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New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf in May 2021

 

New Arrivals at The Penang Bookshelf

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May 2021

(Last Updated 03-06-21)


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Malaysia & Singapore – Anthropology & Sociology

Malaysian Studies: Looking Back, Moving Forward - Abdul Rahman Embong  RM120

As in most countries, social scientists carry out research, without much fanfare, into the behavior of the population in the hope that their findings will be used to influence changes in government policy for the betterment of its citizens. In this book a past president of Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia (The Malaysian Social Science Association) on stepping down from that role for a decade, reflects on the history of the association and the way it has contributed and could contribute in the future to a happier Malaysia. New Paperback. First Edition. 210 pages with some black and white photographs and an index. 




The author originally spent  long periods living with families in a Malay fishing community on the island of Langkawi off the north-west coast of Malaysia as part of preparation for her Ph.D. thesis. She later came back to the island, revised many of her findings and wrote this book that explains how she saw the role of women in forging a common identity amongst families who originated on the island or had come there from the mainland, Thailand and Indonesia. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 314 pages. Contents include 1 - The House, 2 - The Production of Children, 3 - Bodies Within Bodies: The House and the Sibling Group, 4 - The Substance of Kinship and the Heat of the Hearth, 5 - The World Outside, 6 - Between Houses: Visiting, Eating and Feasting, 7 - The Incorporation of Difference: Marriage, 8 - Producing Similarity: Affinity and the Sharing of Grandchildren & 9 - Coercive Incorporation: The Historical Construction of Community. There are also maps, black and white pictures, figures, a bibliography and an index. 

Malaysia & Singapore - Architecture


A leading Malaysian architectural academic takes a critical look at architecture in Malaysia today. He looks at such diverse  topics as the links between bad housing and crime, ornamentation in architecture, building friendlier mosques, architectural education, growing with one's home and much more. New Paperback Reprint. 121 pages with a bibliography





Malaysia & Singapore - Arts & Crafts


Chuah Thean Teng is credited as being one of the pioneers, if not the pioneer, of developing batik painting as a modern art form. Although based in Penang, Malaysia, his work gained international recognition, including being chosen for a UNESCO greetings card in 1968. This is a collection of his work with text in Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and English and forewords by Professor Ungku Aziz and Frank Sullivan, a prominent supporter of the arts in Malaysia and Singapore at the time of independence. Good Paperback. First Edition. 59 pages of which 23 are black and white plates and 11 are in colour. 




Ikat is a form of colourful and complex weaving particularly prevalent among the indigenous peoples of Borneo. In this book, the author, who can trace ikat weaving back six generations in her family, explains the techniques used by the Iban people. The book contains illustrations and photographs of the dyeing and weaving processes as well as annotated colour photographs of 70 examples of classic pua' (finished pieces). New Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 2001. 170 pages with a glossary of Iban weaving terms and a bibliography 



Malaysia & Singapore - Biography & Memoirs


The author, a Malaysian journalist living in London when this book was published, is a self confessed blogger. However he's far from being an introverted blogger as his wide readership testifies. This book brings together amusing, insightful and wistful reminiscences of his early life in Trengganu, now renamed Terengannu in the Bahasa spelling reforms of the 1970s. pp. 336 which include an extensive glossary of Malay words used in the book New Paperback. Reprint






In this first authoritative biography of one of the pillars of Overseas Chinese society in South east Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ilsa Sharp clears up much of the folklore that has built up around the man. Born in Penang, he took over his late father's business interests at the age of 21 and expanded them to become one of the richest men in the region within ten years. This was mainly due to his versatility as he switched businesses and centres of operation between Hong Kong, Malaya & Singapore. New Laminated Boards 217 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page.



