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
Batavia. N.V.Uitgeversmaatschappij. 1915. In Dutch. Folding map, vi + 193pp, paper wrappers worn, lightly foxed throughout, short closed tear map, still sound. Sections include: Nota betreffende de afdeeling Koerintji; De Minangkabausche nagari. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 123388). 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
Ann Arbor. Uni. of Michigan Press. 1993. ix + 257pp, references, index, as new in dustjacket. This book tells the story of the first 15 years of the Dutch Reformed Mission among the Karo of North Sumatra. When referring to this item please quote stockid 39851. 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
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1982. Reprint. Maps endpapers, black and white line illustrations, 350 pp, bibliography, index, paperback with slightly faded spine, edges very lightly foxed, good condition. Additional chapter by Robert Heine-Geldern. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164675. More
Medan. Firma Hasmar. 1975. Black and white illustrations, 832pp, heavy browning and foxing to page edges and lower cover, paperback covers little worn, a sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 158530). More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1981. Maps, black and white illustrations, ix + 255pp, notes, cited works, index, foxing edges and first and last leaves, dustjacket spine little sunned, a good hardback copy. Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 1. Sijobang is a form of popular entertainment in the area..... 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
