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Alms for Oblivion. in dj

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cassell & Company, London, 1961,

Seller ID: 76382

KEMP, Peter. Alms for Oblivion. London: Cassell & Company, (1961). Pp. (16),1-188,[4]. Illustrated with maps and 9 plates of black and white photographs. 8vo, blue cloth cover with gold lettering to spine. "Peter Kemp's firstview of Siam was from beneath a camouflaged parachute, swinging down to a jungle clearing. [...] in May 1945, in the closing stages of the Second World War, he was to help the Siamese guerillas in their running battle against the Japanese. [...] Safeguarding the interests of prisoners of war and French civilians soon devleoped into gun-running for the French, in the fa...
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Anthropology and Autobiography. PBK.

By: OKELY, Judith CALLAWAY, Helen ASA Monographs 29

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Routledge, London, 1992, ISBN:0415051894

Seller ID: 77570

OKELY, Judith and Helen CALLAWAY. Anthropology and Autobiography. London: Routledge, (1992). Pp. [i]-xiv,[1]-252,(6). 8vo, illustrated black and yellow card covers. ASA Monographs 29. Chapters: 1. Anthropology and autobiography: participatory experience and embodied knowledge; 2. Ethnography and experience: gender implications in fieldwork and texts; 3. Automythologies and the reconstruction of ageing; 4. Spirits and sex: a Swahili informant and his diary; 5. Putting out the life: from biography to ideology among the Earth People; 6. Racism, terror, and the production of Au...
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Approach to Coastal Resource Utilization: The Nature and Role of Sustainable Development in East Kalimantan Coastal Zone, Indonesia, vol. 1 and 2

By: DAHURI, Rokhmin

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Dalhousie University, Halifax, 1992,

Seller ID: 76196

DAHURI, Rokhmin. An Approach to Coastal Resource Utilization: The Nature and Role of Sustainable Development in East Kalimantan Coastal Zone, Indonesia. 2 Vols. Halifax: Dalhousie University, 1992. Pp. [i]-xviii,1-203. 8vo, comb-bound, vol. 1: blue card covers, vol. 2: grey card covers. PhD. thesis for School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University. Both vols. vg. 100.00
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Art of the Lesser Sunda Islands : A Cultural Resource at Risk

By: MOSS, Lawrence A.G.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, 1986,

Seller ID: 102334

MOSS, Lawrence A.G. Art of the Lesser Sunda Islands : A Cultural Resource at Risk. San Francisco : San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1986. Pp (1),2-40. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white. Large 8vo, maroon stapled card covers, gilt lettering to front cover. A catalogue for an exhibition held at the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum June 11 - August 2, 1986, and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, August 12 - September 21, 1986. Contents : Preface; Introduction; Discovering an Art; The Bali Market; No Information, Just the Object; Art as a Cultural Resource; Growing Awareness, ...
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ASEAN and the Law of the Sea

By: TANGSUBKUL, Phiphat

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1982, ISBN:9971902400

Seller ID: 106000

TANGSUBKUL, Phiphat . ASEAN and the Law of the Sea. (Singapore) : Instituteof Southeast Asian Studies, (1982). First Edition. Pp. (4),v-xv,(3),3--148 ,(4). Tables, map in text. 8vo, illustrated white cardcovers, blue lettering to spine. Not in Papadakis & Glassner, International Law of the Sea and Marine Affairs: A Bibliography : Supplement to the 1980 edition. The ASEAN countries here are Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. "An important contribution to the dearth of literature of ASEAN and the Law of the Sea, this book is the result of extensive research by Dr. ...
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Atlantic Monthly. Volume 197, Number 6, June 1956 with supplement on Indonesia Today

By: THOMAS, Dylan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly, Concord, N.H., 1956,

Seller ID: 85063

(THOMAS, Dylan; and supplement on Indonesia Today). The Atlantic Monthly. Volume 197, Number 6, June 1956. Concord, N.H.: The Atlantic Monthly, 1956. Pp [1]-167,(1). Double Column. 4to, illustrated maroon wrappers. Includes “Dylan Thomas: Elegy” [unfinished Dylan Thomas poem] edited by Vernon Watkins (pp 42-43); “Indonesia : A Past and a Promise” by Various Indonesian Writers (pp 97-168); and much more. Corner crease, else very good. 20.00
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Birds of the Natuna Islands

By: OBERHOLSER, Harry C Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 159.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: GPO / United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1932,

Seller ID: 37088

OBERHOLSER, Harry C. Birds of the Natuna Islands. Washington : United States Government Printing Office, 1932. Pp (2),iii-vi,1-137,(1). Tables. 8vo, printed card covers. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 159. Harry Church Oberholser (b. June 25, 1870, Brooklyn, New York - d. December 25, 1963).The Natuna Islands lie in the South China Sea and are part of the Tudjuh Archipelago, off the northwest coast of Borneo. Nick to cover and title page, small, faint water-stain to top outer corner throughout, slightly rubbed, else very good. 40.00
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Borneo and the Indian Archipelago. With drawings of Costume and Scenery. First Edition, Rebound.

By: MARRYAT, Frank S.