It is unlikely that Malaya and Singapore would have experienced the same rapid commercial development from the late 18th century onwards had it not been for Chinese businessmen, like the subject of this book. Born in Malacca at the beginning of the 19th century as a third generation Chinese in the city, he soon moved to Singapore within years of its establishment as a trading post. It was not long before he became a force to be reckoned with in the both Singapore and Malacca, running successful businesses, mediating in clan rivalries, opening Singapore's first Chinese school and making his mark generally as a benefactor to the wider community. New Hardback. First Edition. 147 pages with several, mainly colour illustrations, an extensive Tan family tree and a bibliography.


A biography of the second and last paramount chief of the Iban community of Sarawak. He was a man who had to cope with continual transition from rule by the Brooke dynasty, to the Japanese occupation, the British colonial replacement of the Brookes after World War II through to the Federation of Malaysia. Tun Jugah was known to the biographer, but in order to research this book, he also interviewed more than 150 others who knew  the late chief. New Paperback 357 pages with 4 maps, 55 black and white plates, appendices, a bibliography and an index.




Borneo


A distinguished anthropologist has produced this  monumental effort, stemming from several years of research, to record the texts and translations of the shamans of the Iban people of Sarawak in their ritual, social and cultural contexts. New Hardback. First Edition 753 pages with some black and white plates, appendices, a glossary, bibliography and index. 








An account of the author's archaeological research carried out to determine the extent and nature of pottery making that was carried out in and around Bukit Tengkorak in modern Sabah between about 4500 and 50 BC. Inter alia, Chia contends that the products from the site were traded throughout the Malay Archipelago. 157 pages with tables maps and colour photographs. As New Paperback First Edition 






Malaysia & Singapore - Chinese Community & Culture


Malaysia is unique in countries with a Chinese minority in Southeast Asia in having a Chinese medium schooling system that is supported by the state. This book traces the development of that system, for better or worse, and also looks at attempts to set up private schools in the Chinese medium as an improvement on the current state system. New Paperback. First Edition. 121 pages with a list of references



Malaysia & Singapore - Cooking & Food


Well before the word 'fusion' came to be associated with cooking the Peranakan community, a mix between early Chinese settlers and their hosts,  had been creating their own fusion cuisine from Chinese and indigenous ingredients. The Nonyas, as Peranakan females are often called, had plenty of time in the kitchen to create the antithesis of fast food, complicated and delicious recipes. In this book Tan chooses to show the simpler side of such cooking, the everyday meals for a family at home, rather than the festive feasts for which the community has become famous. New Hardback. First Edition. 240 pages, of which 40 are devoted to ingredients and tools including many colour photographs and an index. 



While Nyonya cooking books come thick and fast this one is a little more unusual in that it's the result of two years research by the State Chinese (Penang) Association, a 'guardian of the Penang Peranakan (Straits Chinese) Culture' and the publishers to capture many familiar and many almost forgotten recipes of this distinctive creole cuisine. A Debbie Teoh  was even used as the 'food tester' in the hope of ensuring the recipes' authenticity. New Paperback 248 pages including  colour illustrations of the recipes and much else besides. There is also an index of the recipes. Chapters include - A Brief History, Festivals & Festive Food, Nyonyaware, The Nyonya Kitchen, Cooking Methods, Ingredients, Sambal + Sauces, Pickles, Snacks & Starters, Kerabu, Vegetables, Soups + Stews, Poultry, Pork, Seafood, Rice + Noodles, Kuih, Sweet Broths + Drinks, New Year Cookies + Sweets and Confinement Food.

Malaysia & Singapore - The 'Emergency'


This is the author's account of his experience of serving with The Royal Marine Commandos in Malay during the "Emergency.' The title refers to the commandos' green beret and the guerillas' red star on their caps. The book was written to demonstrate to the folks back home the trying conditions in which their countrymen found themselves when this type of jungle warfare was still quite novel. The author also details Malayans' contribution to the war effort, but he does not view the Chinese community, 'sitting on the fence,' in a favourable light. Very Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket. First Edition 221 pages with some black and white photographs.



