Search Results: Authors starting with C from The Penang Bookshelf

Kuala Lumpur: Museums Department, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. This work includes one paper on Pandanaceae where, inter alia, 13 new species and one new variety are described, two papers on Rutaceae, on a proposed revision of the genus Glycosmis Correa and on new records and taxa of Aurantioideae from Borneo and, finally, details of a new orchid found in Pahang . Stone was attached to the Botany Department of the University of Malaya at the time of writing. Published as Volume 23 of the Federation Museums Journal 121 pages with various colour and black and white plates and line drawings Very Good Paperback. First Edition Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is tanned with age but has little other signs of wear. There are minor signs of damp on the end papers and inside covers. The binding is tight, text clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Good. This book gives a general picture of the British operations against Communist insurgents in Malaya from 1952 to 1954. Chapters cover such as pect of the campaign as the Gurkhas in 63 Brigade, The Statetate War Executive committee, the Fijians, the Green Howards and operations in Kuala Lumpur and Johore. The book has 303 pages which ends with the writer's reflections and conclusions .The book also contains a some photos illustrations and maps. Good Hardback. First Edition Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia The spine is worn and the gilt titling is faint. A small hole has been punched at the top of the spine. There is a ' Boots Booklovers' Library 'Stamp on the front cover. The binding is tight and there is mild tanning throughout.

Singapore: Graham Brash, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. British rule in Malaya reached its zenith in the 1930s and started crumbling the moment the Japanese invasion began. For although the British returned to the country at the end of the war, the Japanese occupation had not only demonstrated British weakness but inspired Malayans to look for an alternative - independence. Cooper, who lived and worked in the country for 40 years after independence unpicks the events that led to the crucial turning point in the country's history. Very Good Paperback. 623 pages with some black and white photographs. Weight: 1 kg Post free within Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (borneo), Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, 1946. 2004 Reprint. Paperback. New. On the search for adventure, the author sets off for Borneo and Apo-Kajan territory. Here he relates what he came up against - Dyaks, orang utans, stone men and much else. This book has 220 pages in total with a number of photo illustrations taken by the author.New Paperback Reprint Weight: 0.6.kg. Post free within Malaysia.

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: Sabah Museum, 1993. First edition. Softback. Good. The Ida'an people are mainly concentrated in the Lahad Datu area on the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. This is a collection of their folk tales in their own language with translations into Bahasa Malaysia and English. Good Paperback First Edition 209 pages with line drawings. Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia Although fresh from the publisher's stock, the cover has discoloured slightly with age and there is a small nick at the top of the spine. The first three pages are beginning to come loose. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is no tanning throughout.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2007. Paperback. New. Eric Thompson argues that urbanism has spread from the city to the countryside, motivating migartion to the city and treating the village (kampung) as backwards. In this book, he challenges the meaning of 'urban'. This issue is discussed in three parts which are Kuala Lumpur and kampung, practical urbanism and mediated urbanism. 255 pages with notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Macau: Geoffrey C Gunn, 2008. First edition. Paperback. New. Ever since the British East India Company established themselves in Singapore at the beginning of the 19th century, the island has played host to diasporas from elsewhere in Asia and beyond. It was therefore almost to be expected that these communities would often take an active interest in the political upheavals that were taking place in their countries of origin in the 20th century. In this unusual study, Professor Gunn highlights the roles these communities played in nationalist and communist movements in China and elsewhere, Islamic movements in the region, Indian nationalism during the Japanese occupation and the island's role in the Indonesian revolution. New Paperback. First Edition. 308 pages with an index. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia

Subang Jaya, Malaysia: Pelanduk Publications, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Chinese medicine has four distinct branches - the use of herbs, acupuncture, manipulative therapy and food cures. This book, by a professor of Chinese medicine, concentrates on demonstrating how diet can be the answer to a range of ailment from the common cold to heart disease. 192 pages with 40 pages of formulas and an index. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

London: University of London, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. This book was written with a view to providing better information on Sarawak's geography to senior school and university students and their teachers in Southeast Asia and Australia. It covers the state's environment, population, economic activity and public utilities and social services. Near Fine Hardback in a Fine Dust Jacket. 218 pages with maps, diagrams, some black and white plates, tables, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from minimal tanning, the book looks new

New Haven, Conn, USA: Yale University Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. In this book Scott interestingly sets out to discover the views of seventeen Malaysian civil servants on politics and democracy generally. The country had been independent from the British for a decade and their views are seen to express both a need for security and to explore. Good Hardback in a Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 302 pages with an index. Weight: 1 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has some tears and the back has tanned with age. A front end paper is dirty and there is spotting on the text block. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.

