Search Results: Authors starting with A from The Penang Bookshelf

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Although Cornwallis' term as Governor of the Bengal Presidency was short, less than a decade, he oversaw considerable changes that cemented British control in India and began to extend its influence further East. There was a permanent settlement of the land revenues of Bengal, Tipu Sultan of Mysore was defeated, the Indian Civil Service was created, Penang was founded and the first English embassy was sent to China. In this book, Aspinall concentrates on his internal reforms and ends the book with a look at the British East India Company's trade and the establishment of Penang. Good First Edition Hardback. 210 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is bumped at both ends of the spine and in the corners and the gilt lettering on the spine is still strong. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild to medium tanning throughout.

Subang Jaya, Malaysia: Center For Orang Asli Concerns, 1999. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 6-10-15. The author sets out to look at each of the 18 ethnolinguistic groups of the Orang Asli, indigenous people, of Malaysia in respect of their biomedical and genetic makeup. After 20 years' experience of studying these peoples hopes to describe the current state of their health and map out plans for their future welfare. 223 pages with a list of references, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.5.kg. * Post free within Malaysia. Other than some minor bumps to the cover and text block, the book appears to be new.

Kuala Lumpur: Committee for Malay Studies, Federated Malay States, 1912. First edition. Paperback. Good. This was one of a series of booklets published by the the British colonial government on Malay life to prepare expatriate colonial officers for examinations This issue deals with one of the parts of Negeri Sembilan and was prepared with the assistance of RJ Wilkinson, members of the Jelebu royal family and Mr. Queritz, the first British officer stationed in the district. Good Paperback. First Edition 58 pages For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has lost its original colour due to ageing and has one or two rust marks from the stapled binding. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is medium tanning of the pages.

Northern Illinois University, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. An examination of the relationship between popular music in Malay and English and sociopolitical change in the period. The author focuses particularly on the 1980s. This is a 112 page article with an index in Crossroads, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 6, No 1 . The remainder of the journal consists of book reviews. Near Fine Paperback First Edition. 144 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from minimal cover wear, the book looks new.

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. This is a collection of transcripts of interviews, originally published in the New Straits Times between 1998 and 2003, between the author, a well known Malaysian political scientist and a cross section of Asian intellectuals. The book is divided into four sections - I - Challenges of Islam in the Modern World, II - The Threat of Globalisation, III - The War Against Terror and IV - In A World of Conflict Near Fine Paperback. First Edition. 116 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia A part from a faint damp mark on the inside back cover and on the opposite page, the book looks new

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Social Research Institute, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. New. Southeast Asia, sitting between India in the West and China in the East has been a cultural melting pot since the early days of sail. In this book, the author traces the history of a little recorded, but significant, group of migrants to the area, the Indian Muslims. The book is divided into three parts dealing firstly with the various forms of Indian influence on the Malay Archipelago, then the community's adaptation to the arrival of the Europeans and concludes with their role during the sunset of empire. New Hardback. First edition 500 pages with a bibliography, index and 17 pages of black and white plates. Weight: 1.2 kg. Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted outside Malaysia

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2016. Paperback. New. This work essentially brings up to date, in a more manageable form, the author's mammoth Islam Embedded, written a decade earlier. He traces Malaysia's very influential Islamist party's many transformations from being a leftist anti-colonial party at the time of its founding, to being a more doctrinaire conservative party and into what is now, a more democratic group ready to enter coalitions with others so as to gain power. 260 pages with a bibliography and an index. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

New York: Octagon, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/good. General Tomoyuki Yamashita earned the title, 'Tiger of Malaya', for his swift defeat of allied forces on the Malay peninsula at the outset of World War II. Subsequently he moved to the Philippines as the Military Governor there. Various atrocities against the civilian population were carried out by his subordinates during his watch for which he was tried as a war criminal at the end of the war. This book is an account of that trial by one of his defence lawyers who strongly believed that commanders should not be responsible for the crimes of their soldiers, especially, as in this case, when he didn't know about the events of which he was accused. Very Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket 323 pages Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket, now in a plastic sleeve has some rubbing around the edges and one or two nicks. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is Very faint tanning of the pages.