Malaysia & Singapore - Environment, Nature & Wildlife


The authors introduce the reader to over a hundred Malaysian trees - fruit trees, forest and plantation trees, palms and bamboos, and shrubs. Each is illustrated in colour with the Malay or English name, and botanical and family names. There is also information on the structure of trees in general and on propagation and planting. New Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1988. 180 pages including an index. 






A practical guide to the ten genera and 35 species of bamboo known in Sabah. The book includes information on the structure of the plant itself, its distribution and its habitats as well as information about its uses as timber.  The author is a world authority on bamboos. Near Fine Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. 94 pages with several line drawings.



Malaysia & Singapore - Fiction


The dashing fighter pilot, the hero of many a British schoolboy, finds himself in Borneo teaming up with Dayak headhunters to take on the Japanese. Now not considered quite politically correct because of horrendous racial stereotypes, but typical of the genre.. Good Hardback Reprint. Originally Published in 1943 185 pages.








A wild first novel where the author mixes Malaysia's mythological past with life in the country today. Two interwoven plots, a renegade prophet on the war path and a shadowy figure's involvement in the Malayan Emergency, converge on the unsuspecting state of Pahang. Winner of 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. New Paperback. First Edition. 294 pages. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia



Lovers and Strangers Revisited - Robert Raymer  RM80

This is the second revision of a group of short stories written by Raymer that were originally published in 1993, revised again for another publisher in 2005 and now we have the third version with yet another publisher. That publishing history indicates the popularity of the stories written by an expatriate who's been in Malaysia for more than 20 years, but, unlike most similar expatriates, he's lived within ordinary Malaysian communities most of the time. This gives his stories a special quality. Their slant is not exactly the slant that most Malaysians writing in English would give, but the stories don't have the slant of a disconnected outsider as well. Raymer is also a professional teacher of creative writing and several of these stories are part of Malaysian universities' curricula today. Near Fine Paperback. Second Edition. Signed by the Author  160  pages  


A collection of short stories by Malaysia's first female novelist in English. Some have been previously published, but most of the 12 stories have not. Near Fine Paperback. First Edition. 151 pages. 









The Further Side of Silence - Hugh Clifford  RM80

A novel of life in the medieval jungles of Malaya before "the white man took a hand", according to one book reviewer. Ending with a farewell poem to Malaya from Clifford as he set off to take up his colonial duties elsewhere. 407 pages.







Malaysia & Singapore - Guide Books


A pocket sized handbook for tourists visiting Malaya in the 1920s. 377 pages including many black and white photographs by Kleingothe and others as well as seven watercolours by Mrs HC Barnard. Including a fold out map in a pocket at the rear. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Good+ Hardback. Fourth Impression. Originally published in 1910.





Malaysia & Singapore - Health & Medicine


An exhaustive study of traditional Malay medicine. With black and white and colour photos and line drawings 185 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. New Paperback. Reprint.








Malaysia & Singapore - History


This book details the history of the British in Malaya from 1786 to 1941. Chapters include of Straits Settlements, British administration, Constitution of Malaya, economic development and social life. Good Paperback. First Edition. This book has 80  pages in total with a bibliography and a couple of photo illustrations






Malaysia & Singapore - Journalism & Media


This book is a detailed look at how Singapore controls its press in order to consolidate its "soft-authoritarian, hegemonic form of electoral democracy." Through a combination of market forces and often subtle behind the scenes pressure the Peoples Action Party has managed a neat balancing act that has kept it insulated from competition. New Paperback. First edition. 272 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page.






The contributors to this book provide a comprehensive account of how the advent of digital technology has affected both the way media is used in the transmission of culture and its effects on its target, the mass audience in Malaysia. The book does not so much look at political and rights issues in relation to the media, but rather how traditional power relationships have been transformed.  New Hardback. First Edition. 234 pages with some black and white plates, figures, tables and an index. 


