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WOODBURY & PAGE. Photographers Java. With a Contribution by Marianne Fluitsma and Gerrit Knaap.

Wachlin, Steven. Slim Landscape 4to. 219pp. + [i]. Profusely illus. throughout from photos., 2 maps. Good in lightly rubbed d/w., corners very sl. bumped. Additional postage may be necessary US$63

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ANNUAL REPORT ON SARAWAK for the Year 1951.

(Sarawak). 1st Ed. [vi] + 194pp. Numerous ills., large colour folding map. Light age toning, cloth backed pictorial boards, extremities rubbed, spine with sm. nick to head. US$35

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THE WHITE RAJAHS. A History of Sarawak From 1841 to 1946.

Runciman, Steven. 1st Ed. xii + 320pp. 8 plates, 3 maps. Pencil notes to rear e.ps. and with pencil marks to margins of index, chipped and browned d/w. with marginal loss. US$35

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THE AMERICAN PLANT MIGRATION. Part I. The Potato. Prepared for Publication by C. Martin Wilbur.

Laufer, Berthold. 1st Ed. 132pp. Port. frontis., 6 ills. Unopened. Original wrapps., some browning. Anthropological Series Field Museum of Natural History, Volume 28, Number 1. US$35

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THE LITERATURE OF EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN From the Earliest Times to the Year 1885 inclusive. A Bibliography: Comprising Printed Books, Periodical Writings, and Papers of Learned Societies; Maps and Charts; Ancient Papyri, Manuscripts, Drawings &c.

Ibrahim-Hilmy, H.H. Prince. Facsimile Reprint of 1886-88 Ed. 2 vols. in 1. Large 8vo. [viii] + 398pp. + title page + 459pp. + [i]. Very good in gilt lettered red buckram with black title patch to spine. Limited to 250 Copies. US$35

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JUNGLEMANIA Exploring the Jungles for Science.

Torrance, Arthur. 1st Ed. xii + [i] + 302pp. + 26pp. publ. adverts. 14 ills. Light age toning, inscribed to F. Jensen from Mother Xmas 1935, original orange cloth, sl. soiled and warped, ragged d/w. The Jungles of Africa and Borneo. US$70

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A HISTORY OF PERSIA.

Sykes, Brigadier-General Sir Percy. Reprint of 3rd Ed. with Supplementary Essays. 2 vols. xxxix + 563pp. + xx + 616pp. Many ills., 2 folding maps. Sl. chipped and browned d/ws. Definitive history of Persia from earliest times down to the aftermath of WWI. A work of remarkable perception, readability and scholarship which has yet to be surpassed. US$105

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PAPERS ON MALAYAN HISTORY. Papers submitted to the First International Conference of South-East Asian Historians

PAPERS ON MALAYAN HISTORY. Papers submitted to the First International Conference of South-East Asian Historians, Singapore, January 1961.

Tregonning, K.G. (Editor). 1st Ed. [iv] + 273pp. Light age toning, original gilt lettered green buckram. US$35

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CULTIVATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. British Educational Policy towards the Malays 1875-1906.

CULTIVATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. British Educational Policy towards the Malays 1875-1906.

Stevenson, Rex. 1st Ed. xi + 240pp. Rubbed d/w. East Asian Historical Monographs. US$49

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WE HAVE EATEN THE FOREST. The Story of a Village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Translated from the French by Adrienne Foulke.

WE HAVE EATEN THE FOREST. The Story of a Village in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Translated from the French by Adrienne Foulke.

Condominas, Georges. 1st English Ed. xxii + 423pp. + [iii]. 45 ills. from photos., 5 maps, drawings and charts. Good in d/w. US$35

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MAITREYA, The Future Buddha.

Sponberg, Alan and Hardacre, Helen. 1st Ed. xiv + 304pp. Frontis., 14 figures. Sl. rubbed d/w. sl. sunned to spine. US$70

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RISE OF THE CHRISTIAN POWER IN INDIA.

Basu, Major B.D. 2nd Ed. Royal 8vo. [xvi] + 1011pp. 58 plates inclduing 1 colour, 4 maps. Light browning, original black lettered green cloth, some fading moresoe to sl. bumped spine. This one volume edition contains illustrations, maps and an index, which were not present in the first, 1925 five volume, edition. US$105

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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHINA. From 1860 to 1907.

