New Arrivals in October

New Arrivals in October

As of 23d October 2014
(Regularly Updated)

Listed below are books which have arrived at The Penang Bookshelf recently.  (All prices are post free within Malaysia. If you live outside Malaysia, please ask for a quote for postage.)

Prices are shown in Malaysian Ringgit in blue.  If you're looking for prices in other major currencies, you should be able to find them in The Penang Bookshelf Full Catalogue which is updated regularly. Books sold will be so marked. So if you want to order any of them or want further details of any of the books before you make up your mind, do contact me at penangbookshelf@gmail.com.

By the time you read this, some of the titles may already be on the Penang Bookshelf website and eBay store. Do check. Prices are in Malaysian Ringgit in the eBay store and in US Dollars on the main website. Each site has a new arrivals page for the current and previous months. Where the title is in bold in this blog and there is no description of the book or price, this is because it is linked to a fuller description of the book on www.penangbookshelf.com or in The Penang Bookshelf's eBay store. So have a look there.

The books are all used unless indicated otherwise. Abbreviations used are A = Acceptable, CD = CD Included, DJ = Dust Jacket, EL = Ex-library, F = Fine/AsNew, G = Good,  HB = Hardback, LB = Leatherbound, N = New, NF = Near Fine, PB = Paperback, SG = Author Signed Copy, SC = Slip Case and VG = Very Good

• A Tropical Tapestry - Hubert S Banner - Banner, a prolific fiction and non-fiction writer of the pre World War II era, takes his readers on a tour of the Malay Archipelago. The tour is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather a series of sketches to evoke further interest.. 320 pages (Thornton Butterworth, 1929)- HB G  RM180
• Bangkok Design: Thai Ideas in Textiles and Furniture - Brian Mertens - (Marshall Cavendish, 2006) HB N DJ RM70
• Bells of the Blue Pagoda - Jean Carter Cochran - 
• Borneo People - Malcolm MacDonald
• Captured by Cannibals: Some Incidents in the Life of Horace Durand - Joseph Hatton (Hodder and Stoughton, 1898) HB G RM150
• Christianity in Malaysia: A Denominational History - Robert Hunt & Others (eds) - In quite a major undertaking the editors have gathered together essays on the differing histories twelve major Christian churches in Malaysia. The choice ranges from the more familiar Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches to the more obscure Mar Thoma Church and  the Latter Rain Church of Malaysia. There are also chapters on ecumenism, the churches and social problems and a note on church growth in Malaysia from 1960 to 1985. 395 pages  (Pelanduk, 1993 ISBN: 9789679784084) HB VG  RM350
• Cichlids From West Africa - Horst Linke & Wolfgang Staeck - A handbook covering all species known for the aquarium including species and colour varieties. 200 pages (Tetra-Press, 1994 ISBN: 9781564651662) HB VG  RM150

• Citigold Select Presents Peranakan Treasures - Citibank HB NF  RM240
• From Class to Culture: Social Conscience in Malay Novels since Independence - David J Banks (Yale University Press, 1987) - HB G EL RM60
• Heritage Trees of Penang -  Simon Gardiner, Pindar Sidisunthorn & Lai Ee May
• Horned Beetles: A Study of the Fantastic in Nature - Gilbert Arrow - First published in 1951, this book is the result of a career at the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum in London devoted to the study of these creatures. Still a major reference work on the subject. 183 pages (Natural History Publications, 2005 ISBN: 9789838121064)
• Jalan-Jalan: Images of Malaysia - Hans Hoefer & Peter Hutton
• Last Adventure: The Martin Johnsons in Borneo - Osa Johnson - This is the story of a couple of US adventurers' exploits in Borneo in 1936. They were keen aviators and claimed to be the first people to fly over the Borneo jungle. While on land they concentrated on the Kinabatangan River. 233 pages (William Morrow, 1966) HB VG DJ RM100

• Lost Horizon - James Hilton
• Oriental Silverwork: Malay and Chinese - H. Ling Roth (Oxford University Press, 1993 ISBN: 9780195886054) HB NF DJ RM200
• Ownership and Control of the One Hundred Largest Corporations in Malaysia - Lim Mah Hui - This is a detailed study of large corporations in Malaysia in the early 1970s and their effect on development, inequalities in society, national planning and the nature of social and organisational change. Lim demonstrates inter alia how interlocking stock ownership and interlocking directorships enhance these companies economic power. 190 pages - (Oxford University Press, 1981 ISBN: 9780195804546) PB VG RM160
• Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu - MG Swift (Athlone Press, 1965) HB G EL RM50
• Malaysia: The Road to Independence - Tunku Abdul Rahman (Pelanduk, 2007) PB N RM100
• Merdeka 50: A Souvenir Edition - Preston Corporation, 2007) PB VG RM30
• Modern Malaysian Art: From the Pioneering Era to the Pluralist Era (1930s-1990s) - Muliyadi Mahamood (Utusan, 2007) PB NF RM200
• Nation-Building: Five Southeast Asian Histories - Wang Gungwu (ed) (ISEAS, 2005) PB N RM90
• Nature and Nation: Forests and Development in Peninsular Malaysia -   J Kathrithamby-Wells (NUS Press, 2005)  PB N RM60
• Out in the Midday Sun: The British in Malaya, 1880-1960 - Margaret Shennan

