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Lockhart, R.H. Bruce . RETURN TO MALAYA
NY 1936 Putnam. 8vo., 376pp., index, hardcover. VG, a few pen notes on initial page in Good DJ, some wear, a few tears. (a12780)
$30.00 Holman, Dennis . NOONE OF THE ULU
London 1958 Heinemann. British man joins natives in Malaya and disappears. 8vo., 253pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ. (a16430)
$30.00 von Vorys, Karl . DEMOCRACY WITHOUT CONSENSUS COMMUNALISM AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN MALAYSIA
1975 Princeton. 443pp., index. Fine in Fine DJ. (a18694)
$45.00Ding Eing Tan Soo Hai. THE RICE INDUSTRY IN MALAYA 1920-1940
Singapore 1963 Malaya Publishing. 8vo., 60pp., wraps. VG. (a20785)
$35.00 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 Arthus, Gothard . DIALOGUES IN ENGLISH AND MALAIANE LANGUAGES
NY 1974 Walter Johnson reprint of the London 1614 edition. The English Experience Number 640. "Dialogues in the English and Malaiane languages: or, certaine common formes of speech, first written in Latin, Malaian and Madagascar tongues by the diligence and painfull endeavour of Master Gotardus Arthusius, a Dantisker and now faithfully translated into the English tongue by Augustine Spalding, merchant for their sakes, who happily shall heareafter undertake a voyage to the East-Indies." Hardcover. Small octavo, 78pp., red cloth with blue label. Fine. (a26129)
$55.00 Winstedt, R.O . SIMPLE MALAY GRAMMAR FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS
Singapore 1949 (1929) Second Edition. 12mo., 50pp., wraps. VG. (a30556)
$35.00 Rogers, Marvin L. . SUNGAI RAYA: A SOCIOPOLITICAL STUDY OF A RURAL MALAY COMMUNITY
Berkeley 1977. Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, Research Monograph No. 15. 4to., 108pp., wraps. VG, light soiling. (a30584)
$35.00 Miller, Gerrit S. . FIFTY-ONE NEW MALAYAN MAMMALS
Wahington 1913. Smithsonian Publication 2252. Octavo, 30pp., wraps. No illustrations. Institution ownership stamp on front. VG. (a31245)
$20.00 Drewes, G. W. J. Ph.D. . MODERN MALAY READER
Den Haag 1949. Vocabulary list. Hardcover. Octavo., 152pp., cloth. VG in Fair DJ, chipped. (a31951)
$80.00 Tan, Sooi-Ben . FROM POPULAR TO TRADITIONAL THEATER: THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE BANGSAWAN OF MALAYSIA
Urbana 1989. In Ethomusicology, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology at pp. 229-274. Whole issue has several articles. Octavo, wraps. Fine. (a33550b)
$33.00 Lockhart, R. H. Bruce . RETURN TO MALAYA
NY 1936 1st Putnam. 8vo., 376pp., index. Owner signed on end paper and titlepage. Good, backstrip browned, no DJ. (a37469)
$30.00 Marre, Aristide (translator) . MAKOTA RADJA-RADJA OU LA COURONNE DES ROIS PAR BOKHARI DE DJOHORE
Paris 1878 Maisonneuve. Traduit du Malais a Francaise. 8vo., 374pp., wraps. Good, some occasional spotting in text, a few chips on backstrip, lacking original front wrap. (a38491)
$95.00 Lee, Raymond (editor) . ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN MALAYSIA
1986 Northern Illinois University. Center for Southeastern Asian Studies, Monograph Series, Occasional Paper No. 12. 8vo., 183pp., wraps. (a39384)
$35.00 Ayoub Ismail (comp.) . MALAYSIA THE POT-POURRI THAT IS MALAYSIA
Kuala Lampur (?) n.d. (c.1985) Benta Publishing. Presented with the Compliments of the Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia. Text in Malay, English, French and Arabic. 4to., about 200pp., color illustrations, black leatherette with gold stamped front. Inscribed and signed in English to the previous owner on the Compliment page. Fine. (a39909)
$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 Rice, Oliver and Abdullah Majid (editors) . MODERN MALAY VERSE 1946-1961
Kuala Lumpur 1963 Oxford. Translated by Abdullah Majid, Asraf and Oliver Rice. Parallel text in Malay and English. 12mo., 135pp., wraps. VG. (a41157)
