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Siam/ Thailand:

(asian art). INDIEN SIAM PERSIEN SYRIEN PERU MEXIKO
Hamburg 1962. Dr. Ernst Hauswedell. Primitive art from these countries. Auction catalog, in German. Octavo, 100pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG plus (a21758)
$24.00Bernath, Frances A.. CATALOGUE OF THAI LANGUAGE HOLDINGS IN THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES THROUGH 1964
Ithaca 1964. Data Paper Number 54, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. 4to., 236pp., wraps. VG. (a23862)
$39.00 Chety, Sida (comp.) . RESEARCH ON THAILAND IN THE PHILIPPINES: AN ANOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THESES, DISSERTATIONS AND INVESTIGATION PAPERS
Ithaca 1977. Data Paper 107 Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. 4to., 90pp., wraps. Fine. (a27858)
$26.00 Barry, Jean S.J. . THAI STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES A STUDY IN ATTITUDE CHANGE
Ithaca 1967. Data Paper Number 66, Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. Cornell Thailand Project Interim Report Number Eleven. 4to., 161pp., wraps. VG plus. (a30539)
$33.00 Meerman, Jacob . AN ANALYSIS OF FISCAL ACTIVITY IN THAILAND
Washington 1978. Working Paper of East Asia and Pacific Programs Department, World Bank. Background Working Paper No. 6 of 8, prepared for the Thailand Basic Economic Report, No. 2059-TH. 4to., 84pp., wraps. VG. (a30545)
$30.00 Shilling and Porter . MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES ON LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT
Washington 1978. Working Paper of East Asia and Pacific Programs Department, World Bank. Background Working Paper No. 1 of 8, prepared for the Thailand Basic Economic Report, No. 2059-TH. 4to., 117pp., wraps. VG. (a30547)
$45.00Duriyanga, Phra Cehn. THAI MUSIC
Bangkok 1962 (Fourth Printing). 12mo., 56pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a30577)
$23.00Duriyanga, Phra Cehn. THAI MUSIC IN WESTERN NOTATION
Bangkok 1962 1st (stated). 12mo., 16pp., illus., wraps. VG. (a30578)
$25.00 Bhirasri, Professor Silpa . THAI WOOD CARVINGS
Bangkon 1963 Second Edition. 12mo., 16pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Fine. (a30579)
$20.00Hanks, John Richardson. MATERNITY AND ITS RITUALS IN BANG CHAN
Ithaca 1963. Data Paper Number 51. Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University. Thailand Project Interim Reports Series Number 6. 4to., 128pp., red stiff paper wraps. Fine. (a30586)
$44.00 Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf and Emmy Bernatzik . DE GEESTEN VAN DE GELE BLADEREN
Gravenhage no date (1938 Preface) Holle. Ontdekkingsreizen in achter-Indie. Mostly on Thailand. In Dutch. 8vo., 288pp., 104 photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, some wear, pages browning. (a31453)
$24.00 Hopkins, Allen W. . BANGKOK BY DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF ANGELS
Thailand 1995 first edition. Post. Text by John Hoskin. Hardcover. large 4to., 213pp., color photos and text, cloth. Fine in Near Fine box. (a31724)
$59.00 Langley, Dr. Elizabeth . MISSION THAILAND
NY 1977 1st (stated). 8vo., 55p. Inscribed and signed by Elizabeth Langley, American worker at the Thai Ministry of Education. VG in Good DJ, some wear at edges. (a33294)
$40.00 Mosel, James N. . A SURVEY OF CLASSICAL THAI POETRY COMMENTARY AND TEXT TO ACCOMPANY A TAPE READING OF THAI POETRY
Bangkok 1959. Lg.8vo., 24pp., wraps. Good, light soiling. Text only, no Tape. (a39312)
$29.00 Goldsen, Rose K. and Max Ralis . FACTORS RELATED TO ACCEPTANCE OF INNOVATIONS IN BANG CHAN, THAILAND ANALYSIS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CORNELL CROSS-CULTURAL METHODOLOGY PROJECT MAY 1955
Ithaca 1957. Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Data Paper No. 25. 4to., 72pp., wraps. VG plus, light wear. (a39395)
$35.00 (buddhism) . WAT PAKNAM AND THE LATE ABBOT
Bangkok 1961. Sm.8vo., 9pp., wraps. VG. (a45761)
$23.00 (southeast asia) . CATALOGUE OF SIAMESE AND CAMBODIAN ANTIQUITIES, CURIOS AND RELICS...TO BE SOLD...AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES...