New Haven, Conn, USA: Yale University Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. In this book Scott interestingly sets out to discover the views of seventeen Malaysian civil servants on politics and democracy generally. The country had been independent from the British for a decade and their views are seen to express both a need for security and to explore. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 302 pages with an index. Weight: 1 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has one or two scratches and minor tears. There is a small bookseller's label on the inside front cover and the pages have lost their original freshness. Otherwise the book looks new. A lovely copy.

Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2013. First edition. Paperback. New. A history of the Malaysian Rubber Development Corporation (MARDEC) by a former leading figure of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. MARDEC's particular achievement has been overcoming the problem of processing small holder produce into high quality products for the market. In doing so it has lifted many out of poverty and set a standard for similar enterprises worldwide. New Paperback. First Edition. 280 pages with figures, tables, some black and white photographs, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Select Publishing, 2011. First edition. Paperback. New. In this first volume of Pereira's stunning record of Singapore pop music from the 1960s, he covers the period from 1961 to 1965. The era was kicked off by the performances of Cliff Richard and the Shadows in November 1961, a turning point for Singapore pop music, and was followed by local groups performing on TV shows, such as Pop Inn, competing in competition and holding their own shows in theatres and elsewhere. New Paperback. First Edition 146 pages For further details, please see the scanned contents page Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: NUS Press, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. 31-7-15. Although various aspects of Vietnam's culture have been influenced by the country's close proximity of China, this study demonstrates, at least in the field of traditional medicine, how the indigenous experience influences the extent to which the culture is receptive to foreign influence. Thompson illustrates this resilience by a detailed historical study of the Vietnamese response to a Chinese medical technique for treating smallpox. 179 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Sibu, Malaysia: Sarawak Chinese Cultural Association, 2010. First edition. Paperback. New. Kanowit, or Kanowit Bazaar, is situated on the Kanowit and Rajang Rivers, near Sibu Sarawak. During the Brooke period the area saw a big influx of Chinese from Singapore and Fujian to take advantage of the trading opportunities there. The Chinese community were the dominant community in the town at the time of Fielder's research in the early 1970s. His monograph maps out the setting, population, economics, multiracial and uniracial activities, religion and the role of the family. New Paperback. 277 pages with figures, tables, maps, a bibliography and an index. Weight: 0.6 kg Post free within Malaysia

Hull, UK: University of Hull, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A welcome study of a neglected part of the Chinese diaspora, intrepid gold miners who arrived in West Borneo before the Dutch or the British had taken much interest in the area. Gold had been mined in and exported from what is now known as Kalimantan Barat for centuries, but never in very great quantities. That changed with a mini gold rush from the mid 18th to early 19th centuries when one of the largest Chinese communities in Indonesia was established. 88 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from a personal book plate of Keith G Stevens, the author of "Chinese Mythological Gods," on the inside front cover, the book looks new.

Memphis, USA: Russell C Stadelman, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Good. The author was a wood importer in the United States who had made over 20 trips to Southeast Asia prior to the publication of this book. As a result he has been able to compile a detailed survey of trees with a special emphasis on those suitable for domestic and industrial use. Good Reprint. The book was originally published in 1966. 245 pages with a bibliography and indices of common and scientific names. Weight: 0.8 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover is quite worn with a small bit of the surface missing at the front. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

London, UK: Jarrolds Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. George, a long term resident in Malaya and occasional novelist, sets out in this novel to expose the seamier sides of Singapore life in the inter war years. Approximately the last forty pages of the book, entitled 'Sketches of Singapore,' are a series of short essays on subjects such the city's history, Chinese secret societies, Servants, Newspapers etc. 184 pages Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is very tattered and just holding on. The cover still looks reasonably fresh, but is a bit bumped. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Westport, USA: Greenwood Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Although one might be surprised at another book on the 'lessons learned' published so long after the conflicts in Malaya and Vietnam, the author hoped this one would be viewed in a different light. The book is unusual in that it analyses the Vietnam war in a comparative context. The purpose of doing so is not to devise ways of prosecuting similar interventions more successfully in the future, but rather to deter the use of force in such circumstances in future. Good Hardback. First Edition. 225 pages with two maps a bibliography and an index. This is an ex-library book with labels on the spine and inside front and back covers and stamps on the text block half title and publisher's pages. The binding is tight, text clear and there is no tanning throughout.

Paris: Payot, 1950. French Language Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. An exciting, very readable and, probably, exaggerated account of a young American rubber planter in what he describes as 'the largest and probably the most primitive State of the Malay Peninsula." He sets out on his task as "one lone white man with a cane in his hand and a six-gun on his hip among thousands of natives." The story is set in between the two world wars. Very Good Paperback. French Language Edition 272 pages. Weight 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia Apart from a light bump on one corner, the cover has minimal wear. There is a previous owner's name written neatly on a front end paper. Some of the pages are uncut. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mildt to medium tanning throughout.