Singapore. ISEAS. 2010. Maps, figures, vii + ix + xi + xiii + xv + 349 pages, index, glossary, paperback, light browning upper edge, otherwise a very good copy. "Alternatively lauded as a democratic success story and decried as a flawed democracy, Indonesia deserves serious consideration by anyone concerned with... More
United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. 2005. [Reprint]. Black and white maps, black and white illustrations, ix + xi + xv + 267pp., index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "The Gay Archipelago is the first book-length exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia. The world's fourth most populous... More
United Kingdom: Shearsman Books, 2016. 124pp., notes, very good paperback copy. Pen on title page, possibly author's signature. "In the ancient tradition of poet-as-traveler-and-seer, Barry Hill's Grass Hut Work is, like Basho's Narrow Road to the Interior, both a travelogue of Japan and a journey inward, into what we'll call... More
Singapore. Gunung Agung. 1980. Second edition revised. Black and white photographic illustrations, vii + viii + 315pp, paperback, spine faded and lightly creased, corners slightly rubbed otherwise good copy.. The story of American author Cindy Adams who worked with President Sukarno on his autobiography. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163210). More
New Delhi. Penguin Books, 2014. Two volume edition. 2 volumes. Part 1: xv + 501pp. Part 2: vi + 461pp. Indices, bibliographies, notes, paperbacks in very good condition. Part One (Statecraft and Society) of a brilliant study of ancient Indian civilization. Part two (religion and culture). "For about a thousand... More
New Delhi. Rupa & Co., 2002. Reprint of the 1st edition. 218pp., index, paperback in very good condition. "Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), one of the pioneers among the makers of modern Bengal, was born to a Portuguese man and his Indian wife in Calcutta on 18 April 1809. He... More
New Delhi. Foundation Books. 1996. Reprint. Black and white illustrations, xiv + xvi + xix + xxiii + 399pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, paperback in good condition. "Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric religion; whether Buddhist or Hindu, mainly because scholars have relied exclusively on textual sources. Here... More
Melbourne. National Gallery of Australia. 2001. Profuse coloured illustrations, vi + vii + viii +215pp., paperback in very good condition with French flaps. 29 x 24 cm. loosely inserted fliers of the NGA exhibition and an exclusive member viewing invitation card. Monet's extraordinary fascination with Japanese art continued throughout his... More
New Delhi. Penguin. 2014. Reprint in the year of publication. ix + xi + 442pp., index, bibliography, hardback in dustjacket. Edges rubbed, cloth little marked, otherwise very good condition. "The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence- of rapacious, plundering kings, turbulent dynasties... More
London. The Bodley Head. 1984. Reprint of second edition. Black and white illustrations, viii + 309pp., index, notes, paperback with a little light browning, spine faded including title. In good condition. "This collection of Indian folk tales was made by an Englishwoman who went to India with her husband in... More
New Delhi. Rupa & Co., 2005. Coloured illustrations on plates and black and white illustrations, 217pp., index, Paperback copy in very good condition. "The opulent, sometimes scandalous, private lives of the Moghuls of India is bought to life in this book. This text covers various aspects of their lifestyles, such... More
London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2007. First UK Edition. Black and white map, coloured illustrations, ix + xi + xii + xv + 401pp., index, bibliography, notes, hardback with a dustjacket, 242 x 166mm. Upper edge foxed, light foxing other edges. Otherwise very good condition. The Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures... More
Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 2007. ix + xiii + 185pp., index, bibliography, notes, slight wear on extremities, otherwise good paperback copy. "Geopolitical Exotica examines exoticized Wester representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land's status with regard to China" - Publisher's Description. (When referring to this... More
Yogyakarta. Gadjah Mada University Press. 1988. Second Edition. vi + vii + 353pp., index, signature of a prior owner front free endpaper, spine lightly creased otherwise good paperback copy. A collection of articles intended by the authors to present at international conferences. Chapter titles include; Banditry and Political Change in... More
Canberra. Bobby Graham. 2015. Coloured photographic illustrations, vii + ix + xi + 119pp., index, bibliography, note on sources, a very good paperback copy. "The 50-year history of The Australian national University's Indonesia Project takes the reader from HW Ardnt's 1964 visit to Sukarno's Indonesia, where politics trumped economics, through... More
Yogyakarta. Gadjah Mada U.P., 1990. Third printing. 205pp, paperback, name and notes front endpaper, good copy. Chapters include: The Significance of the New Name Indonesian; The Japanese Occupation; The National Language and the Revolution; The Treatment of Language Problems; The Cultivattion of Indonesian; Problems of Language Use. (When referring to... More
Berkeley. Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies. 1994. ix + xiii + 259pp., bibliography, notes, glossary, paperback. Spine faded with light rubbing on extremeties, otherwise very good. Hellwig analyses modern Indonesian prose (25 novels) from a Western feminist perspective. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163172). More
Basingstoke. Macmillan. 1994. Reprint of the 2nd edition. Maps, xiii + 378pp, notes and references, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. "[Indonesia's] colourful history, from the coming of Islam c. 1300 to the present day, is described in this comprehensive work. The emphasis throughout the book is on the... More
Singapore. ISEAS, 2018. vii + ix + xi + xiii + xv + 317pp., index, glossary. Paperback in very good condition. "Globalisation is more complex than every. The effects of the global financial crisis and increased inequality have spurred anti-globalisation sentiment in many countries and encouraged the adoption of populist... More
New York. State University of New York Press. 1987. [Reprint]. xi + 283pp., index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "This is a book by women about women in the religions of the world. It presents all the basic acts and ideological issued concerning the position of women in the... More
New York. Oxford University Press, 1994. Second paperback printing. Maps, black and white as well as coloured illustrations, 151pp., index, good paperback copy. Sticker residue on front cover. 27.9 x 21.5cm. "As women in America and Europe struggled for emanicipation, these nine women explorers and travelers challenged the traditional ideas... More
Surrey. Windhorse. 1995. Black and white photographic illustrations, 196pp., index, bibliography, slight wear on extremities and small impression made on back cover, otherwise a good paperback copy. "As the Rolling Stones belted out "Sympathy for the Devil" at a concert in Hyde park, Alex Kennedy, a young philosophy student, caught... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1998. First edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, vii+ ix + 203pp, index, paperback in very good condition. Appendix: Spellings of Tibetan names and terms. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1991. [Reprint]. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + xvi + 363pp., index, bibliography, glossary, Very good hardback in dustjacket. Errata slip stapled onto front flypaper. "Taming the Wind of Desire is a major contribution to the study of healing as a performance art. Documenting... More
Munich. Prestel. 2000. Profuse photographic coloured illustrations, 127pp., bibliography, paperback in very good condition. Former owner's signature on front end leaf. Created in 2000 for the Museum of Indian Art in Berlin. concentrates on the history and art of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the silk road. (When referring... More
