Meeting with the XIV Dalai Lama. Environment and Different Cultures with the same Objective of Peace.
Rome: Palazzo Giustiniani. 1993. 23pp, a very good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159557). More
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Memoranda. Angkatan Sasterawan '50 dengan lampiran rumusan Kongres Bahasa dan Persuratan Melayu Ketiga.
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press, 1962. xiii + 281pp, paperback. Covers shelfworn, ink annotations a few leaves, ink signature of previous owner title. Good copy from the library of Professor C. Skinner. Malay language conference publication. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 150673). More
[Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Suggested Site Seeing].
[Samarkand]. No details of publisher. [1980s]. Single sheet folded thrice, colour map on one side with tourist spots, other side has useful travel information, addresses, and routes, some small neat pen marks, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161869). More
A Survey of Tibet.
Lhasa. Tibet People's Publishing House. 1987. Colour illustrations, 196pp, text in Tibetan and English, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 156694). More
容易用混的詞 [Róng yì yòng hún de cí. Words that are easily muddled up].
北京出版社 Beijing chu ban she. 1980. 148pp, paperback little faded along upper edge, good copy. Text in Chinese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 150366). More
文字 [Wén zì Chinese Characters].
Beijing: 北京語言學院 Beijing Language University. 1983. 228pp, paperback, some pencilled annotations, corners bumped, small closed tear upper wrapper, endpapers sellotape stained. A Chinese textbook with English vocabulary lists. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 150370). More
Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, During the Late Russian Invasion of Khiva; with Some Account of the Court of Khiva and the Kingdom of Khaurism.
London. Allen. 1884. Volume I (of 2) only. Portrait frontispiece, xxxii + 392pp + 47 page publisher's advertisments at rear, lacks errata leaf, signature of a prior owner upper margin title page and on one blank. a little light occasional browning preliminary leaves. Original cloth little worn and rubbed in..... More
Between Worlds. Linguistic Papers in Memory of David John Prentice..
Canberra. Research School of Pacific Studies. Australian National University. 2002. Portrait frontispiece, 216pp, paperback. Small quarto. The 12 papers in this volume are: Salako morphology and the interrelation between voice, mood and aspect - Sander Adelaar; Formalism or phoneyism? The history of Kayan final glottal stop - Robert Blust; Split..... More
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薩迦寺. [Sajia si]. [Sakya Monastery].
北京. [Beijing]. 文物出版社.[Wen wu chu ban she]. 1985. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Map of the Sakya Monastery, 109 coloured plates with captions in Chinese and Tibetan, upper cover showing one of the halls in the Sakya Monastery, generally very good with light rubbings on covers, paperback. Text in Tibetan and..... More
Sejarah Kesusasteraan Melayu Vols I, II and III.
Kuala Lumpur. Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. 1957. [Reprint]. 3 volumes. Volume:. I: iv + 89pp. Stiff boards. Volume:. II: 74pp. Paperback. Small hole half title. Volume:. III: 77pp. Paperback. All in dustjackets, volume I dustjacket chipped with a little loss. All a little shelfworn but generally good..... More
Sastera Melayu Baru.
Malaysia. Saudara Sinaran Berhad. 1964. Black and white photographic illustration, iii + 172pp, bibliography, author's inscription front free endpaper, signature on title page, good paperback copy with fading at spine and edges. From the library of Professor C. Skinner. Text in Malay. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Imbohan Sastera.
Singapore. Pustaka Melayu. 1963. 184pp, from the library of Professor Skinner whose name is written in red ink on front free endpaper, very good in little worn paperback. Text in Malay. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154447). More
Advanced Hindi Reader. TOGETHER WITH Workbook for Advanced Hindi Students.
New Delhi. American Institute of Indian Studies. 1976. 2 volumes: Advanced Hindi Reader by AIDS Staff. Hindi Language Program. 81pp. Workbook for Advance Hindi Students by Santwana Nigam. 77pp. Both in original card covers showing some minor wear, upper corners bumped. Good secondhand copies. 24.6 x 18.5cm. (When referring to..... More
Raja Gagak.
Kuala Lumpur. Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka. 1963. One black and white photographic illustration, ix + 57pp, lower corner little bumped, otherwise still a good copy in little worn paperback, from the library of Professor Skinner whose name is inscribed on front free endpaper, 12mo. Text in Malay. (When referring to..... More
Perintis Bahasa.
Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press. 1963. xviii + 201pp, covers patchily browned and marked, upper corner cover and first few pages little creased, otherwise a good paperback copy. Malay textbook for schools. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 69679). More
Indonesian Language and Literature. Two Essays.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 1962. 40pp, library stamp copyright page, original wrappers some wear, a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161403). More
Pembina Bahasa Indonesia. Madjalah Bulanan untuk Memadjukan Bahasa Indonesia.
Jakarta. Pustaka Rakjat. Vol. 1, no. 21948- vol. 5, no. 7, 1953. Broken run of 41 issues, including: vol. 1, no. 2 - no. 12 (1948/49); vol. 2, no. 1 - no. 4, no. 7 - no. 9, no. 11 - no. 12 (1949/50); vol. 3, no. 1 - no..... More
The Search for Shangri-la. A Journey into Tibetan History.
United Kingdom. Little, Brown & Company. 1999. Endpaper maps, colour illustrations, 305pp, glossary, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. The idea of a hidden refuge, a paradise far from the stresses of modern life, has universal appeal. In 1932 the writer James Hilton coined the word "Shangri-La"..... More
Approaching English Language Research.
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2003. xii + 269pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In this book, the author sets out some of the major issues in English language research and suggests where to look for more information and ideas. Exercises in the text add practical ways of engaging with research..... More
Easy Thai. An Introduction to the Thai Language.
Rutland, Vermont. Charles E. Tuttle. 1990. 21st printing, 1st edition. xiii + 105pp, 21.2 x 15cm. Sticker remnants on, and light wear to paperback covers, otherwise a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171758). More
Bahana Rasa.
Brunei Darussalam. Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka. 1979. xvii + 202pp, stamp title page, paperback with minor fading. Text in Malay. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 61828). More
Indonesian: The Development and Use of a National Language.
Yogyakarta. Gadjah Mada U.P., 1990. Third printing. 205pp, paperback, name and notes front endpaper, good copy. Chapters include: The Significance of the New Name Indonesian; The Japanese Occupation; The National Language and the Revolution; The Treatment of Language Problems; The Cultivattion of Indonesian; Problems of Language Use. (When referring to..... More
Bokhara. Architectural Monuments.
Bokhara. Aurora Art Publishers. [1971]. Complete set of 16 pictorial cards. Good copies in pictorial wrapper which is little browned at extremities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161870). More
Maverannahr Book Painting.
Leningrad. Aurora Art Publishers. 1973. Complete set of 16 pictorial cards, information sheet loosely inserted. Good copies in pictorial wrapper which is little browned at extremities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161872). More
Shah-i Zindah.
Uzbekistan. Aurora Art Publishers. 1972. Complete set of 16 pictorial cards. Good copies in pictorial wrapper which is little browned at extremities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 161871). More