Books Ordered in January
As usual I'm letting you know of books I am ordering in the course of the month. They usually take up to a month from the date of the order to reach me. Please assume that the books are used, unless I indicate otherwise. I have also given the expected price when the books reach my shelves in blue. Sometimes I can offer some of the titles at a reduced price if they are ordered and paid for within a calendar month of the date of my order. In such cases I indicate the discounted price in red. If you want to pre-order any of them or have any questions, do contact me at penangbookshelf@gmail.com.
3rd January
Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore - James Frances Warren RM120
4th January
Indian Indenture in the Straits Settlements - David Chanderbali (New) RM150
Swettenham - HS Barlow (1995 Southdene Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur - New) RM100
Victory - James Conrad (New) RM40
8th January
Malay Dialogues with Colloquial Grammar - Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed & A. E. Coope (Macmillan 1952) RM100
The Peoples of Malaysia - Fay Cooper Cole ( D. Van Nostrand Company, 1945.) RM70
Nanyang perspective: Chinese students in multiracial Singapore - Andrew William Lind (University of Hawaii Press 1974) (New) RM60
Towards A Malayan Nation - TH Silcock (Eastern Universities Press, 1961) RM160
Suicidal Behaviour in Singapore - Chia Boon Hock (Seamic, 1981) RM90
9th January
8th January
Malay Dialogues with Colloquial Grammar - Mohamed Ali bin Mohamed & A. E. Coope (Macmillan 1952) RM100
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The Phonology and Morphology of Ulu Muar Malay - Rufus Hendon (Yale Univeristy Press, 1966) RM70 The Peoples of Malaysia - Fay Cooper Cole ( D. Van Nostrand Company, 1945.) RM70
Nanyang perspective: Chinese students in multiracial Singapore - Andrew William Lind (University of Hawaii Press 1974) (New) RM60
Towards A Malayan Nation - TH Silcock (Eastern Universities Press, 1961) RM160
Suicidal Behaviour in Singapore - Chia Boon Hock (Seamic, 1981) RM90
9th January
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The Consul's File - Paul Theroux (Penguin, 1981) RM30
Imperial Belvederes: Hill Stations of Malaya - Robert Aiken (OUP Asia, 1994) RM140
Burmese and Malayan Cats - Moira K Swift (Barrons Educational) RM50
To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's Yacht 'Sans Peur' - Florence Caddy (OUP Reprint) RM170
Malay Magician - RO Winstedt (OUP Asia) RM100
10th January
Legacy of the Malay Letter/Warisan Warkah Melayu - Annabel Teh Gallop (The British Library 1994) (Fine condition) RM120/RM110
Southeast Asia: Past and Present - SR Sardesai (Westview Press, 1997) RM30
SOE Singapore 1941-1942 - Richard Gough (William Kimber 1985) RM90
Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia - Carol Laderman (University of California Press, 1983) RM30
Glimpses of the past: Stories from Singapore and Malaysia - Menag-Wen Huang (Heinemann) RM40
We Remember: Cameos of Pioneer Life - Yvonne Quahe (Graham Brash 1986) RM100/RM90
Cantonese Culture: Aspects of Life in Modern Hong Kong & Southeast Asia - Shirley Ingram & Rebecca Ng (Bookword Services, 1999) RM30
11th January
An Eye for the Dragon: Southeast Asia Observed: 1954-70 - Dennis Bloodworth (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970) RM40
A research guide to China-Coast newspapers, 1822-1911 - HH Frank (ed) (Harvard University, 1965) RM80/RM70
Great Hill Stations of Asia - Barbara Crosette (Basic Books, 1998) RM30
The Short Story in South-East Asia:Aspects of A Genre - Jeremy Davidson & Helen Cordell (eds) (School of Oriental & African Studies, 1982) RM30
Gandhi: Selected Writings RM40/RM30
Muslims in Southeast Asia: A Study of Minority Problems - Rajinder Singh Chauhan (Kanishka Pub. House, 1991) RM80/RM60
The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet - Kate Teltscher (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007) RM40
Tenzin Gyatso: The Early Life of the Dalai Lama - Claude Levanson & Joseph Rowe (North Atlantoc Books 2002) RM30
Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo - Tracy Johnston ( Vintage, 1993) RM30/RM20
Only Man is Vile: The Tragedy of Sri Lanka - William McGowan ( Picador, 1993) RM40
The Invisiables: A Tales of the Eunuchs in India - Zia Jaffrey (Vintage 1998) RM30
Sengoi-English, English-Sengoi Dictionary - Nathalie Means (Joint Centre on Modern East Asia) RM110/RM90
Style in the East Asian Tradition - RE Scott (School of Oriental & African Studies, 1987) RM40
16th January
British Malaya and British North Borneo A Bibliographical List - Florence Hellman RM300/RM260
21st January
Festivals of Malaya - Joy Mason (ed) (Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, Singapore, 1965.) RM90
The Chinese in Malaya - Victor Purcell (Oxford University Press, 1948) RM200
22nd January
Politics in Malaysia. The Malay Dimension - Edmund Terence Gomez (ed) (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008) RM70/RM60
British Policy in the Malay Peninsula, 1880-1910 - Eunice Thio (University of Malaya Press, 1969) RM130
24th January
Assignment Nuclear Nude - Edwards S. Aaarons (A Fawcett Gold Medal Book., 1968.) RM40
The Pride and the Anguish - Douglas Reeman (Berkley Medallion Book., 1972) RM50
25th January
more to come...
