Singapore. Oxford University Press, 1985. Reprint. Endpaper map, illustrated with 30 colour plates and a few in black and white, xvi + 344pp, appendices (including The Dyak Arrow Poison), dustjacket slightly sunned spine, otherwise very good copy. 26 x 18 cm. First published 1881. When referring to this item please..... More
Singapore. Oxford University Press, 1985. Reprint. Decorative front endpaper map, colour plates, black and white illustrations, xvi + 344pp, index, bibliography, appendix, 25.2 x 17.1cm. Paperback covers little worn, otherwise a very good copy. "Despite its sensational title, Carl Bock's account of his travels in the 1970s in both Borneo..... More
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Brunei Darussalam. Prime Minister's Office. 1987. 3rd Reprint. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 48pp, corrections to government ministers and other related office holders typed onto slips and neatly pasted onto the page, one entry crossed out in red ink, a good copy in little shelfworn stapled wrappers. Information booklet. When referring..... More
Brunei Darussalam. Trade Relations Department. 1980. Map, road maps, monotone line drawings, 36pp, some staining covers, a good copy in stapled wrappers. A visitor's guide to Brunei. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154475). More
Brunei Darussalam. Public Affairs Department. 1985. Reprint. Map, road maps, black and white line drawings, 40pp, a very good copy in stapled wrappers. A visitor's guide to Brunei. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154476). More
's-Gravenhage. Nijhoff. 1958. 1 large folding map of Borneo, portrait, 82pp, card wrappers. A very good copy. Presented in a competent manner this study is part II of a bibliographical series which here discusses Malay dialects adn 23 other relevant languages. Useful explanatory notes to the text follow. (When referring..... More
Kuala Lumpur. Foto Technik Sdn Bhd. 1968. Map, colour photographic plates, 224pp, dustjacket, quarto. Four inscriptions half title, bookplate front free endpaper. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 148806). More
Sabah. Department of Sabah Museum. 2003. Maps, coloured illustrations and black and white line illustrations, x + 157pp, bibliography, prior owner's signature and inscription titlepage, good paperback copy with lightly creased and faded spine with rubbing on extremities. 15.5 x 18cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170645..... More
Kuching. Sarawak Museum. 1978. Black and white photographic plates, xi + 273pp, paper wrappers, small quarto, original blue wrappers little marked, corners bumped, name reverse of upper, a good copy. Contributions include: Beliefs and practices concerning births among the Selako of Sarawak, by Awang Hasmadi Awang Mois; Penan death names..... More
Kuching. Sarawak Museum. 1980. xv + 198pp, wrappers, small quarto, original blue wrappers rubbed at corners, covers little marked, corners bumped, good copy overall. An index to all the issues published in the journal from 1911 to 1979. Contains a list of the issues, list of subject headings, list of..... More
Pulau Pinang. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. 1978. Revised edition. Maps, figures, xvi + 296pp, references, index, letter addressed to Barry Wain loosely inserted, a little extremities wear, paperback, a good secondhand copy. Includes letter addressed to Barry Wain from Esso Production Malaysia Inc., the company that sponsored the production of..... More
Kuching. Government Printing Office. 1963. Folding colour map, black and white photographic plates, xx + 184pp. Ex library copy with a neat stamp on upper cover but no other library markings, some occasional pencilling, minor wear paper covered boards, damp damage lower cover. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
Canberra. Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU. 1981. Black and white illustrations, ix + 69pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, good paperback copy with unobstructive scratch on cover. 15 x 20.5 cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164614. More
Hong Kong. Heinemann Educational Books. 1976. viii + 287pp, page edges foxed, a good paperback copy otherwise. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160134). More
Melbourne. Oxford University Press. 1969. Reprint. Black and white plates, xxxi + 144pp, index, paperback, trifle worn. The Land Dayaks of Borneo. The author spent two years living in a remote village and describes the Land Dayaks society by means of a legend of a Dayak folk hero. (When referring..... More
Kuching. Government Printing Office. 1972. Maps, 2 folding, black and white photographic and line illustrations, 100pp, upper edge a few leaves little damp stained, cloth covered boards unevenly sunned, corners little bumped. Collection of earth science investigative reports from the Geological Surveys of East and West Malaysia. (When referring to..... More
London. Shandwick. 1989. Third edition. Maps, colour portrait frontispiece, colour photographic illustrations, 164 + ivpp, very good in little marked paperback. Introduction, Consitution, Structure of Government, Heraldry, the Sultans, Economic Profile, Commercial and Practical Information for the Visitor. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154473). More
United States. Center for International Studies. 1997. xxxix + 284pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback, a very good copy. Contrary to modern theories of developing nations, Brunei Darussalam, which has a very high rate of literacy, is also one of the few countries where the traditional elite retains absolute political power..... More
Jesselton. Rotary Club of Jesselton. 1957. 2nd Edition. Folding map, black and white illustrations, stapled binding staples rusty, a little light foxing map, wrappers browned and very lightly worn. Good. Written by the local Rotarians for "visitors as a means of learning something about a little known Colony.". This attractive..... More
n.p. Rovera. n.d. (c.1986). Text by Yeoh Siew Hoon. Maps, profuse colour and black and white illustrations, 255pp, index, protected dustjacket, very good in dustjacket. 30 x 24cm. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 163919). More
Penang. Institut Masyarakat. 1989. Second edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 259pp, bibliography, appendices, paperback, previous owner signature in book. This book details swidden agriculture as practised by the natives of Sarawak and how their forest resources and way of life are threatened by modernisation. Appendices include 'Comparative Data on..... More
Penang. Institut Masyarakat. 1989. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, 259pp, bibliography, appendices, slightly worn paperback covers, still a good sound copy. This book details swidden agriculture as practised by the people of Sarawak and how their forest resources and way of life are threatened by modernisation. Appendices include 'Comparative..... More
New York. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1972. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 133pp, glossary, 23.4 x 15.6cm. Some wear to paperback covers, otherwise a very good copy. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172084. More
Ithaca. Southeast Asia Program. Cornell Uni. 1967. Maps, 112pp, paperback, quarto. Head and tail of spine little torn, neat tape repair at head. Good copy. A study of Bornean languages, which formed part of a dissertation written in the field of anthropology. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Kota Samarahan. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. 2001. Map, one colour and numerous black and white photographic illustrations, 139pp, a very good paperback copy. Voices of the Crocker Range Indigenous Communities Sabah is a monograph which attempts to capture the "peoplespeak" dimension of the people-environment relationship of the Sabah Crocker Range society..... More
