Certain International Questions Affecting Malaya
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1963. 20p., stapled wraps, somewhat browned with light edgewear. Reprinted from the Malayan Monitor, January 31, 1963. More
Cat.No: 176457
Malaya
Pembela Pemau Jilid 3 bilangan 3
[Baton Rouge-?]: the newsletter, [1975]. 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 / of... More
Cat.No: 167350
Who's Who in Sarawak 2000. Millennium Edition
Kuching: Tamar Media Sdn. Bhd. 2000. Paperback. xxx, 227p., profuse vitae with vignette photo-portraits, the first couple of dozen are in color the rest b&w, alkaline coated paperstock throughout. Text apologizes: some Sarawak notables declined to be portrayed (their loss). Text boasts: nobody paid to be included. A sizeable paperbound... More
Cat.No: 230268
Social science research in Malaysia
Singapore: Graham Brash (Pte) Ltd., 1981. vii, 151p., boards gilt in dj, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 161297
Emerging pattern; C.I.M. work within the diocese of Singapore and Malaya
London: China Inland Mission, Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1961. Pamphlet. 48p., wraps, small stain on front wrap else good condition, 5x7.25 inches. Includes references to work in "terriorist" areas, Chinese in Malaya, Muslims, etc. More
Cat.No: 208154
Abuse of women in the media
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
Endou; poems, prose and a little beagle story
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
![Feminism and the critique of colonial discourse [Inscriptions nos. 3/4 1988]. Deborah Gordon.](/pictures/thumb/81907.jpg?v=1516979324)
Feminism and the critique of colonial discourse [Inscriptions nos. 3/4 1988]
[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
I want to live! a personal account of one woman's futile armed struggle for the Reds
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
2005 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2005. 23-25 November 2005 Singapore
Los Alamitos CA: IEEE Computer Society, 2005. xx, 569p., softback with vignette diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout, first edition 11x8.5 inch glossy wraps; cover curled slightly, mildest signs of any handling, very good copy. More
Cat.No: 176916
Manglish: Malaysian English at its wackiest
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
Shai mi wu: ben di chuang zuo wu dao
Singapore: Wanli wenhua qiye gongsi, 1976. 55p., wraps, black and white photos; tape repairs at spine ends. Text in Chinese. Detailed instructions for performance and discussion of the meaning of a Malay rice-sifting dance. More
Cat.No: 182213
Among the white moon faces; an Asian-American memoir of homelands
New York: The Feminist Press, 1996. 232p., inscribed by the poet, first edition, dj. Memoir. Cross-cultural memoir. More
Cat.No: 27998
Chinese festivals in Malaya
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press Ltd., 1963. 66p., color frontis and inserted b&w plates, later printing 7.5x5 inch wraps. A very good copy. Malayan peoples & customs. General editor, Leon Comber. More
Cat.No: 167235
In Search of a Voice: karaoke and the construction of identity in Chinese America
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
Vietnam and "Malaysia"
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
Singapore: A Popular History 1819-1960
Singapore: Published by Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press Ltd., 1961. Paperback. x, 166p., small section of illustrations and maps on inserted stock, softbound in 7.5x5 inch decorated green wraps. A light marginal dampstain affects cover and first half of textblock, it is faint and without adhesions; general mild edgewear... More
Cat.No: 193435
Lovers, lunatics & Lallange
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
Coins of North Malaya
Kuala Lumpur: Muzium Negara, 1971. 64 pages, slender paperback; minor abrasions to spine, faint stain to cover. More
Cat.No: 230206
The End of Illusion
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. Hardcover. 316p. A sharp looking very good first edition / first printing in a bright dj showing some dulling and browning to spine, hint of light general rubbing and soiling. A novel. "His adventures tak him across the China Sea to Malaya. There he... More
Cat.No: 213881
The Parting Gift and Other Stories
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
![Bibles and blessings in old China a personal testimony [translated by pastor S. F. Chu and Mr. C. Y. Wu]. Kia Ou Tan.](/pictures/thumb/162101.jpg?v=1510632524)
Bibles and blessings in old China a personal testimony [translated by pastor S. F. Chu and Mr. C. Y. Wu]
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
Beyond Mahathir: Malaysian Politics and Its Discontents
London: Zed Books, 2004. xii, 220p., wraps lightly shelfworn, interior clean. More
Cat.No: 150357