Search Results: Titles starting with P from The Penang Bookshelf

Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, 2009. Paperback. New. 18-7-15. The treaties and documents, in both English and Malay, cover several principal events in Malaysia starting from the Malacca Sultanate Era though the British Occupation and Independence up to Singapore's exit from the Malaysian union. The reader may be startled about the brevity of several of several documents which brought in such profound changes. 237 pages annexes, bibliography and references. Weight: 0.6.kg.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Fixi Novo, 2016. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of short stories inspired by Petaling Jaya, one of Kuala Lumpur's principal satellite towns. New Paperback. First Edition 316 pages. For further contributors' details, please see the scanned back cover. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Tmidotcom, 2012. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Although the 1MDB scandal catapulted Malaysia into the world headlines, the authors of this book claim that Government corruption has a solid pedigree in the country. One of the authors was a former Chairman of the Port Klang Authority and details in this book how he attempted to bring to book the culprits who benefitted from the mysterious quadrupling of the budget for the Port Klang Free Zone. (PKFZ) To date no one has been convicted for the crimes described in this book. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 218 pages with a few colour photographs Weight: 0.5 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from some minor spotting of the text bloc, the book looks new

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Unik Printguide, 1984/5. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. In this biography, Morais charts the career of probably the best known Malayan trade unionist in the mid 20th century. He was a founding member of the National Union of Plantation Workers immediately after World War II and went on to head the Malayan Trades Union Council at the age of 27. He was also president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions for twenty years. With a foreword by Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaya's first prime minister. The last hundred pages contain a selection of Narayanan's speeches. Very Good Hardback. First Edition. 444 pages with a good selection of black and white photographs and about six colour photographs Weight 1.2kg Post free within Malaysia but will incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere. The book has been rebound in leather and leatherette with gilt titling on the spine and the cover shows minimal wear. The text block has medium tanning. Otherwise… Read More

Singapore: Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1907. First edition. Paperback. Good. This includes the original Malay tale preceded by an English translation An article of 11 pages from The Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society No 48, June 1907 of 108 pages in total. Any purchase will include the whole journal of which this article is a part.. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The covers are speckled, worn and discoloured with age. Small parts of the spine covering have been rubbed away. There is some foxing on a few of the pages The binding is tight and the text clear with mild to medium tanning throughout.

London: George Harrap, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/good. A whimsical children's story about kampung life set in a Malay kampung in mid 20th century Malaya. 56 pages with four colour illustrations and other line drawings by Nora Hamerton. Very Good Hardback. Good Dust Jacket First Edition Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket is generally rubbed around the edges and there is some loss at the front A previous owner's name is written on a front end paper. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild tanning of the pages.

Singapore: University of Malaya Press, 1955 & 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7-8-15. The two surveys arose out a response to worries about declining padi (rice) cultivation at a time when other cash crops, such as rubber and oil palm, were becoming more attracive to cultivators. The purpose of the studies was to determine who worked the fields and how. Because it was felt the first report was a bit rushed, a second more intensive survey,covering more varied rice growing areas, was undertaken.Vol 6 94 pages of text followed by 57 pages of an atlas of the fields covered. Vol 10 143 pages with numerous tables. Weight:1.1.kg. * Post free within Malaysia. Both volumes have a bit of curling at the corners of the covers, which have slightly dsicoloured with age. Otherwise the text has mild tanning and the binding is tight. The plates of the atlas in volume 6 have a blue crayon mark on the top right corner of each plate.These marks do not touch the plates themselves.

George Town, Penang: Consumers' Association of Penang, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Good. 31-8-15. A booklet highlighting industrial pollution of rice fields in Kedah. 44 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has browned with age and there is a crease on one corner. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout.

Singapore: James Patrick Yong Shoon Loi, 2023. First edition. Paperback. New. Although the Main Bazaar in Kuching is and was a central part of the city's life, the author demonstrates, through his extensive historical research, the important part played by the Padungan area in the development of the city's business and multicultural life. The book not only traces the area's history, but also its struggles to adapt to the modern world while preserving its past. The book is aimed at those with a present or past connection with the area, historians and those involved with the preservation of historic urban settlements. New Paperback. First Edition. 307 pages with maps, black and white and colour photographs, a bibliography and a list of businesses operating in the area at various times in its history. Weight: 1.2 kg Post free within Malaysia, but, due to its weight, this book is likely to incur additional postal charges when posted outside Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 1929. 2007 Reprint. Hardcover. New/new. Considering that Rutter only spent five years at the end of the 19th century in present day Sabah, he was a prolific writer about the area. This is the second of his two major works detailing in 288 pages the manners and customs of the aboriginal tribes at that time. The book has a wealth of black and white photos, some line drawings and a fold out map at the back as well as an index and bibliography. This is a handsome facsimile reprint of the original. Weight: 1.2.kg. * Post free within Malaysia. Since this item weighs more than 1 kg, it is likely to incur additional postage charges when posted outside Malaysia