Wolferstan, Rev. Bertram. 1st Ed. [xl] + 470pp. Folding map. Ex.-Lib. of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith (British Branch) with bookplate, f.e.ps. lightly browned, some very light marginal browning and occasional marginal pencil ruling, gilt lettered navy cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, spine darkened and sl. bumped at head and tail, t.e.g. US$84

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CHINESE PEASANT CULTS. Being a Study of Chinese Paper Gods. Foreword by Professor Clifford H. Plopper.

Day, Clarence Burton. 1st Ed. xx + 243pp. Many plates including some colour. D/w with some loss to head of spine and to lower wrapp. US$84

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THE CHINESE IN CAMBODIA.

THE CHINESE IN CAMBODIA.

Willmott, William E. 1st Ed. xiv + 132pp. 4 maps, many tables. Sl. rubbed d/w. US$35

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NEAR EASTERN NUMISMATICS, ICONOGRAPHY, EPIGRAPHY AND HISTORY. Studies in Honour of George C. Miles.

Kouymjian, Dickran K. 1st Ed. 4to. [xxvi] + 478pp. + [ii]. Vignette title page, numerous figures, photos., tables, plans etc. Spine sl. bumped, in chipped d/w. with some sl. loss. Additional postage may be necessary US$84

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A VISIT TO JAVA. With an Account of the Founding of Singapore.

Worsfold, W. Basil. 1st Ed. xi + 283pp. Frontis., 14 plates, many ills. Some browning, hinges cracked though firm, last few leaves stained to tail, original cloth, heavily stained, spine sl. chipped. US$105

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TALES OF THE MALAYAN COAST. From Penang to the Philipines.

Wildman, Rounsevelle. 2nd Ed. 347pp. Two portraits. Inscription, light browning, original pictorial blue cloth, stained, edges rubbed, spine frayed with vertical crease. US$42

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RETURN TO THE IRRAWADDY.

Kingdon-Ward, Frank. 1st Ed. 224pp. 45 ills. from photos, 2 maps on 1 folding sheet. Sporadic light spotting, e.ps. spotted with 2/6 annotation with 10/6 scribbled out to front pastedown, edges of leaves spotted, original gilt lettered black cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, light dampstaining to edges, spine lightly faded. Northern Burma. US$35

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TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY ISLAM, AND REBELLION. A Study of Indonesian Political Behaviour.

Jackson, Karl D. xxiv + 375pp. 4 maps, 7 figures, numerous tables. Sl. browned and creased d/w. An analysis of the Darul Islam Rebellion and examination of the personal allegiances in village life. US$35

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CHINA TO CHITRAL.

Tilman, H.W. 1st Ed. [xii] + 124pp. 69 plates from photos. by the author, 4 maps. E.ps. lightly spotted, original gilt lettered pink-red cloth lightly soiled and sl. rubbed, several sm. paint? marks to fore edge of upper board, spine sl. faded with gilt lettering sl. rubbed. Neate T36. Account of his journey through Chinese Turkestan in 1949. He attempted Bogdo Ola and Chakar Aghil with Shipton. US$35

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THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF INDIA Being An Abridgment of “The Dictionary of the Ecnomic Products of India.”

Watt, Sir George. New Ed. Large 8vo. viii + 1189pp. Age toning, with the signatures of Ernest V. Jones to e.ps., original gilt lettered blue cloth, sl. soiled. US$35

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A VOYAGE TO SURAT In the Year 1689. Edited by H.G. Rawlinson.

Ovington, J. Reprint of 1696 Ed. Sm. 8vo. xx + 313pp. 4 ills., 2 maps. Some very light browning, ex.-libris Henry Dodwell, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. faded and bumped. US$70

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LI HUNG-CHANG.

(Hung-Chang). Bland, J.O.P. 1st Ed. vii + 327pp. Port. frontis. Light browning, original gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. faded and frayed, minor marking. Makers of the Nineteenth Century.A biography of the "initiator of many of the changes which have tended to modify the structure and actions of the Chinese people since 1850". US$49

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THE NATIVE RACES OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO PAPUANS.

Earl, George Windsor. 1st Ed. [iv] publ. adverts. + xiv + 239pp. + [i]. 5 lithographic plates including 3 chromo. 1 tinted and 1 folding (with marginal stain), 2 folding maps, double page table. Light age toning with occasional spotting mainly to plates, New Bedford ink Public lib. stamp and accession no. to title page, rebound in modern half calf with cloth boards, some fading mainly to spine with tape stain across head, gilt lettered label to spine. Ferguson 9339. Chapter XII deals with Melville Island and North Australia. There are also many references to the Australian aborigines in other parts of the work, with ethnological comparisons. US$140

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