Malaysia & Singapore - Language & Linguistics


One of the great joys of spoken language is the clues the language gives to the speakers' way of life. Baba Malay, the language spoken by by descendants of early Chinese immigrants to the Malay peninsula who intermarried with Malays, is no exception. Both the immigrants and the Malays they met hadn't had the benefit of a classroom, so 'bazaar' Malay and colloquial Hokkien went into the melting pot to produce this lively and gutsy language. The author helps us through our occasional bits of puzzlement  in this  Baba Malay - English dictionary by giving us the original Hokkien or Malay derivations of words that baffle. 223 pages ending with a glossary of cherki, the Straits Chinese card game, and illustrations of the cards. New Paperback First Edition 

Studies in Country Malay - CC Brown  RM80

Brown sets out in this book to introduce the reader to Bahasa Melayu jati or 'true Malay' as it was spoken away from large conurbations with their foreign influences. Most of the book is devoted to Malay as it was spoken in the mid 20th century in Kelantan, Perak and Terengganu with some comments on 'country Malay' generally. Very Good Hardback. First Edition. 259 pages with appendices on Arabic words and the times of Day. 




Malaysia & Singapore - Malay Community & Culture


This is a reprint of the 1929 revised and enlarged edition of Gimlette's classic work, which was based on his 18 years' experience as a doctor in the Malay States. Despite the possibly negative connotations of the title, the book was written for the benefit of the medical profession as an encouragement to carry out research into the efficacy, if any, of the potions and practices of traditional bomoh/pawang, medicine men. Very Good Paperback.  Reprint  Originally published in 1915 301 pages with appendices on charms used, poisonous plants and Kelantan poisons and an index.




This classic work examines the relationship between community leaders, usually sultans and administrators, in traditional Malay society and seeks to determine the extent to which it has been replicated or changed in post independence Malaysia. The relationship of The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the principal Malay party since independence, and its followers is a particular focus of this study. New Paperback. Second Edition. Originally published in 1981. 151 pages including an afterword for this new edition.





This book is a collection of papers presented at two conferences, organised by the editors, to re-examine Malaysian history not only against the wider backdrop of Nusantara, the Malay name for the Malay World, but also involving alternative voices that are not often heard in traditional histories. The book is divided into the following sections - 1 - Envisioning Malaysia; 2 - Malaya in Art and Literature; 3 - Anti colonial Struggles and Nationalism; 4 - Imagined Communities in the Malay World 7 5 - The Nation State and Beyond. New Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 2020. 532 pages with forewords by Syed Husin Ali and Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Myths and the Malay Ruling Class - Sharifah Maznah Syed Omar  RM120

This is sharp critique of the pernicious effects of Malay myths on Malay society. As with much of mythology the world over, legends are written with a view to keeping the general populace firmly tethered to the whims of the ruling class. While in many countries such folklore is now seen as a charming, but inaccurate, account of ancient history, the author argues that in modern Malaysia it is still used to befuddle many into giving deference to those who least deserve it. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 121 pages. 

Melaka


The Portuguese were the first European nation to establish a trading post in the Malay Archipelago, when they captured Malacca in 1511. This set of documents, in Portuguese with English translations, gives a first hand contemporaneous account of the Portuguese machinations between their first visit to the city in 1509, when they were repulsed by the local ruler, and the conquest two years later. Biographies of the main authors of the documents are included.  New Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1993. 463 page including two maps and an index.



Penang


One of Penang's must see sights is the Penang Peranakan mansion, which is not only a well-preserved and restored example of the opulent houses that Penang businessmen have been building for themselves for a couple of centuries, but also home to a wide range of 19th and early 20th century Straits Chinese domestic ware from the showy to the practical. So this book has lots for those fascinated by all aspects of past Penang Straits Chinese life. 179 pages. With chapters on 1 - The Chinese Kapitan, 2 - Hai Kee Chan Office & Residence, 3 - The Restoration, 4 - Additional Structures, 5 -The Peranakans, 6 - The Peranakan House, 7 - The Straits Chinese Collection. There is a bibliography and the book is illustrated with architectural drawings, several colour and a few black and white plates. New Hardback in a New Dust Jacket. First Edition. 179 pages.


