Singapore: NUS Museums, National University of Singapore, 2003. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/new. Charles Dyce was an amateur artist of the 19th century, making visual and written records of places he visited. This book is a collection of his work from the National University of Singapore Museums and covers his travels in Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Batavia. Among the paintings are views of the land from a ship's deck, trading towns, colonial settlements and beautiful countryside. Near Fine Hardback in a New Dust Jacket 127 pages with appendix, bibliography and acknowledgments. 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 The book looks new except for minor rubbing at the top and base of the spine

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: ML2059
Title: Sketches in the Straits
Author: Irene Lim
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: new
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9814068926
ISBN 13: 9789814068925
Publisher: NUS Museums, National University of Singapore
Place of Publication: Singapore
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: Arts - lifestyle - scenery - history - 19th century - Singapore -Penang - Malacca - Batavia
Bookseller catalogs: Asia - Art;

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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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