Singapore. Straits Times Press. 1965. Illustrated with colour photographic illustrations throughout, many full page colour advertisements,140pp, original pictorial wrappers trifle faded and lightly bumped and worn at corners and tail of spine. Very good copy. 30.5 x 23cm. Articles include: The Way Ahead - Wang Gungwu; Early Singapore - L.T...... More
London. Viking, 1991. Map, black and white illustrations, 276pp, index, name and address of a prior owner front free endpaper, a good hardback copy in dustjacket. Born the son of an impoverished sea captain in 1781, Stamford Raffles worked his way up in the East India Company to become a...... More
London. Viking. 1991. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 276pp, title page signed by the author, index, ex-Tower Hamlet Libraries label with barcode on front free endpaper. A good hardback copy in dustjacket covered in library plastic attached by cello-tape to the endpapers. Born the son of an impoverished sea..... More
Singapore. Select Books. 1977. 164pp, good paperback copy in slightly worn dustjacket. Divided into 3 parts (an overview, social issues and social justice in Southeast Asia), this book includes many interesting papers: The alienated and the aggressive: Youth in Modern Singapore - Nancy Ching; Perceptions of Social Justice in Southeast..... More
Singapore. Acting Government Printer. 1960. 190pp, tables throughout, original wrappers a little browned, stamp of Professor J.A.C. Mackie upper corner upper cover. Corners trifle creased, good copy. 24.6 x 17.3cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 163744. More
Garden City. New York. Doubleday & Co., 1946. Endpaper maps, black and white plates, 587pp, notes, bibliography, index, inscription half-title, hardback, chipped dustjacket with two tape repairs on reverse, a good copy. "Hahn has taken the blueprint of Raffles' life in Malacca, Java, Sumatra, and finally Singapore and turned it..... More
Singapore. National Museum Singapore. 1979. 44 plates (1 colour), bibliography, index, 135pp. Dustjacket slightly faded but a very good hardback copy, 24.6 x 24.6cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214973. More
Singapore. Government Printer. 1952. Maps, tables, graphs, vi + 118pp, wrappers. Very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 95877. More
Thailand. Silkworm Books. 2014. xiii + 187pp, notes, references, index. Half title inscribed in blue ink, overall a very good paperback copy. "Transnational labor migration often begins with the dream of securing a more stable and prosperous future, a chance to survive. This book reveals some of the complex phenomena..... More
Singapore. Asia Pacific. 1975. Black and white illustrations from photographs, xv + 123pp, prior owner's details front free endpaper, good paperback copy. The author who was Press Attache to the Japanese Consulate before the war describes the occupation and his own imprisonment on spying charges. When referring to this item..... More
London. Macgibbons & Kee. First edition. 232pp, hardback, 22 x 14cm, prior ownership details on front free endpaper, edges slightly browned, cloth faded in places particularly on spine, a sound, clean copy. Travel writing which covering China and Southeast Asia including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Rangoon, Nanking, Hong Kong, Indo-China..... More
Malaysia: Ridge Books, 2019. 60 color plates, 377pp, paperback. For most people in Singapore, having a job is just a fact of life. But that simple fact encompasses a wide range of experiences. Have you ever really considered what workers do on a daily basis and how they feel about..... More
Singapore. Government Printer. 1960- 1961. 4 reports each in original wrappers. Report of the Fisheries Division 1955. Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Singapore. 27pp. Original stapled wrappers stained and torn at staples. Initials of T.W. Burdon, Former Director of Fisheries, Singapore upper wrapper. Contents clean and sound. Report of the..... More
Singapore. Malaya Publishing House, Limited. 1949. Stiffened wrappers, tied with narrow cord, a signed presentation copy from the author. Unpaginated with deckle edges, upper cover has a water stain, otherwise a very good copy. Poetry in English and signed by the author. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Singapore. The Straits Times. (Circa 1945). Two folded sheets, 19 x 14cm, advertising three plays by Noel Coward: Ways and Means; Fumed Oak; and Hands Across the Sea. "All Service members of the cast appear by kind Permission of their Commanding Officers.' "Tonight at 8.30 is a cycle of ten..... More
Singapore. Times Books. 1985. 1st Edition. Map, black and white postcard reproductions, 275pp, glossary, chronology of events, index, dustjacket, edges and reverse of dustjacket a little foxed, extremities a little rubbed, dustjacket spine a touch sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Extracts from travellers' reports of Singapore from the..... More
Singapore. China Society. [ 1962]. Monotone illustrations, 77 + 64pp, text in English and Chinese, original wrappers some light wear, a good copy. Includes articles: The Ancient Custom of Cantonese Marriage by C. M. Wong Inscriptions, Stylistic Anlaysis And Traditional Judgment in Yuen, Ming And Ch'ing Paintings by H.C. Chang..... More
Singapore. Times Academic Press, Singapore. 1995. Map, xii + 348pp, endnotes, index, author (?) signature and inscribed to Professor Anthony Reid, light shelf wear, good paperback copy. "A collection of 12 articles which examines the structure and problems of Chinese communities and their cultural and political ferment." Publisher's description. When..... More
Singapore. Wiz-Biz. 1995. Graphic novel. Colour cartoon style illustrations, unpaginated, selected bibliography, extremities a little rubbed, good paperback copy. 31.6 x 22.6cm. The founding of Singapore and it's struggle as told through a vibrant graphic novel. When referring to this item please quote stockid 212815. More