Australia. Sid Harta Publishers. 2005. Colour photographic illustrations, 68 pages, dustjacket, very good hardback copy. 29 x 29cm. Is a compilation of exchanges between students following the tsunami disaster in Aceh, Indonesia. These letters are in response to initial letters sent to children in Aceh, North Sumatra, from students at..... More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1991. Maps, black and white illustrations, xiv + 298pp, appendix, bibliography, indeces, an excellent hardback copy in dustjacket. The twentieth century history of the Gayo people, a Muslim people numbering about 200,000, who live in the highlands of northern Sumatra. The effects of the centralisation..... More
Fort Lauderdale. Verlag breitenbach Publishers. 1982. Map, black and white frontispiece, vi + 265pp, notes, appendices, glossary, bibliography, ownership stamp of Ian Proudfoot front free-endpaper, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 133468. More
London. Curzon. 1987. Reprint. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 300pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, covers trifle shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. "This is a significant study of one of the many revivalist movements which flowered in numerous Islamic societies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth..... More
Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2008. First Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 287pp, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, very good dustjacket and hardcover copy. "In 1998, Indonesia exploded with both euphoria and violence after the fall of its longtime authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, and his New Order regime. Hope centered..... More
New Haven. Yale Uni. Press. 1984. Map, illustrations, xiv + 175pp, glossary, bibliography, index, foxed edges, dustjacket extremities little rubbed, a good hardback copy. This book examines the Mingangkabau of West Sumatra and their keeness to explain and interprete their own customs and etiquette. When referring to this item please..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1984. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 175pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket trifle shelf worn with slightly sunned spine, a good hardback copy. This book examines the Mingangkabau of West Sumatra and their keeness to explain and interprete their own customs and etiquette..... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2010. Colour photographic illustrations, xvii + 386 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, paperback. Very good copy. The process of post-tsunami recovery and reconstruction in Aceh will take considerable time and is not easy. This book is an attempt at providing helpful background information on Acehnese history, politics and culture..... More
Djakarta. Bulan Bintang. 1960. 96pp, paperback. Light shelfwear covers, corners a little bumped. Good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Indonesian Language story of Achenese war hero Muhammad Saman. When referring to this item please quote stockid 151294. More
Jakarta. Equinox. 2006. xiii + 218pp, appendix, bibliography, index, sticker remnants lower cover lower left corner, a very good paperback copy otherwise. Following nearly three decades of conflict and a series of failed ceasefire agreements, on 15 August 2005, the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Government of Indonesia..... More
Amsterdam. Meulenhoff. 1908. Folding map, folding tables at rear, black and white photographic plates, original black and white photographic plates. Some light foxing a little heavier at first and last leaves. Text in Dutch. When referring to this item please quote stockid 118019. More
Sumatra. Verlag Kohler. Six pencil drawings, 130pp, foxed through, particularly first and last leaves, and edges, hinges splitting, joints cracked and spine re-glued, thick pictorial card covers little browned. Text in German. When referring to this item please quote stockid 77519. More
Leiden. Brill. E. J., 1916. Large coloured folding map of Sumatra, black & white frontispiece and 31 photographic plates at rear of text, 368pp + 4pp adverts. 4 pages of graphs. An ex -library copy with the blind stamped armorial shield of the University of London Library on the lower..... More
Sydney. Random House. 2004. Maps, xi + 340pp, index, glossary, paperback, edges a little browned, lower corner bumped, still a good copy. "John Martinkus is credited as one of the key journalists who roused Australia to the plight of the East Timorese. In this new book, he highlights the escalating..... More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1961. Endpaper maps, 257pp, index, dustjacket rubbed and worn, good copy. "James Mossman, who covered the early phases of the war as a foreign correspondent, travelled through thousands of miles of Sumatra and the northern islands with both rebel and loyalist armies. He uses the story of..... More
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1969. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 333pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, spine faded and creased, paperback covers rubbed, a good copy. The causes of the protracted and bitter war in fought in Aceh from 1873 on are examined in this important work. When..... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2007. Reprint. xxix + 397pp, biblography, index, paperback. Separatist feeling in Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost province, has deep historical roots but it is often dismissed as a reaction to a heavy-handed military presence in the area since 1989. With Indonesia's 1998 democratisation, expressions of regional feelings and..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. 1995. Colour frontispiece, black and white photographic and pictorial illustrations, xiii + 314pp, inscription from Professor Anthony Reid (the author) to the previous owner, paperback copy in very good condition. "Divided into the following sections: First Landfall in South-East Asia; Religious Conflict; The Grandeur of..... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 1985. Map, x + 359pp, glossary, bibliography, paperback, spine lightly sunned, very light foxing edges. a very good copy. Deals with the 1953-1962 rebellion in Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, against the Central Government in Jakarta. When referring to this item please quote..... More
The Hague. Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal. 1958. Foldout map endpaper, 87 pp, bibliography, bookseller's label front paste down, spine minor damage, very good in paperback. Bibliographical Series No. 3. When referring to this item please quote stockid 151764. More
's-Gravenhage. Martinus Nijhoff. 1899. xxiv + 227pp, bound in plain cloth covered boards which have been lettered by hand on both the spine and the upper cover, modern brown endpapers. Closed tear half title repaired with tape, two neat stamps title page and upper corner of one leaf, some pencilling..... More
The Hague. Nijhoff. 1964. Preface by J. Keuning. Folding map, xv + 461pp, index, appendices, spine slightly sunned, minor marks to covers, gilt lettered spine and upper cover, a very good copy. Originally written in Dutch and first published in 1933, this book became one of the outstanding works of..... More
Canterbury. Uni of Kent. 1984. Maps, x + 63pp, paper wrappers, quarto. Minor extremities wear, small faint stain first few leaves, in good condition. Centre of South-East Asian Studies Occasional Paper No. 3. Sections include: Dutch Expansion at the End of the Nineteenth Century: The Example of Kerinci; and Nods..... More