A magazine commemorating the history of the club from its founding in 1903 until the date of publication. Fine Paperback. First Edition. 80 pages with many mainly colour photographs. 







An attempt to highlight Penang's rich culture and heritage through the telling of the history of a fictitious Peranakan/Straits Chinese family living on the island in the mid 1950s, just before the developments that took place after independence. The story is amplified by many colour photographs and anecdotes about several well known personalities who helped forge Penang's distinctive identity. Near Fine Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition Signed with a Gift Dedication by the Author. 209 pages.


This is principally the story of the amazing restoration at the beginning of this century of one of earliest and most prominent examples of British colonial architecture on Penang island. The house was originally the home of Francis Light, the first British representative on the island, was later used as the principal government residence and as a school as it gradually fell into disrepair. The author was the principal architect overseeing the restoration and so the book is full of before and after photographs, plans and other architectural information. Very Good Paperback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition  83 pages.

Malaysia & Singapore – Photography


A black and white photographic essay compiled n the course of six years travel throughout a recently independent Malaya. Very Good Hardback. First Edition 70 pages. 





Malaysia & Singapore - Politics

Government and Society in Malaysia - Harold Crouch  RM170

After fifteen years as a visiting academic in Malaysia, Crouch, a political scientist, sets forth his analysis of the components of the political system and how it works. He concludes that it is a balanced system of democracy and authoritarianism which serves to maintain the status quo. New Paperback. First Edition 266 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. 




This volume was commissioned by what is now known as The Royal Lake Club to mark their centenary. The club was formed as a breakaway from  the less exclusive Selangor Club. The book besides recounting the club's formal history also contains a sprinkling of anecdotes about club members. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 174 pages with many mainly black and white photographs.


Malaysia & Singapore - World War II


Percival, very often cited as the scapegoat for the rapid British capitulation to the Japanese, gives his  full and comprehensive account of why he and the 85,000 troops under his command couldn't cope. Very Good Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1946 312 pages. 






Asia

Asian Begonia: 300 Species Portraits - Mark Hughes & Ching-I Peng  RM290


About half of the world's approximately two thousand begonia species are native to Asia. In this book the authors illustrate the variety of such species from examples in the Academia Sinica, Taipei, The Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center and The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Each species is illustrated by at least one colour photograph and information on the species' identification, distribution and etymology. New Paperback. First Edition. 353 pages with an index. 





Articles include - .D. S. RICHARDS : A Mamluk petition and a report from the Diwan al-Jaysh; R. G. KHOURY: Quelques remarques supplementaires concernant le papyrus de Wahb b. Munabbih; A.  SHAPUR SHAHBAZ! : The ' traditional date of Zoroaster ' explained; C. SHACKLE : ' South-Western ' elements in the language of the Adi Granth; WALTER SIMON :  Alternation of final vowel with final dental nasal or plosive in Tibetan; BERNARD HUNG-KAY LUK: A study of Giulio Aleni's Chih-fang wai chi; JOHN BROUGH: The Arapacana syllabary in the old Lalita-vistara; LUDVIG MUNTHE : La tradition ecrite arabico-malgache : un apercu sur les manuscrits exiatants; R. S. O'FAHEY: The office of qadii in Dar Fur: a preliminary inquiry; Near Fine Paperback,.234 pages First Edition


Articles include - RICHARD PANKHURST: The history of Dabra Tabor (Ethiopia); S. P. BROCK: A letter attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem on the rebuilding of the Temple; A. F. L. BEESTON: Notes on a Middle-Arabic 'Joseph' poem; MAHMOOD AZIZ F. YASSIN: Bi-polar terms of add.ress in Kuwaiti Arabic; D. O. MORGAN: Cassiodorus and Rashid al-Din on barbarian rule in Italy and Persia; PADMANABH S. JAINI: Jina Rsabha. as an avatara of Vishnu; HENRY SERRUYS: Five documents regarding salt production in Ordos; DIDIER MORIN: Le nom en Afar du sud; Near Fine Paperback,.224 pages First Edition 



