Honolulu: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1934. Magazine. One issue, pp251-368, wraps, 6x9 inches, showing some minor edge and shelf wear, else in good condition. Article on the San Francisco General Strike by Paul S. Taylor, "Siamese Revolution", "Chinese in Malaysia" and more. The Institute of Pacific Relations had many Communists..... More
Cat.No: 286660
[Baton Rouge-?]: the newsletter, [1975]. Newsletter. 27p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left, very good. OCLC lists only one incomplete run at Northern Illinois University, missing this issue. Text in Malay and English. No place of publication stated, but a poem includes the line "Let's examine the roots /..... More
Cat.No: 167350
Singapore: Graham Brash (Pte) Ltd., 1981. vii, 151p., boards gilt in dj, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 161297
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Hardcover. 288p., cloth-covered boards, illus., one fold-out map, boards edgeworn, corners bumped, previous owner's name stamped on free front endpaper, else very good later printing. No dust jacket. The Odyssey Library. Account of sailing in the East Indies. More
Cat.No: 297058
Penang, Malaysia: Consumers Association of Penang, 1982. ii, 85p., wraps, ex-library with spine and titlepage labels; small tear at the head. Includes sections on sex tourism in Southeast Asia, images in women's magazines, pornography, sexist humor, and more. More
Cat.No: 140325
Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1970. Hardcover. xxxiv, 234p., cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.75 inches, frontis., corners bumped else very good condition in an unclipped, worn, and soiled dj. Epic poem on the conquest of Malacca by the Portuguese in 1511. More
Cat.No: 269932
Providence: Lost Roads, 1995. 62p., scattered b&w illustrations, square 7.3 inch glossy wraps featuring b&w selfportrait in oils (photoportrait at the back). A fine copy. Texts range from postmodern fancy to children's-story plain. Foo, born in Malaya, lives in New York; Karl Barx was a beagle who lived with Foo..... More
Cat.No: 177314
Calcutta: Bookland, 1960. ii+410p., preface, introduction, footnotes, bibliography, tables, very good first edition in cloth. More
Cat.No: 104743
[Santa Cruz]: Inscriptions, 1988. 154p., xeroxed illustrations in the text, professionally typeset xeroxed booklet in 8.5 x 5.5 inch copyshop wraps. Mildest signs of handling. Papers presented at a day-long conference at UC Santa Cruz, geared to a half-dozen texts familiar to the participants. More
Cat.No: 81907
Selangor, Malaysia: Star Publications (Malaysia), 1983. Paperback. xii, 159p., wraps, previous owner's name else very good condition. The original was written in Chinese. "[S]tory of a woman Communist guerilla fighter -- of her 12-year struggle for survival..." More
Cat.No: 212859
Singapore: Times Books International, 1998. 107p., very good in wraps. Explians terms deriving from Malay, Chinese and other languages that have found their way into Maylay English. More
Cat.No: 194615
New York: The Feminist Press, 1996. 232p., inscribed by the poet, first edition, dj. Memoir. Cross-cultural memoir. More
Cat.No: 27998
Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1996. xiv, 128p., first edition laminated boards; p.7 bears a bracketed comment in ink, an else clean copy, entirely sound. Everyday Communication: case studies of behavior in context; other volumes expound the "Linguistic performance of auctioneers and sportscasters," and "Confrontation talk / talk radio"..... More
Cat.No: 176439
Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1996. Paperback. xiv, 128p., wraps, very good condition. Everyday Communication: case studies of behavior in context. More
Cat.No: 294746
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Hardcover. xxxii, 464p., illustrated with facsimiles and folded plates (map, and the two ship depictions, are rendered exceptionally well, but several others are damaged), hardbound in red cloth boards gilt. Casing bears a half-inch gash along its upper joint with loss, leaving a hole, and..... More
Cat.No: 278112
London: Movement for Colonial Freedom, [1965]. Four-panel brochure, very good, 5.5x8.5 inches. Argues that SEATO has usually "acted as a prop for reactionary and unrepresentative governments and has helped to suppress the struggle of the people for national freedom and economic independence." More
Cat.No: 197195
London: Bogle-L'ouverture Press, 1989. Paperback. 91p., glossary, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Malaysian lawyer/activist's poetry. More
Cat.No: 175960
Singapore: Kefford Press, 1990. 171p., 4.25x6.75 inches, wraps, two small spots on fore-edge, else very good. Stories cover a wide range of themes from nostalgic memories of boyhood kampong life, war and murder to science fiction. Malayan author. More
Cat.No: 159761
Singapore: Malaysian Signs Press, 1972. 96p., numerous b&w snapshot and group portrait photos, glossy 8.5x5.5 inch color pictorial boards, a very good copy. Seventh-day Aventist. "A separate Chinese edition is being prepared for publication" More
Cat.No: 162101
St. Augustine, FL: Kings Estate Press, 2001. 100p., very good in wraps. Poems by the Malay-Chinese immigrant who converted to Judaism. More
Cat.No: 190387
Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1984. 100p., very good in wraps. Research papers and policy studies 10. More
Cat.No: 186580
Kuala Lumpur: Eszee Ltd., 1996. Hardcover. 243p., illustrated with b&w photos, rear hing starting a bit otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Vanity press publication of autobiography by the Malayan who immigrated to the USA in 1947, spent a bit of time homeless, sought..... More
Cat.No: 249913