• Penang (Prince of Wales Island): The Picturesque Island of Malaya
• Perak Malay - CC Brown (AMS Press, 1982) HB G EL RM300
• Perceptions of the Past in Southeast Asia -  Anthony Reid & David Marr (eds) (Heinemann Asia, 1979) PB NF  RM260
• Place-Names in Peninsular Malaysia - S Durai Raja Singam (Archipelago Printers, 1980) PB VG  RM220
• Post-Mortem on Malaya - Virginia Thompson SOLD

• Postscripts - Cecil Rajendra (Prai Malaysia, 1984) PB NF  RM150
• Readings in Malay Adat Laws - MB Hooker - Adat, or customary Malay law, has been codified widely throughout the Malay Archipelago the centuries. This work gathers together writings by RJ Wilkinson on Malay Law generally and on the 99 Laws of Perak, JR Logan on the laws of Johor, EN Taylor on the law of Rembau and Inheritance Law in Negerei Sembilan, WE Maxwell on land tenure & others in an attempt to better understand the core tenets of adat. There is also a bibliography of adat cases and an index. 478 pages (Singapore University Press, 1970) HB VG DJ RM200
• Reflections of Malaysia - CT Fong - A photographic tour of Malaysia by this prolific photographer. The book was produced in co-operation with the Ministry of Tourism. So don't expect anything but dazzle. A stunning collection nevertheless. 208 pages.- (CT Fong Productions, 1991 ISBN: 9789679990485) HB NF DJ RM100

• Religion and Governance - Chandra Muzzafar (ed) (Arah, 2009) PB N RM80
• Sai Baba: Lord of the Air -  Tal Brooke  - "You are about to read one of the most powerful, explosive, and controversial books ever published in Indian publishing." So reads the first sentence of the preface, probably not quite the most bombastic in Indian publishing history. What follows is an account of being a member of Sai Baba's entourage in the 1970s and the disillusionment that followed. Probably one of the first exposés of the Sai Baba cult. 414 pages -(Vikas, 1979 ISBN: 0706907922) HB G RM120
• Some Contribution of India to the Ancient Civilization of Indonesia & Malaysia - HB Sarkar (Punthi Pustak, 1970) HB VG DJ RM260
• The Adventurous Gardener's Sourcebook of Rare and Unusual Plants - William C. Mulligan - A gardener's manual designed to inspire experimentation with out of the ordinary annuals, perennials, bulbs, herbs, vegetables, trees and shrubs. 224 pages -(Simon & Shuster, 1992 ISBN: 9780671751043) HB VG DJ RM50
• The Economics of the Handloom Industry of the East Coast of Malaya - EK Fisk (Malayan Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society, 1962) PB VG  RM100

• The Final Years of Hong Kong: The Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal - John Flowerdew (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998) PB NF  RM90
• The First Contest for Singapore, 1819-1824 - HJ Marks (Martinus Nijhoff, 1959) HB VG SG RM300
• The Journey - Jiro Osaragi - A love triangle set in post World War II Japan against the background of the the US occupation of the country. The struggle between traditional Japanese values and a growing class pursuing easy money is central to the story. 342 pages (Charles E Tuttle, 1970) PB A  RM40
• The Little Iban Warrior - Linus Lunsong Janti
• The Manual of Tank Busters -  Gina Sandford & Richard Crow (Salamander Books, 1996 ISBN: 9780861014736)  HB VG DJ RM40
• The Open United Front: The Communist Party in Singapore, 1954-1966 - Lee Ting Hui (South Seas Society, 1996) PB NF  RM500

• The Orchid Thief -  Susan Orlean 
• The Rama Saga in Malaysia -  Alexander Zieseniss (Malaysian Sociological Research Institute, 1963) HB VG LB RM150
• The Riddle of Malaysian Capitalism - Peter Searle (Univeristy of Hawaii Press, 1998) HB VG DJ RM90  SOLD
• The Rise and Fall of Basha Felika: Captain Speedy: His Life and Times - Jean Southon & Robert Harper (Jean Southon, 2004) PB VG RM300
• The Way Home: The Isolated Emotional World of Former Leprosy Patients and Their Descendants - Tan Ean Nee & Joshua Wong (The Authors, 2012) PB N  RM60
• To Catch a Tartar: A Disident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison - Francis T Seow (Yale University Press, 1994) PB N  RM160
• Tropical Trees and Shrubs: A Selection for Urban Planting - Wee Yeow Chin - This book is not only aimed at gardeners, but also is intended to be useful for students and academics as well. Southeast Asia's tropical trees and shrubs are broken into 16 groups in this manual. 393 pages (Sun Tree Publishing, 2003 ISBN: 9789810460228) - HB NF DJ RM250
• Wild Orchids of Cameron Highlands -  Cheam May Choo & Others - Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands is a group of volunteers dedicated to monitoring and publicising changes in the environment of the Cameron Highlands a forest area which is now coming under threat. From 2002 until the publication of this book the group documented the spread of an state of orchids in this habitat. More than 15,000 photographs were taken and more than 600 species and sixty genera were discovered. This book publicises the results of their dedication. 208 pages (Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands, 2009 ISBN: 97898344449 (sic)) HB N DJ RM400