pp., illus., index, wraps. VG. (a32919)
$40.00 Hover, Dr. Otto . JAVANISCHE SCHATTENSPIELE
Leipzig 1923 1st Goldman. Sm.4to., short, 24 abbildungen mach Figuren des javanischen Wajangspieles mit einleitendem, stringbound stiff wraps. Signed by Hover. Copy # 13. Attractive cover-vellum spine and tips with dramatic native geometric design on boards. VG, slightly bowed. (a29903)
$100.00 Jaspan, M.A. . REDJANG KA-GA-NGA TEXTS
Canberra 1964. Folk Literature of South Sumatra. 4to., 92pp., wraps. Good, some spine and cover wear. (a24187)
$35.00 Jenkins, John S. . VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON...IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842 TOGETHER WITH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, AND OTHERS ...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH
Detroit 1853 Kerr, Doughty and Lapham. Travel throught the Pacific and all over the world. Hardcover. Octavo, 517pp., plates, full leather. Fair, quite worn; light foxing throughout, cracked on outer hinges, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Useful research copy. (a33717)
$49.00 Kartini, Raden Adjeng . LETTERS OF A JAVANESE PRINCESS
Knopf 1920. Sm.4to., 310pp., hardcover. VG in new glassine cover. (a22746)
$39.00 Labberton, C. van Hinloopen . THE WAJANG OR SHADOW PLAY AS GIVEN IN JAVA
Bandoeng n.d. (c.1920). 8vo., 17pp., wraps. Good, front wrap chipped, detached. (a24250b)
$40.00 Leigh, Michael B. . CHECKLIST OF HOLDINGS ON BORNEO IN THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Ithaca 1966. Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Data Paper No. 62. 4to., 62pp., wraps. VG. (a39398)
$40.00 LoCascio, AlfredJr. . BLOODS OF THE EQUATOR
Boston 1939 1st Meador. World travel: West Indies, Java, Kenya, etc. focusing on juju, scorcery, and magic in each country. Small octavo, 202pp., green cloth hardcover. Eight line mss inscription in ink signed by Lo Cascio. VG plus, no DJ. (a68304)
$55.00 Lyman, Henry . MARTYR OF SUMATRA: A MEMOIR OF HENRY LYMAN
NY 1856 1st Carter. Missionary in Sumatra who was killed by natives. 8vo., 437pp., engraving of Edwards' Church, Northampton as frontispiece., blue cloth. Owner signed (Edmund F.Parker). Good, lower corner front blank end paper gone, cover worn a bit on spine ends and tips, a few spots of soiling in text but text largely clean and bright. (a19322)
$230.00 Lysnar, Fraces Brewer 'Gipsy' . NEW ZEALAND THE DEAR OLD MAORI LAND
Auckland 1928 3rd Brett. Sm.8vo., 268pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a57755)
$25.00 McIntyre, Peter . PETER MCINTYRE'S PACIFIC
Wellington 1966 1st Reed. Folio, 56 fullpage mounted color plates of paintings about Australia and the Pacific including Fiji, Mexico, Tahiti, New Guinea, Taiwan, Japan, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, worn at edges and corners. (a19614)
$20.00 Merrill, E. D. and L. M. Perry . MYRTACEOUS GENUS SYZYGIUM GAERTNER IN BORNEO
Boston 1939 Memoirs of American Academy of Arts and Sciences Vol. XVIII part 3. 4to., pp.135-202, wraps. Covers worn, Good plus. (a19282)
$75.00 Miller, Charles C. . BLACK BORNEO
NY 1944. 8vo., 278pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. a few chips. (a24663)
$29.00 Mordaunt, Elinor . VENTURE BOOK
NY 1926 1st Century. Travel in Indo-China and South Pacific. Hardcover. Octavo, 328pp., illustrations, attractive orange and black pictorial clorh. VG, some spots on pages, in Good DJ. (a11067)
$24.00 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles; revised by Rev. C. C. Elcum . PITCAIRN OR THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. PITCAIRN: THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE AND THE PASTOR TO WHICH IS ADDED A SHORT NOTICE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
London 1909 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Revised and brought up to date by Rev C. C. Elcum. Hardcover. Small octavo, 368pp., frontis of John Adams, pictorial front board with John Adams, the ship Bounty, ocean, rope, rocks, and so on. VG light wear. (a71953)
$120.00 Nicolson, Harold . JOURNEY TO JAVA
NY 1958 1st Doubleday. 8vo, 385pp., hardcover. VG, small nick on cover edge, in Good DJ. (a10997)
$25.00 Oliver, Captain Pasfield (editor) . THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS LEGUAT OF BRESSE TO RODRIQUEZ, MAURITIUS, JAVA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Two volumes. Octavo, 433pp., 5 large folding maps, 6 illustrations (one foldout); 13 illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue grey cloth. Fine. 2 volumes. (a70693)
$250.00 Pinchot, Gifford . TO THE SOUTH SEAS
NY 1930 Blue Ribbon. The cruise of the schooner Pinchot to the Galapagos, Marquesas and the Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti. 8vo., 370pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (lat277)
$20.00 Ponder, H. W. . JAVA'S PRACHT EN PRAAL
Amsterdam 1937 Nederlandsche Keurboekerj. In Dutch. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 328pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (lat280)
$24.00 Price, Willard . ADVENTURES IN PARADISE TAHITI AND BEYOND
NY 1955 1st John Day. Hardcover. Octavo, 309pp., 24 photo illustrations and 7 maps, cloth. Fine in Good DJ, a few small chips and one two inch closed tear at fold line. (a74042)
$24.00 Raabe, Captain H. E. . CANNIBAL NIGHTS THE REMINISCENCES OF A FREE-LANCE TRADER