Singapore: Singapore Heritage Society, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Filling a gap in Singapore's history, Lee Geok Boi concentrates on the history of the printing press for the city's first 140 years. Thanks to Christian missionary zeal, the first press was established within six months of Raffles' arrival. For many years missionary presses dominated Singapore's publishing scene taking on a wide range of secular publishing in many languages as well. Very Good Hardback in a Near Fine Dust Jacket First Edition 41 pages with an additional 100 pages of colour plates and a bibliography. Weight: 1 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has hardly any signs of wear. base of the spine has minor wear and there is minimal spotting on the text block. Otherwise the book looks new

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.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1991. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. This study concentrates mainly on the reign of Wan Ahmad who gradually managed to free the state from its traditional ties with the Melaka sultanate. This independence was short lived since shortly after it had been achieved, the British stepped up their encroachment on the peninsula. The book ends with a brief look at Sultan Ahmad's successors between 1915 and 1933. 262 pages. For further details, please see the scanned contents page. Very Good Hardback. 2nd Impression. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is protected by a plastic jacket, which has left a faint shadow on the opposite end papers. The book is bound back to front. The binding is tight and there is no tanning throughout.

Puchong, Malaysia: August Publishing, 2013. Paperback. New. The memoirs of a former Thai sex worker in Thailand, Japan and Bahrain. The survives exploitation, mixing with the Japanese underwordl and jail to break free of the trade in her 40s. The author won a Thai Literary prize for the work. 290 pages. Weight: 0.5.kg. * Post free within Malaysia.

Singapore: NUS Press, 2011. First edition. Paperback. New. As the author says in her preface to this book, Malaysia's kingship is worthy of study because during the postwar period when most other monarchies around the world were losing their powers, Malaysia's hereditary rulers enjoyed something of a revival in the post-independence period. This survey from the British colonial period up to the present day must be the most exhaustive and enlightening study of the monarchy during this period. The book's 447 pages include some black and white historical photographs, genealogical tables of all the ruling houses chapters on 1 - Introduction: The Monarchy, 2 - Malay Kingship under British Colonial Rule, 3 - Malay Kingship under the Japanese Occupation, 4 - Malay Rulers and Malay Subjects, Round One: Malayan Union, a Draw, 1946, 5 - And the Real Contest Began, Round Two: Advantage to the Rulers, 1948-51, 6 - The Battle Royale, Round Three: UMNO the Ultimate Victors, 1951-55, 7 - Roles Reversed: UMNO,… Read More

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This introduction covers 800 species in 123 genera describing their distribution, biology, propagation, cultivation and economic importance. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. 410 pages with a bibliography and an index. Weight: 1.5 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. Apart from a small tear at the back, the dust jacket looks new. Apart from minor shelf wear on the cover edges the book looks new

Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. Paperback. New. A wide-ranging and well researched history of the transformation of Asian sportsmanship from being promoted as an adjunct to moral education by Christian missionaries into a source of nationalist pride. Huebner starts with The Far Eastern Championship Games in 1913. This is followed by its reincarnation as the Asian Games after World War II. The author then examines how the first seven Asian Games were harnessed by their respective hosts in Nehru's India, Magasaysay's Philippines, a 'Reborn' Japan, Sukarno's Indonesia, Thanarat's Thailand and finally, in 1974, the Shah's Iran. 397 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight: 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Angatan , 1964. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of five short stories purportedly drawn from real life . The stories had previously been published in the magazine Angkatan Baru. 73 pages.Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia A previous owner's name is written in ink on one of the endpapers and there is some shelf wear to the cover. Otherwise the binding is tight and the text clear with minimal tanning.

Singapore: Pustaka Melayu, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A study guide for two of Harun Aminurrashid's novels, Nur dan Ros and Darah Kedayan. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 85 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal wear apart from the title being written in ink on the spine and a minor damp mark running the length of the spine at the back. A previous owner's name is written neatly on the inside front cover. The binding is tight and there is very mild tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Antara, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. The screenplay of a film released in 1964. Very Good Paperback. First Edition. 91 pages. Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia Apart from slight discolouring through age of the cover and faint tanning of the pages, the book looks new. A lovely copy