NY 1909. 12mo., about 50pp., 475 items listed with very brief descriptions, no illustrations, wraps. Date written in pen on front. Good, light soiling, spine worn. (a48406)
$25.00 (thai) . THAI (SIAMESE) A GUIDE TO THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Washington 1944. War Department, TM 30-331. 12mo., 82pp., wraps. VG. (a51540)
$28.00 Wening, Rudolf . SIAM PAYS DER MERVEILLES
Zurich 1959 1st Silva. In French. 4to., 123pp., 90 color photos by Wolgensinger, hardcover. Near Fine in Good DJ, lightly worn and lightly chipped. (a57782)
$29.00 Smith, Harold Eugene . HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DICTIONARY OF THAILAND
NJ 1976 1st Scarecrow. Entries arranged alphabetically. Sm.8vo.., hardcover. Ex-university library with usual markings. VG, no DJ. (a59850)
$25.00Crawfurd, John. JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE COURTS OF SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA; EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE THOSE KINGDOMS
London 1830 2nd Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. Two volumes, complete. Hardcovers. Octavos, 475pp., 459pp., stunning frontis foldout engraved view of Singapore (Volume I), very large detailed foldout map of Siam and China (map opens to 25 inches x 40 inches), 6 full page or double page engraved views including view of Bangkok (Volume I), foldout engraving showing 8 regional head/face types plus 6 more engraved views including map and plan of Singapore (Volume II), woodcuts, large foldout chart of Vocabularies, later half leather with mounted black leather gilt trimmed spine labels and marbled boards. Near Fine, very light wear, one tiny scuff mark on spine, occasional spot of soiling intext. A rare and highly desirable set of a landmark classic in travel literature in Beautiful Condition. Fine Binding. 2 volumes. (a60251)
$6500.00Kaempfer, Engelbert 1651-1716; Scheuchzer, John Gaspar 1702-1729). HISTORY OF JAPAN, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THAT EMPIRE; OF ITS TEMPLES, PALACES, CASTLES AND OTHER BUILDINGS; OF ITS METALS, MINERALS, TREES,PLANTS, ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES; OF THE CHORONOLOGY AND SUCCESSION OF THE EMPERORS, ECCLESIASTICAL AND SECULAR; OF THE ORIGINAL DESCENT, RELIGIONS, CUSTOMS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE NATIVES AND OF THEIR TRADE AND COMMERCE WITH THE DUTCH AND CHINESE. TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF SIAM
Kyoto 1929. Originally written in Dutch, translated to English and published in 1727. This is the 1929 reprint by Koseikaku. Limited edition of 150 but this copy is stamped No. 186. 2 volumes in one. Lg.4to., title page in Volume 1: HIstoria Imperii Japanoica, Londini, MDCCXXVII, title page in English in red and black ink, 10pp., LII, 612pp., 75pp., 6pp., 45 plates many of which are foldout or doublepage, full leather with gilt decorated spine and mounted red leather spine label. Near Fine internally (wrinkle on second title page and two small pieces of adhesive tape on initial pages.) Binding is secure but hinges cracked on outside and leather boards worn - leather rubbed off boards edges but boards themselves not too worn. Nice full gilt spine with raised bands. Scarce history of Japan. Overall Near Good. (a60826)
$400.00Malcom, 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 Hackmann, H. . A GERMAN SCHOLAR IN THE EAST TRAVEL SCENES AND REFLECTIONS
London 1914 1st Kegan Paul. Translated by Daisie Rommel. Travel in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, Thailand. Octavo, 223pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Church library bookplate, slight residue of numbers at heel of spine. Blind stamp and name stamp on title page. VG. (a61578)
$34.00 Nimmanahaeminda, Kraisri . SANKAMPAENG GLAZED POTTERY
Chiengmai 1960 1st Konmuang Publishing Co.Text in English and in Thai. Sm.4to., 29 photo plates, original wraps. VG, some browning on cover and spine. (a63372)
$39.00 Curtis, Lillian Johnson . THE LAOS OF NORTH SIAM
NY 1903 1st Fleming Revell. Introduction by Robert E. Speer. Small octavo, 338pp., illustrated from photographs taken by the author, original hardcover. Owner signed inside front cover (B. S. Winchester.) Good, top right blank corner of title page chipped (no loss), crease on half title, a few light stains on fore-edges, light stain on spine. (a65483)
$190.00Dohring, Karl (Doehring). SIAM - BAND I: LAND UND VOLK
Darmstadt 1923 Folkwang. 4to., 60pp. of text in German, 142pp. of monochrome photo illustrations, black cloth spine with yellow-tan paper covered boards. Siamese design in black ink on both front and rear boards. Good, top spine end frayed, covers a bit soiled and lightly worn. Text clean and binding secure; no owner marks. Volume 1 only. (a66547)
$45.00Sitthi-amorn, Sitt (Francis Wu). NOSTALGIC MEMOIRS OF SIAM AND LIFE'S VARYING FORTUNES. ISBN 0-533-08317-6
NY 1991 1st Vantage. ISBN 0-533-08317-6. Hardcover. Octavo, 322pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a70786)
$74.00 (siam) . FELICITATION VOLUMES OF SOUTHEAST-ASIAN STUDIES VOLUME 1
Bangkok 1965. Many interesting articles on Siam/Thailand including: Bangkok at Mid-Nineteenth Century; Buddhism in Bali, Les Suicides Religieux au Siam, A Rural Thai Village's View of Human Character, Hemoglobin E in Southeast Asia .Sm.4to., 184pp., illustrations, original wraps. Good plus, slight water stain on a few pages. Volume 1. (a71531)
$25.00 Kemp, Jeremy . HUA KOK: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL THAILAND
1992 1st University of Kent. Octavo, 212pp., foldout genealogy chart, original printed wraps. Price in ink on title page. Good, heel of spine torn. (a73152)
$42.00Harris, Robert P.. HISTORICAL AND ANALOGICAL RECORD OF THE SIAMESE TWINS
NY 1874. Detailed study of Eng and Chang. Article at pp., 359-376, removed from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences and rebound in later wraps.VG. (a75863)
$39.00 (thailand) . INDEX TO NAMES ON 1:250,000-SCALE MAPS OF THAILAND SERIES 1501
Washington 1985 GPO. 4to., 849pp., original wraps. Very light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG plus. (a76207)
$150.00