Bulletin of The School of Oriental and African Studies XIII Part 4 (1951)  RM60


Articles include - J. N. D. .ANDERSON : Homicide in Islamic Law : I. The Concept of the Offence: Tort or Crime?; A. S. TRITTON : Popular Shi'ism; A. E..AFFIFI : The Influence of Hermetic Literature on Moslem Thought ; D. S. RICE : A Miniature in an Autograph of Shihab al-din Ibn Fadlalah al-'Umari; V. MINORSKY:   Caucasica II: l.   The Georgian  maliks of Ahar; D. M. LA.NG:  Count Todtleben's  Expedition  to   Georgia, 1769-1771, according to a French eyewitness; MARY BOYCE:  Sadwes and Pesus; R. GHIRSHMAN : Inscriptions Pehlvi des Plats Sassanides du Musee d  l'Ermitage; H. W. BAILEY:  Irano-Indica IV; W. S. ALLEN: Some Prosodic Aspects of Retroflexion and Aspiration in Sanskrit; D. R. SHACKLETON BAILEY: The   Varnarhavana Stotra  of Matrrceta (II); Alfred Master; Gleanings from the Kuvalayamālā Kahā—II; Robert Shafer; J. Carnochan: Studies in the Morphology of Bodic Verbs; A Study of Quantity in Hausa. Good Paperback,.264 pages First Edition


Articles include - .EDWARD ULLENDORFF: The bawdy Bible; RICHARD  PANKHURST : An eighteenth-century Ethiopian dynastic marriage contract between Empress Mentewwab of Gonda and Ras Mika 'el Sehul of Tegre; PETER F . ABBOUD:   The  verb in northern Najdi Arabic; D. N. MACKENZ IE : Mani 's Sabuhragan; D. BRADLEY: Speech  through  music:  the  Sino-Tibetan  gourd  reed- organ. Near Fine Paperback,.171 pages First Edition 






Articles include - .GILLIAN R. HART: Some observations on plene-writing in Hittite; WILFERD MA.DELUNG: A treatise of the Sharif al-Murtada on the legality of working for the government (Mas'ala fi 'l-'amal rna'a ' l-sultan); M. A. COOK : The origins of kalam; G. R. HAWTING: The disappearance and rediscovery of Zamzam and the 'well of Ka'ba'; ULRICH HAARMANN ; Regional sentiment in medieval Islamic Egypt; P. M.  HOLT:  The  treaties  of  the  early  Mamluk  sultans  with  the Frankish states; A. M. SALLAM: Phonological variation in educated spoken Arabic a study of the  uvular and related plosive types; ANNE FELDHAUS : The devatacakra of the Mahanubhavas; R. K. SPRIGG : ' Vocalic alternation ' in the Balti, the Lhasa, and the Sherpa verb, as a guide to alternations in Written Tibetan, and to Proto-Tibetan reconstruction; R. J. HAYWARD: Participles in 'Afar : evidence for the restructuring of verb suffixes Near Fine Paperback,.183 pages First Edition 



Articles include - Emmerick, R. (1981). Khotanese bihīya again; Skjærv⊘, P. (1981). The Old Khotanese fragment H 147 NS 115 and remarks on Old Khotanese haṃdärväto, patīśu, vya and ya; Calder, N. (1981). Zakāt in Imāmi Shī'ī jurisprudence, from the tenth to the sixteenth century A.D.; Widdess, D. (1981). Tāla and melody in early Indian music: A study of Nānyadeva's Pāṇikā songs with musical notation;Sung Hui Tsung's Musical diplomacy and the Korean response; Cowan, H. (1981). An Outline of Achehnese Phonology and morphology; Hayward, R., & Hassan, M. (1981). The Oromo orthography of Shaykh Bakri Saṗalō. Near Fine  Paperback,.204 pages


Articles include - Sims-Williams, N. (1981). The final paragraph of the tomb-inscription of Darius I (DNb, 50–60): The Old Persian text in the light of an Aramaic version; Kinberg, N. (1981). Notes on the shift from accusative constructions to prepositional phrases in Hebrew and Arabic; Rippin, A. (1981). Ibn ‘Abbās's Al-lughāt fī'l-Qur’ān.; Kennedy, H. (1981). Central government and provincial élites in the early 'Abbāsid caliphate; Allen, C. (1981). The Indian merchant community of Masqaṭ; Strelcyn, S. (1981). Les mystères des Psaumes, traité éthiopien sur l'emploi des Psaumes (amharique ancien); Burrow, T. (1981). Sanskrit mā- ‘to approach, meet, join; (trans.) to bring to’; Serruys, H. (1981). Hun-t'o: Tulum, floats and containers in Mongolia and Central Asia; Morgan, D. (1981). The Mongol Empire: A review article; Hayward, R. (1981). Nominal suffixes in Dirayta (Gidole). Very Good  Paperback,.229 pages First Edition


Articles include - A. RIPPIN: The exegetical genre asbab al-nuzul : a bibliographical and terminological survey; MICHAEL A KNIBB : The Ethiopic version of the Lives of the Prophets, II: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Haggai, Zechariah. Malachi, Elijah, Elisha, Nathan, Ahijah, and Joel; A. F. L. BEESTON: Two Bi'r Hirna inscriptions re-examined; SHEILA S. BLAIR: Artists and patronage in late fourteenth-century Iran in the light of two catalogues of Islamic metalwork; PRODS OKTOR SKJ£RVO: Khotanese v- < Old Iranian *dw-.; D. WUASTYK: Ravigupta and Vagbhata;C. J. FULLER and PENNY LOGAN: The Navaratri festival in Madurai; ALVIN P. COHEN: A possible fusion-word in the Yi-ching divinations
in the Tso-chuan and the Kuo-yu. Fine Paperback,.213  pages First Edition 


.W. G. LAMBERT: Trees ,snakes and gods in ancient Syria and Anatolia; JOHN BURTON : The exegesis of Q. 2 : 106 and the Islamic theories of naskh: ma nansakh min aya aw nansaha na'ti bi khairin minha aw mithliha; PADMANABH S. JAINI: The  Sanskrit  fragments  of  Vinitadeva's Trimsika-tika; WILLIAM G. BOLTZ: The Lao_ tzu text that Wang Pi and Ho-shang Kung never saw; PEI HUANG : The Grand Council  of the Ch'ing dynasty: a historiographical study; CATHERINE TAINE-CHEIKH: Le pilier et la corde : recherches sur la poesie maure; VICTOR O. AIRE: Le  renouveau  technique  dans  le  roman  africain: Mudimbe et Sassine; Near Fine Paperback,.190 pages First Edition 



Articles include - Jareer Abu-Haidar - The Arabic Origins of the "muwashshaḥāt"; Simonetta Calderini - Ālam al-dīn" in Ismā'īlism: World of Obedience or World of Immobility?; R. K. Sprigg - Controversy in the Tonal Analysis of Tibetan; P. F. Kornicki - European Japanology at the End of the Seventeenth Century; Christian Bauer - Sukhothai Inscription II: Late Old Mon Affinities and Their Implications for the History of Thai Syntax; K. Alexander Adelaar - The Internal Classification of the Malayic Subgroup.  Near Fine  Paperback,.220 pages First Edition





Articles include - MARY BOYCE: Dahma Afriti and some related problems; SAMTEN G. KARMAY: The theoretical basis of the Tibetan epic, with reference to a 'chronological order' of the various episodes in the Gesar epic; ALEXANDER VOVIN: About the phonetic value of the Middle Korean grapheme; LONE TAKEUCHI: The development of the exalted function of the possessive construction in Classical Japanese; GEORGE VAN DRIEM: The Proto-Tibeto-Burman verbal agreement system; ELIZABETH MOORE: The reroTistnxcTion ot Mandalay Palace: an interim report on aspects of design. Near Fine  Paperback,.229 pages First Edition



Articles include - Reflexes of Extinct Phonemes in Semitic - Haiim B. Rosén: The Significance of the Slogan "lā hukma illā lillāh" and the References to the "Hudūd" in the Traditions about the Fitna and the Murder of 'Uthmān -
G. R. Hawting; Traditional Najdī Mosques - Geoffrey King; Shapur's Shooting - D. N. MacKenzie; Pālu Kuṟumba Riddles: Specimens of a South Dravidian Tribal Language - Dieter B. Kapp; "Nerccas": Saint-Martyr Worship among the Muslims of Kerala - Stephen F. Dale and M. Gangadhara Menon; Bayso Revisited: Some Preliminary Linguistic Observations--I - R. J. Hayward.  Very Good   Paperback,.229 pages First Edition 




A collection of accounts of historic piracy on the seas from all over the world. The accounts are based on contemporaneous accounts of the time. Very Good Paperback. Originally published in 1837. 469 pages with an index. 








China


Based on the experience of experts from the Chinese Silk Museum this book not only traces the history of silk production in China, but also explains the process from the planting of mulberry trees through to the weaving that results in the finished product  The book includes 100 questions on the topic to enable it to be used for study . New Paperback First English Language Edition. 195 pages with several colour photographs  







This book is devoted to Ci Poetry, a particular poetic style used for expressing emotions, particularly positive ones. They are often derived from ancient popular lyrics about love and the fun of daily life. The dozen poems in this book are translated into English with a commentary New Paperback First English Language Edition. 81 pages with some black and white photographs 







China was traditionally a predominantly agricultural society so it is not surprising that most Chinese festivals have links to important regular events in agricultural life. In this book the author explains the significance of and the rituals attached to the major Chinese festivals which are still celebrated in China and amongst the Chinese diaspora today. New Paperback First English Language Edition. 139 pages with some black and white photographs  






China has a rich history of fiction built up over 2,000 years. This book takes 12 extracts from different stages of history with annotations and questions for further study. New Paperback. First English Language Edition 123 pages with some line drawings.









China has a rich history of geographical study that is not often recognised elsewhere. This book explains how the Chinese studied their environment so as to live in harmony with it, how they recorded the country's landscape and its varied inhabitants and how the skills thus developed were used to record their adventures in new lands. New Paperback First English Language Edition. 60 pages with some black and white photographs 







This is a short introduction to Chinese history through the selection of twelve excerpts of historical writing from various periods. Each selection is accompanied by a commentary. New Paperback. First English Language Edition. 88 pages








This book provides a snapshot of the wealth of ancient Chinese prose, whether lyrical, argumentative or descriptive, at various stages through the country's history. The twelve selected pieces are accompanied by a commentary. New Paperback First English Language Edition. 56 pages with some black and white photographs  








The author's collection of books explaining Chinese characters with amusing anecdotes and drawings has already been established as a useful aid for learners of the language. At a time when more children all over the world are being introduced to the Chinese language at school, this edition is especially tailored to their needs. New Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 2014. 128 pages with line drawings associated with each character.



Sri Lanka


Ward was appointed Governor of Ceylon at the end of a distinguished diplomatic and parliamentary career. The British had only solidified their control of the island some 40 years before his appointment, so much of his governorship was taken up with administrative reforms to strengthen the colonial administration. Good Paperback in a Good Dust Jacket. 142 pages with a bibliography.  
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