Price: $4,000.00

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Paternoster-Row, London, 1848, : 1848

Seller ID: 113383

MARRYAT, Frank S. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago. With Drawings of Costume and Scenery. By Frank S. Marryat, late midshipman from H.M.S. Samarang, surveying vessel. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Paternoster-Row, 1848. First Edition. Pp. (4),[v]-viii,[1]-232, colour chromolithograph frontispiece, colour-illustrated engraved title page, + 20 leaves of chromolithograph plates. With 37 woodcuts to text. Large 8vo, rebound in three-quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering and gilt tooled border to spine, six pressed bands to spine, with original gil...
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Borneo People. in dj

By: MacDONALD, Malcolm

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, Toronto, 1956,

Seller ID: 45818

MacDONALD, The Right Honourable Malcolm. Borneo People. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, Pp. (4),v-viii,(2),3-424 with [45] plates and ilustrations throughout. 8vo, rust cloth, gilt lettering, brown panel to front and spine, endpapers illustrated with maps. Printed in Canada. "Until 1941 Sarawak had been the home of the Brooke family, the legendary White Rajahs. The rule of the Brookes had been a personal one. They had been accustomed tojourney widely in their domains and to visit their head-hunting subjects i n their long-houses. Mr MacDonald resolved to continue this tradition o...
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Building Diplomacy : The Architecture of American Embassies. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: LUI, Elizabeth Gill KAITA, Keya

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Four Stops Press, Los Angeles, California, 2004, ISBN:0801443261

Seller ID: 115133

LUI, Elizabeth Gill. Building Diplomacy : The Architecture of American Embassies. Keya Kaita, Cultural Montages. Essay by Jane C. Loeffler; Kevin Spence, project coordinator. Los Angeles, California : "Distributed by Cornell University Press in association with Four Stops Press", (2004). First Edition. Pp (14),15-267,(5). Folio, grey cloth, with silver lettering to front and spine. With map end-papers. "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Elizabeth GillLui (b. 1955). Keya Kaita (b. 1976). Embassy architecture and design ...
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Canada and Southeast Asia : A Compendium of Sources on Canada-Southeast Asia Relations (1945-1990). First Edition

By: SEBASTIEN, Leonard C.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: University of Toronto, York University; Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, Toronto, 1992 : 1992

Seller ID: 78220

ISBN-13: 9781895296082

SEBASTIEN, Leonard C. Canada and Southeast Asia : A Compendium of Sources on Canada-Southeast Asia Relations (1945-1990). Toronto : University of Toronto, York University; Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, 1992. First Edition. "Printed in Canada by Becker Associates." Pp (2),3-103,(1). 8vo (152 x 228 mm), green textured, matte card covers, with black lettering to front & spine. Leonard C. Sebastien was a Ph.D. candidate in the Strategic and Defence Studies Cantre, Research School of Pacific Studies, the Australian National University, Canberra at the time of publication. Southeast A...
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Canada's Treasure Hunt. First Edition, Signed

By: STORM, Alex SHAW, Brian

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Greywood Publishing, Winnipeg, 1967,

Seller ID: 57772

STORM, Alex. Canada's Treasure Hunt. As told to Brian Shaw. Winnipeg : Greywood Publishing Limited, (1967). First Printing. Pp (4),5- [152]+ 16 pages of b&w photos. 12mo (109 x 177 mmm), white cardcovers, with black & red lettering to covers & spine. A Greywood Paperback Original No.105. Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 4512. Alex Storm (b. October 2, 1937 in the city of Surabaya, the Island of Java, Indonesia - d, August 12, 2018, Sydney, Cape Breton)."How a fortune in gold and silver coins, lost off the coast of Nova Scotia [Le Chameau was lost off Cape Breton] in 1725, was hunted and found by ...
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Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice. First Edition in dustjacket

By: HOGG, Garry

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Robert Hale Limited, London, 1958,

Seller ID: 107730

HOGG, Garry. Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice. London : Robert Hale Limited,(1958). First Edition. Pp (4),v-x,11-206,(2). Index. 8vo, maroon cloth, gi lt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Cannibalism among the Fiji Islanders. 2. Human Sacrifice among the Aztecs. 3. Custom and Myth among the Kwakiutl Indians. 4. Cannibals in the Amazon Basin. 5. Cannibalism among Nigerian Tribesmen. 6. The Leopard Societies of Sierra Leone. 7. Cannibalism in the Congo Basin. 8. Head-hunters and Human Sacrifice in Indonesia. 9. New Guinea:'Revenge' Cannibalism and Tabu. 10. Cannibal Practices among the Melanesia ...
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Cartographica. Volume 18, Number 3, Autumn 1981

By: HEIDENREICH, Conrad E. MULLER, J.C. MONMONIER, Mark S. GILMARTIN, Patricia P.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1981, ISBN:0919870279

