Kuala Lumpur. Art Salon. 1995. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 24pp, very good in stiff card wrappers, small quarto. Published on the occasion of the artist's third solo exhibition at Art Salon on September 29 - October 14 1995. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 152489)..... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 1988. 219pp, paperback, good copy. Looks at Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 99718). More
London. Ashgate. 2010. Tables, 255pp, index, very good hardback copy. While decisions for working overseas are often based on expectations and promises of better jobs, opportunities, economic gains and, eventually, a better future, such assumptions may not always be realized. Focusing on the question of why migrants, despite not realizing..... More
London. H.M.S.O., 1971. A catalogue and introduction by W.G. Archer. Black and white plates + 4 colour plates, xiv + 127pp + 91 , index, bibliography, notes, glossary, price-clipped dustjacket now protected, very good copy. In this study the author describes the social, religious and economic circumstances which brought about..... More
London. H.M.S.O., 1971. A catalogue and introduction by W.G. Archer. Black and white plates + 4 colour plates, xiv + 127pp + 91 , index, bibliography, notes, glossary, minor wear to price-clipped dustjacket, very good copy. In this study the author describes the social, religious and economic circumstances which brought..... More
Brunei Darussalam. Muzium Brunei. 1972. Black and white illustrations, 23pp, minor wear paperback covers, large octavo, a sound copy. Text in Malay and English. Guide to the Gallery No.6. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 62035). More
USA: Stanford University Press, 2009. 325pp, paperback. Studies in Asian Security This book seeks to explain two core paradoxes associated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): How have diverse states hung together and stabilized relations in the face of competing interests, divergent preferences, and arguably weak cooperation? How..... More
Colombo. Lake House. 1986. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 300pp, index, pictorial endpapers, extremities and dustjacket a little worn with neat tape repairs on reverse, otherwise good hardback copy. 30 x 22.5cm. "Sri Lanka has a long history of rock and wall painting from at least the last..... More
2006. Maps, diagrams and black and white photographic illustrations, 241pp, wrappers trifle browned in places. Good copy. Papers include: Taphonomic parameters of Pleistocene hominid sites in China - Deborah A. Bakken; Hongshan: an early complex society in Northeast China - Sarah M. Nelson; The rise of urbanism in the middle..... More
2006. Maps, diagrams and black and white photographic illustrations, 170pp, wrappers trifle browned in places. Good copy. Papers include: New Light on Taiwan highland prehistory - Hung Ling-yu and Ho Chuan-kun; From Vietnames lithophones to Balinese gamelans: a history of tuned percussion in the Indo-Pacific region - Roger Blench; The..... More
1999- 2000. 3 issues. Lacks volume 1. Volume 2: 190pp; Volume 3: 174pp; Volume 4: 170pp. Maps, black and white line and photographic illustrations, some light and occasional browning wrappers, very good copies. Papers include: Madagascar and Indonesia; new evidence from archaeology and linguistics - Pierre Verin and Henry Wright;..... More
2003- 2005. 3 issues. Volume 1 Papers on Thailand Archaeology; New Perspectives on Ryukyu Archaeology; Archaeology and Comparative Linguistics in China and the Philippines; Cultural Resource Management and Historical Archaeology in the Indo-Pacific Region: 200pp. Volume 2 Archaeology in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania; Current Research on Archaeology in Mainland..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1997. Revised edition. Maps, black and white illustrations, 385pp, paperback, neat name front free endpaper, spine faded. This book covers prehistory of the vast area from northern Peninsular Malaysia to Timor, and from Sumatra to the Moluccas. The book was hailed as a pioneering work..... More
Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. 1976. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxi + 270pp, bibliographical note, index, elegant bookplate laid down front free endpaper,very good in cloth with gilt lettering upper cover and spine. Examines the nature and impact of European imperialism during the nineteenth century. (When referring to this..... More
Australia. Visual Arts Board. 1976/77. Map, few colour plates, black and white plates, 119pp, appendix, bibliography, original wrappers, elegant bookplate and chop prior owner front free endpaper, very good copy, quarto. Catalogue to accompany a touring exhibition of Australia in 1976 - 77. Each example is clearly illustrated, mainly in..... More
Published for an exhibition in the Art Galleries of Australia. 1976/77. Map, few colour plates, black and white plates, 119pp, appendix, bibliography, paperback, quarto, a prior owner's details front free endpaper. Catalogue to accompany a touring exhibition of Australia in 1976 - 77. Each example is clearly illustrated, mainly in..... More
Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 1995. Black and white maps, xiv + 310pp, index, bibliography, glossary, annotated on upper cover, spine slightly faded otherwise a very good copy. "This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered..... More
Sydney. Sydney Uni. Press. 1968. Black and white photographic plates, 320pp, indices, very good copy. A collection of 24 essays discussing "the two great culture worlds of China and India, and the 'moonlight` civilisations of the Indochinese land which reflected the radiance of the two cultures". (When referring to this..... More
Hanoi. Khoa học xã hội. 1988. Folding map, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, two colour photographic plates, 234pp, very good in dustjacket. Text in English, Vietnamese and Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 148859). More
New York. Pica Press. 1974. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 200pp, appendices, bibliography, index, neat signature of prior owner front free endpaper, price clipped dustjacket lightly browned, good copy. Coates reverses the standard view that Pacific Islands are cultural and genetic offshoots of the Orient, presenting the alternative evidence..... More
Canberra. Department of Foreign Affairs. 1994. 376pp, tables, paperback, covers a little worn at extremities. Examines the changes in demand and supply of food and agricultural products in Southeast Asia, and looks at Australia's performance in taking advantage of them. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 61960). More
Bangkok. The Siam Society. 1993. Colour photographic plates, xxxiv + 461pp, good copy in dustjacket. Proceedings of the Siam Society symposium in Chiang Mai in February 1992, where 30 distinguished authorities from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines presented their views on how to achieve sustainable growth in this..... More
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1995. Endpaper maps, plans, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 127pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket, light cellotape staining a few small places endpapers, good copy. 19 x 26cm. Covers the cultural and mainly religious sites of Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. (When referring..... More
Sydney. Crafts Council of Australia. n.d. (c.1988). Maps, colour illustrations, 28pp, name and date front free endpaper, minimal wear to binding, a very good copy, quarto. Lists the names and contact details of the main museums for each South East Asian country. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
2000. Reprint. First published in 1828. Black and white and colour illustrations, 279pp, paperback. Good copy. Biography of marine treasure seeker Mike Hatcher who has raised many precious cargoes from the waters of Thailand and Indonesia. Probably his most famous salvage to date was that of the 'Geldermalsen' which went..... More