New York 1927 2nd Payson. Australia and South Pacific. Octavo, 324pp., illustrations, end paper maps, orange cloth hardcover with black diagonal stripe design. VG plus, wrinkling on spine cloth, no DJ. (a67215)
$39.00 Robequain, Charles . MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, BORNEO AND THE PHILIPPINES A GEOGRAPHICAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF MALAYA, THE EAST INDIES AND THE PHILIPPINES
London 1954. Translated from the French by E.D. Laborde. 8vo., 456pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner signed on half title and on verso of free flyleaf. Good, spine rubbed, hinges tender, no DJ. (a22999)
$27.00 Ruhen, Olaf . TANGAROA'S GODCHILD A MEMOIR OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Boston 1962 1st Little Brown. Memoir of Trobriand Islands written by a New Zealander. 8vo., 346pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a8716)
$23.00 Scott, N. C. . A DICTIONARY OF SEA DAYAK
University of London 1956 1st Oriental and African Studies. Small octavo, 218pp., green cloth hardcover. Near Fine, some rubbing on inside edge of front, no DJ. (a66462)
$115.00 Shelford, Robert C. . A NATURALIST IN BORNEO
NY 1917 E. P. Dutton. No later edition stated, presumed first U.S. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvii, 331pp., frontis, photo illustrations, index, cloth. Owner inscribed (Anne Corliss)on front free blank. Number at heel of spine. Fair, cover soiled, stained, spine ends lightly worn, becoming disbound with hinges cracked and signatures loose. Needs restoration to produce a nice copy of a scarce and valuable book. (a67956)
$55.00 Sherman, D. George . RICE, RUPPEES, AND RITUAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AMONG THE SAMOSIR BATAK OF SUMATRA
1990-lst Stanford University. 366pp. Index. Photo illus. Fine in Fine DJ. (a18661)
$36.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 1st Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. 8vo., 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt ship on front board and gilt soldier and publisher's logo on backstrip. VG, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. (a51920)
$600.00 Stoler, Ann Laura . CAPITALISM AND CONFRONTATION IN SUMATRA'S PLANTATION BELT 1870-1979
NY 1985 1st Yale. 8vo., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, closed tear, rubbed and lightly worn. (a59376)
$20.00 Stubbs, Laura . STEVENSON'S SHRINE THE RECORD OF A PILGRIMAGE (original book not reprint)
Boston 1903 1st Page. Author travels to Samoa, Friendly Islands, Tongo and Fiji. Octavo, 58pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Some pencil notes on free blanks. Good, light cover wear, occasional light foxing in text. (a45153)
$25.00 Theroux, Paul . HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA PADDLING THE PACIFIC
NY 1992-1st Putnam. 528pp. Signed by Theroux. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11344)
$40.00 Ullman, James Ramsey . WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS
Cleveland 1963 2nd World. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. 8vo., 318pp., maps, hardcover. Fine in VG Plus DJ. (a8924)
$19.00 Verbeek, Dr. R. D. M. et R. Fennema . DESCRIPTION GEOLOGIQUE DE JAVA ET MADOURA - TOME II
Amsterdam 1896 1st Joh. G. Stemler. Hardcover. Sm.4to., pp. 539-1183, photo illustrations, cloth. Academy stamp on front end paper and light residue of label on spine. Good, hinges tender, spine faded but spine lettering still strong and bright, cover worn. Tome II. (a71267)
$140.00 Ward, R. Gerard (editor) . AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 1790-1870 8 VOLUMES
Ridgewood 1966, 1967. 8 volumes. Lg.8vo., several hundred pages per volume, illustrations, foldout maps, illustrated cloth. Number labels on each spine. Institution name, bookplate and discard stamps on all endpapers. Name stamp on all fore-edges, number stamp on one or two interior pages of each volume. Volume 1 in Box with only 3 of the 9 folding maps. Sold as is. Eight volumes. (a48012)
$150.00 Watson, E.L. Grant . DEPARTURES
London 1948 1st. 4to., 131pp., illustrations by John O'Connor, printed cloth. VG, light soiling on rear, no DJ. (a48319)
$40.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Good, new end papers, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$390.00 Williams, John . A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
London 1837 Snow & Leifchild. First edition, Third Thousand. With Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants. Hardcover. Octavo, 589pp., color frontis of Chief of Raratonga, foldout map, illustrations, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Owner signed on verso of the frontis. Fairly Good, leather worn, rounding of corners, cracking on leather on spine; some foxing on a few pages. Binding secure. Original printing, not a modern reissue/ (a66086)
$170.00 Wolff, John U. and Sorpomo Poedjosoedarmo . COMMUNCIATIVE CODES IN CENTRAL JAVA
Ithaca 1982. Data Paper Number 116 Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. Linguistic Series VIII. 4to., 197pp., wraps. VG. (a30585)
$70.00 Wood, Thomas. . COBBERS, A PERSONAL RECORD OF A JOURNEY. . . TO AUSTRALIA TASMANIA AND SOME OF THE REEFS. . . IN THE CORAL SEA.
London 1934 Oxford. 8vo., 256pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Near VG, no DJ. (lat391)
$20.00