Sarawak Museum. Kuching. 1955. Black and white photographic plates and line illustrations, xvi + 193-442pp, bound without wrappers in worn, full leather binding, name front endpaper, endpapers browned, overall a sound copy. Contains many articles by Tom Harrisson including "Hairpins from North Central Borneo", "The Distribution and General Character of..... More
London. Viking. (c.1989). Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xii +198pp, index, small quarto, inscription front free endpaper, dustjacket a little worn and minor tear, covers trifle marked, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 152244). More
Seattle. U.W.P., 1995. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 245pp, bibliography, a very good copy in slightly worn dustjacket. "This book is a travel narrative and also a serious environment study of exploitation of third-world resources. During his stay in Sarawak the author lived with both native activists and timber..... More
Singapore. Oxford University Press, 1985. Reprint. Endpaper map, ill (incl 30 colour plates), xvi + 344pp, appendices (including one on the Dyak arrow poison), paperback, quarto, ex-library, label on spine and cancelled stamp on title page and half title. First published 1881. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Singapore. Oxford University Press, 1985. Front free endpaper map, double-spread coloured illustrations and black and white illustrations, xvi + 344pp, index, bibliography, appendix, good paperback copy with slight spoiling of spine and upper section of lower cover. "Despite its sensational title, Carl Bock's account of his travels in the 1970s..... 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. Bala Chandran. 1986. Second Edition. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, iv + 256pp, small remainder mark lower edge, small price label with price obliterated upper cover, a good paperback copy. The rise of the Parti Bersatu Sabah and its victory in the state election of April 1985..... 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
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
Sabah. Sabah Publishing House. 1992. Coloured map, full page photographic illustrations, 104pp, bibliography, paperback with French flap, slightly soiled covers, good copy. 21 x 23cm. Chapter headings include: Cultures of Sabah; Festivals; Song and Dance; Traditional Cuisine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 169227). More
Dobson. 1962. Endpaper maps, most attractive black and white woodcut style illustrations by the author, 216pp, some very light browning on dustjacket in a few small places and one small tear upper cover, a very good copy. Interest in the development schemes in Sarawak led Mora Dickson on to organising..... 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. The Department of Anthropology. 1922. Black and white map, black and white line illustrations, 89pp, bibliography, paperback in very good condition with slightly faded spine, small area of paper abraded upper right hand corner of the lower cover. "The five papers in this volume examine various diverse traditions of..... 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
