Taming the Jungle

Newton Abbot, UK: Readers Union, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/very good. A history, written in a non academic style, of early British activities on the Malay Peninsula following the Pangkor Agreement of 1874. The exploits of Frank Swettenham, Hugh Low, William Maxwell, Hugh Clifford and others are extolled in adoring terms. Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot : Readers Union, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 172 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 163-165. Subjects; Colonial administrators - Great… Read more about this item

[London] 1978, Abbot. Buff cloth, very good, 172p., 22 b.w. photos, 7 b.w. illustrations,color map, bibliography, index, pictorial d.j. The author uses a wealth of fascinating contemporary mater- ial to describe the lives & times of some of the Victorians who went to administer, exploit, and modernize the country. From the riverine jungle settlements of Perak and Pahang and the… Read more about this item

Very Good copy in near Very Good unclipped D/J. Clean endpapers without inscriptions. B/w plates and index. Attractive.

Readers Union.,Newton Abbot, Devon, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. Binding firm, interior pages tanned but clean and unmarked. The author rounds out the stories of the past with an account of her journeys to Malaya in an effort to describe the lives and times of some of the Victorians who went to administer, exploit and modernize the… Read more about this item

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 03/10/1977 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in.

Readers Union 1978. hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Hardback. Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.