Search Results: Authors starting with Q from The Penang Bookshelf

North Light Books, December 22, 2004. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/N/A. Lian Quan Zhen, an international prizewinner, introduces us to his speciality, painting animals in the Chinese water colour style. Takes us through the pros and cons of using different materials through to the completed painting. The book is lavishly illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs of Lian's examples from start to finish. The 127 page books includes chapters on 1 - Materials and Basic Techniques, 2 - Composition, 3 - Animal Body Basics and 4 - Chinese & Watercolor Demonstrations. Weight: 1.1 kg. Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia Apart from a slight bump on one corner of the cover, the book looks new

Kuala Lumpur: Silverfish Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. New. The editor, who has collated several other short story collections, introduces the reader to a wide variety of modern short stories from authors in South, Southeast and East Asia. New Paperback. First Edition 282 pages. For further details please see the scanned contents page. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. There is a large body of literature on Western incursions into China from this period until World War II, but the relationship between China and its largest neighbour has not been so well documented outside China and Russia. In this book, based mainly on Chinese and Western sources, the author explores the more subtle highs and lows of diplomatic relations between both countries, which laid the foundation for a longer lasting relationship from World War II onwards. Very Good Hardback First Edition 339 pages. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is clean and gilt titling bright. There are light shadows from dust jacket flaps on the end papers. The binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning throughout. A really nice copy

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. An amusing collection of words that are fast disappearing from the English language, if they have not disappeared already. This is not just a dictionary, but Quinion explains each word's usage and adds a tale or two. As New Hardback in an As New Dust Jacket. 272 pages with an index. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia