London: The Richards Press, 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. The tone of Clifford's sketches of life in 19th century Malaya is set by the first sentence of his preface to this book - 'The nineteen tales and sketches, which are enclosed within the covers of this book, relate to certain brown men and obscure things in a distant and very little known corner of the Earth.' In other words it's one man's view of what life was like 'from the inside' living amongst people who were 'still in a state of original sin.' Good Hardback. Second Edition. The book was originally published in 1897. 255 pages. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is discoloured in places and the surface cloth is worn in a couple of places. The gilt titling on the spine is visible, but not strong. The end papers are heavily tanned. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning and occasional spotting throughout.

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: ML591C
Title: In Court and Kampong
Author: Clifford, Hugh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: The Richards Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1927
Keywords: Malaysia - Malaya - 19th century - European viewpoint

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The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...