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Good. This guide contains details of all the known species in the Malaysian/Thailand peninsula when the book was originally issued in 1951. Not only does it contain simple identification help in the text but also coloured plates of most of the species and line drawings of the remainder. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1951 291 pages. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has slight bumps at the corners and has darkened with age. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is very mild tanning of the pages.

Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Good/N/A. This guide contains details of all the known species in the Malaysian/Thailand peninsula when the book was originally issued in 1951. Not only does it contain simple identification help in the text but also coloured plates of most of the species and line drawings of the remainder. 291 pages. Good Paperback Reprint Originally published in 1951 Weight 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has some wear around the edges and small nicks at the top and base of the spine. There is a neat bookseller's stamp on a front end paper and one margin of the first three or four pages has a minor stain. , The binding is tight, text clear and there is very faint tanning throughout.

Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1972. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. 16-2-16. A geography text book with sample questions at the end of each chapter, several line drawings and black and white photographs. The author was formerly a teacher in Sabah. 204 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia There are some circular marks on the front cover. The cover has some rubbing and there is an inch slit at the join of the base of the spine and the front cover. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning throughout.

Nabu Press. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. A satirical novel by a British civil servant who was in Malaya between 1884 and 1911, imagining what life in the country would have been like had he been there three hundred years earlier. Very Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1909. 331 pages. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is dirty in places and the text block has scuff marks. Otherwise the book looks new.

Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1982. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of about two hundred Malay proverbs that were common in the 1930s together with with English translations. The Malay Rumi script predates the 1972 spelling reforms. Very Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1937. 85 pages with a vocabulary. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover's corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight and there is barely noticeable tanning throughout.

Symonds Press. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. A facsimile reprint of Hamilton's selection of a thousand words that should enable one 'to converse with any Malay-speaking individual on any topic.' The Malay spellings are from before the 1972 spelling reforms. Very Good Paperback. Reprint Fifth Edition. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from a bit of diret on the text block and very faint tanning, the book looks new

Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (china) Ltd, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/very good. A first hand account of the life of a missionary, scholar and anthropologist in the Guangdong area at the end of the of the 19th century. The work is not only valuable for its record of customs and practices of the time, but also the dying gasps of imperial China. 194 pages with a map, some black and white photographs and an index. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has a few minor chips. The binding is tight and there is mild tanning throughout.

Ealing, UK : Corgi Books, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Fair. Michener's award winning tales of a young wartime naval officer's adventures in the Pacific, Fair Paperback. Reprint. 351 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine is creased and the book has general all round wear. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is heavy tanning throughout. Suitable as a reading copy.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. Hardcover. New/new. 17-6-16. The Temple of Confucius, Kong Temple, is a remarkable testament to the durability of the core of Chinese culture from its glory days under the Ming and Qing dynasties, through the vicissitudes of war and revolution through to now being recognised as a Wold Heritage site. With the temple's history as his inspiration, Flath has written the most complete work on this monument, taking the reader through its rich history and out the other side into the twenty-first century where he observes the adaptations taking place in to preserve the temple for more generations to come. 290 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 1.1kg Post free within Malaysia but may incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere.

Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Press, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Jawan examines the involvement of the Iban in the political process before and after independence. He sets out to explain how this group, although the largest in the state, has become politically marginalised. Very Good Hardback. Reprint. Originally published in 1991 as 'The Ethnic Factor in Modern Politics: The Case of Sarawak, East Malaysia.' 108 pages with tables and an index. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The original book has been rebound in leather and leatherette with gilt titling on the spine. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is very mild tanning of the pages.

Shah Alam, Malaysia: Karisma Publications, 2013. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. An introduction to Malaysian politics and the mechanics of Government by a professor of Politics and Government in Malaysia. Very Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 2003. 224 pages with a bibliography. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has minor rubbing around the edges and a bump at a corner at the back. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is no tanning of the pages.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. New. This worthwhile study focuses on Batam, an Indonesian island close to Singapore, which has been transformed by Singaporean investment and sex tourism since the 1960s. Research amongst factory workers, tourists and prostitutes creates a picture of everyday life on an island subsumed by capitalist expansion. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. 193 pages. Weight 0.5 kg. Post free within Malaysia.