$40.00 (malay) . MALAY A GUIDE TO THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Washington 1945. War Department, TM 30-339. 12mo., 87pp., wraps. VG. (a51541)
$28.00 Mezerik, A.G. (editor) . MALAYSIA - INDONESIA CONFLICT
NY 1965. International Review Service, Vol. XI No. 86. 4to., 122pp., rebound in decorated institution buckram with original front wrap bound in. Discard and other stamps on front wrap. Discard and other stamps on front wrap. Number at heel of spine, stamp on top fore-edge, and a few other institution marks. VG, trimmed in rebinding (not affecting text). (a54418)
$55.00 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 (india) . THE ATLAS OF INDIA PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTE
London 1846 Charles Knight. Printed for The Society For The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Institute. 4to. (14 x 8-1/2 inches), 20 double page color outlined maps: 1-South Carnatic India and Ceylon; 2-Madras Presidency and Mysore; 3-Bombay Presidency and Hydrabad; 4-Circars and Mouths of the Godavery; 5-Sinde to Gujerat; 6-Bundelcund to Khandeish and Berar; 7-Allahabad to Bay of Bengal; 8-Bengal Presidency; 9-Delhi to Bundelcund; 10-Oude to Allahabad ; 11-Panjab and Gurhwal, 12-India General Map; 13-Bokhara Cabool and Beloochistan; 14- Panjab, Afghanistan, Kahmeer and Sinde; 15-Persia; 16-China; 17-China and Burman Empire; 18-Malay Archipelago; 19-Island of Indian Ocean Madagascar Mauritius; 10-Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia, bound in 3/4 leather with maroon cloth covered boards and gilt logo and lettering on front. VG. Rare. (a60812)
$950.00Bird, Isabella L. (Mrs. Bishop). THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE AND THE WAY THITHER
NY 1883 first edition (American) Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 483pp., plates, text illustrations, foldout map, original bright green cloth with full gilt pictorial front (showing riders on an elephant in a jungle). Signed by owner on top of title page (Emma C. Kellogg, Chicago, Ill, June 16 1883). Near Fine. Scarce in such excellent condition! (a61038)
$350.00Malcom, Howard. TRAVELS IN SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA: EMBRACING HINDUSTAN, MALAYA, SIAM AND CHINA; WITH NOTICES OF NUMEROUS MISSIONARY STATIONS AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE BURMAN EMPIRE - 10th edition with 63 ENGRAVINGS
Philadelphia n.d. (1854) American Baptist Publication Society. Tenth American Edition. Small octavo., 432pp., plates, foldout map, original yellow end papers, original brown cloth with gilt statue figure on front and gilt decorated spine. Fairly Good, one tiny chip on backstrip; a few tiny holes in cloth on rear outer hinge; some light foxing on plates, spine ends and cover extreme tips lightly worn. No owner marks. (a61500)
$59.00 Gibson, Walter M. . THE PRISON OF WELTEVREDEN; AND A GLANCE AT THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
New York 1855 1st J. C. Riker. Small octavo., 495pp., illustrated from original sketches, original pressed cloth cover hardcover with gilt lettering. Good, corners and spine ends lightly worn, occasional light foxing, spine sunned. (a61594)
$120.00 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 Thompson, Sir Robert . DEFEATING COMMUNIST INSURGENCY , EXPERIENCES FROM MALAYA AND VIETNAM
London 1967 (1966) 3rd Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Octavo, 171pp. Four words written in ink on front end paper. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a70122)
$160.00 Milner, A. C. . ISLAM AND MALAY KINGSHIP
1981. Article at pp. 46-70 in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, wraps. Good. (a71681)
$30.00(malaysia). MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, AND BRUNEI OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 10 SECOND EDITION
Washington 1970 Defense Mapping Agency. 4to, 1014pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (no maps; just a gazetteer to place names.) (a76208)
$160.00