Seller ID: 89500

(HEIDENREICH, Conrad E.). Cartographica. Volume 18, Number 3, Autumn 1981. (Toronto) : University of Toronto Press, (1981). Pp (4),[1]-136,(4). Maps. Diagrams. 8vo, blue and white printed card covers. Includes Conrad E. Heidenreich's “Mapping the Great Lakes : The Period of Imperial Rivalries” (pp 74-109). Other content : J.C. Muller's “Bertin's Theory of Graphics : A Challenge to North American Thematic Cartography” (pp 1-8); Patricia P. Gilmartin's “The Interface of Cognitive and Psychophysical Research in Cartography” (pp 9-20); Donna J. Peuquet's “An Examination of Techniques for Reformatt...
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Classical Batik

By: HAMZURI, Drs ACHJADI, Judi (trans.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Djambatan, Jakarta, 1981,

Seller ID: 59564

HAMZURI, Drs. Classical Batik ; translated into English by Judi Achjadi. (Jakarta, Indonesia): Djambatan, (1981). Pp. 113. Illustrated. Large square 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. Contents: 1) The Batik Process ; 2) Finishing the Process ; 3) Pre-Treatment of the Cotton Cloth for making a Stole ; 4) Glossary of Classical Batik Motifs ; 5) Dialectical Terminology. Text in Bahasa and corresponding English. Rubbed, slightly cocked, faint creasing, gift inscription, else vg. 30.00
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Coastal Seas : The Conservation Challenge. First Edition

By: CLARK, John R.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1998, ISBN:0632049553 : 1998

Seller ID: 69925

ISBN-13: 9780632049554

CLARK, John R. Coastal Seas : The Conservation Challenge. (Oxford) : Blackwell Science, (1998). First Edition. Pp. (2),iii-ix,(1),1-134. Illustrated. 8vo, photo-illustrated bluish card covers. "This succinct, technical reference of coastal-zone resource management is aimed both at students taking courses in coastal management or marine conservation and practitioners in these fields. In response to a worldwide demand, Coastal Seas deals mostly with methodology and provides practitioners, scholars and students with the ideas, tools, materials and strategies needed to manage coastal resourc...
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Codeswitching in University English-medium Classes : Asian Perspectives

By: BARNARD, Roger and James McLELLAN, (eds.) New Perspectives on Language and Education; 36

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Multilingual Matters , 2014, ISBN:1783090898

Seller ID: 106470

BARNARD, Roger and James McLELLAN, (eds.). Codeswitching in University English-medium Classes : Asian Perspectives. Bristol : Multilingual Matters, (2014). Pp (4),v-xv,(1),1- 224. 8vo, red cardcovers. No.36 in the New Perspectives on Language and Education series. "In the complex, multilingual societies of the 21st century, codeswitching is an everyday occurrence, and yet the use of students' first language in the English language classroom has been consistently discouraged by teachers and educational policy-makers. This volume begins by examining current theoretical work on codeswitching ...
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Cooper's Snoopers and Other Follies : Fragments of a Life.

By: JOHNSTON, Peter.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Trafford, Victoria, B.C., 2002, ISBN:1553695712

Seller ID: 88811

JOHNSTON, Peter. Cooper's Snoopers and Other Follies : Fragments of a Life.(Victoria, B.C.) : Trafford, (2002). Fourth Printing. Pp (8),xi-xii,(2),1- 170,(2). Index. 8vo, illustrated black card covers. "Peter A.E. Johnston was born in Toronto in 1921. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto (First Class Honours, Modern Languages and Literatures). He served five yearsin the Canadian Army, 1940-1945 (Mention-in-Dispatches), including slightl y less than two years in counter-intelligence in Italy. He has been Counsellor at the Canadian High Commission in London and at the High Commissio...
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De Boomstamkano in Indonesie.

By: NOTEBOOM, C.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: N.V. Boekhandel en Drukkerij Voorheen E.J. Brill, Leiden , 1932,

Seller ID: 102572

NOTEBOOM, C. De Boomstamkano in Indonesie. Leiden : N.V. Boekhandel en Drukkerij Voorheen E.J. Brill, 1932. Pp (12),[1]-240, frontis + 44 pp plates. Large 8vo, illustrated brown card covers, with illustrated white dustjacket.A history of the dugout canoes of Indonesia. Text in Dutch. Contents : Inl eiding. 1. Het maken van boomstamkano's. 2. Palembang. 3. Overig Sumatra. 4. De eilanden om Sumatra en het Maleische Schiereiland. 5. Borneo. 6. De Filippijnen en Celebes.7. Java I. 8. Java II; Madoera en Bali. 9. De Molukken. 10. De Kleine Soenda-eilanden, behalve Bali. 11. Slotbeschouwingen. Lijst...
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Decline of British Seapower. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: WETTERN, Desmond

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Janes, 1982, : 1982

Seller ID: 35251

ISBN-13: 9780710600431

WETTERN, Desmond. The Decline of British Seapower. (London) : Janes, (1982). First Edition. Pp (10),1- 452,(2) + 32 pages of b&w photos. Maps and tables in the text. 8vo, red cloth, silver lettering to spine. A book which traces how the Royal Navy has transformed itself strategically and socially under pressures of political and economic neglect in the post-World War Two period. "This important, timely and controversial book is an almost month by month account of the many activities of the Royal Navy since 1945. Although Britain can take great pride in the achievements of its post-war Na...
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