Imperial Belvederes: Hill Stations of Malaya - Robert Aiken (OUP Asia, 1994) RM140
Burmese and Malayan Cats - Moira K Swift (Barrons Educational) RM50
To Siam and Malaya in the Duke of Sutherland's Yacht 'Sans Peur' - Florence Caddy (OUP Reprint) RM170
Malay Magician - RO Winstedt (OUP Asia) RM100
10th January
Legacy of the Malay Letter/Warisan Warkah Melayu - Annabel Teh Gallop (The British Library 1994) (Fine condition) RM120/RM110
Southeast Asia: Past and Present - SR Sardesai (Westview Press, 1997) RM30
SOE Singapore 1941-1942 - Richard Gough (William Kimber 1985) RM90
Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia - Carol Laderman (University of California Press, 1983) RM30
Glimpses of the past: Stories from Singapore and Malaysia - Menag-Wen Huang (Heinemann) RM40
We Remember: Cameos of Pioneer Life - Yvonne Quahe (Graham Brash 1986) RM100/RM90
Cantonese Culture: Aspects of Life in Modern Hong Kong & Southeast Asia - Shirley Ingram & Rebecca Ng (Bookword Services, 1999) RM30
11th January
An Eye for the Dragon: Southeast Asia Observed: 1954-70 - Dennis Bloodworth (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970) RM40
A research guide to China-Coast newspapers, 1822-1911 - HH Frank (ed) (Harvard University, 1965) RM80/RM70
Great Hill Stations of Asia - Barbara Crosette (Basic Books, 1998) RM30
The Short Story in South-East Asia:Aspects of A Genre - Jeremy Davidson & Helen Cordell (eds) (School of Oriental & African Studies, 1982) RM30
Gandhi: Selected Writings RM40/RM30
Muslims in Southeast Asia: A Study of Minority Problems - Rajinder Singh Chauhan (Kanishka Pub. House, 1991) RM80/RM60
The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet - Kate Teltscher (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007) RM40
Tenzin Gyatso: The Early Life of the Dalai Lama - Claude Levanson & Joseph Rowe (North Atlantoc Books 2002) RM30
Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo - Tracy Johnston ( Vintage, 1993) RM30/RM20
Only Man is Vile: The Tragedy of Sri Lanka - William McGowan ( Picador, 1993) RM40
The Invisiables: A Tales of the Eunuchs in India - Zia Jaffrey (Vintage 1998) RM30
Sengoi-English, English-Sengoi Dictionary - Nathalie Means (Joint Centre on Modern East Asia) RM110/RM90
Style in the East Asian Tradition - RE Scott (School of Oriental & African Studies, 1987) RM40
16th January
British Malaya and British North Borneo A Bibliographical List - Florence Hellman RM300/RM260
21st January
Festivals of Malaya - Joy Mason (ed) (Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, Singapore, 1965.) RM90
The Chinese in Malaya - Victor Purcell (Oxford University Press, 1948) RM200
22nd January
Politics in Malaysia. The Malay Dimension - Edmund Terence Gomez (ed) (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008) RM70/RM60
British Policy in the Malay Peninsula, 1880-1910 - Eunice Thio (University of Malaya Press, 1969) RM130
24th January
Assignment Nuclear Nude - Edwards S. Aaarons (A Fawcett Gold Medal Book., 1968.) RM40
The Pride and the Anguish - Douglas Reeman (Berkley Medallion Book., 1972) RM50
25th January
Desultory remarks on the ancient history of the Malay Peninsula - Paul Wheatley (Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Southeast Asia Series) RM200/RM170
A Malay Village and Malaysia - Peter J. Wilson (HRAF Press, 1968) RM50
more to come...

















I mentioned in
was thrilled to discover that The Penang Bookshelf is not the lone Asian representative amongst the membership.
who distribute Marshall Cavendish's books as well as my regular seller, 
I've already received six boxes full, some books were obviously missing. At first we thought there was a box missing in the post, but in the last few days, I've discovered they were never sent. It's a relief to know that they're not lost. In the course of our negotiations, yet more similar books have been found. So soon this bunch - 
that shares a common author, Khoo Salma Nasution, probably Penang's best known heritage academic and activist, but
have been excelling themselves in reprints this month and here comes another that I'd nominate for my
to get more mileage out of this book, 
own fascinating titles - for me anyway - but also reprint equally fascinating tomes on Southeast Asia, usually from US university presses. I've been struggling to get rid of Jean DeBernardi's 








