[MALACCA].

Historical Guide of Malacca (Published by the Malacca Historical Society). Singapore 1936.

. Pp. (viii), 91, (4) adv. With 16 illustrations, one folding sketch map, one folding coloured map of Malacca town, and one folding plate. Original blue cloth with gilt decorations on covers, rebacked. Second revised edition of this guide book of Malacca first published in 1924 to commemorate the Centenary of the British occupation of Malacca.

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Book number: 99417

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malacca, malaysia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, voyage, exploration, guide,

BORIE, PIERRE-HENRI DUMOULIN:

Abbé: La presqu'île de Malacca. Les Malais et les sauvages. Tulle, Imprimerie de J. Mazeyrie, 1886.

. Pp. 155. With one map and five plates. Modern marbled paper boards, title label on spine. First edition. Scarce work dealing with the Malacca Peninsula, its people and primarily the establishment of the French Catholic mission among the country's aboriginal tribes.Pierre Henri Borie, French Catholic missionary from the MEP, was sent on a mission into the interior of Malacca to search for the indigenous tribes (Mantras). In 1847, the mission first settled in "Dusun Maria" and later moved to another location and named it "Maira Pindah" (today Ayer Salak). Two of the plates depict the two settlements. Cordier BI 1255.

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Book number: 121672

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malacca, malacka, melaka, malaysia, malay, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,

CHEONG, SOO PIENG:

[Catalogue of Cheong's first solo exhibition in Singapore]. Singapore, Straits Commercial Art Co., 1956.

. 4to. (26.4 x 25.4 cm) Pp. (40). With front portrait, six coloured tipped-in plates and many b/w illustrations of reproduced artworks. Text in Chinese and English. Stapled in original boards, illustration pasted on front cover. Covers stained, staples rusted. Internally some minor staining in a few places. Includes an essay about the artist by Michael Sullivan, Art University, University of Malaya, Singapore and two more articles by Ma-Ke and J.A.H. Flak, Organiser of Art at the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Cheong Soo Pieng (1917-83) was a Chinese-born artist, considered as one of Southeast Asia's most significant artists to emerge from the Chinese diaspora after the war. He moved to Singapore in 1946. Cheong was a pioneer of the Nanyang style, an art movement that combined modern European art and Chinese painting traditions. He is mainly known for his distinctive depiction of indigenous people in Malaya and Bali. "The paintings reproduced in these pages are modern and international in technique, Chinese in feeling, and Malayan in subject. Nothing could express, and symbolise, the spirit of modern Malaya more fittingly" (Michael Sullivan). At the same time as this catalogue is published, an exhibition of Cheong's art is being held in Singapore ("Layer by Layer" at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Concourse Gallery, April 5 - September 29, 2024). A rare survivor.

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Book number: 121573

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, singapore, malay, malaysia, art, exhibition, catalogue, asia, asie, asiatic, southeast asia, nanyang, expressionism, cubism,

FAVRE, PIERRE ÉTIENNE LAZARE ABBÉ:

Grammaire de la langue malaise. Vienne, Imprimerie Impériale et Royale, 1876.

. Pp. (iv), xxiv, 242. Contemporary green pebbled cloth, calf spine richly decorated and lettered in gilt, boards and corners rubbed. First edition, republished many times. Abbé Favre, French Catholic priest and linguist who spent many years in Malaysia (1845-58). Later he was appointed professor of Malay and Javanese at l'École Imperiale des langues orientales. Printed at one of the most important publishing houses for linguistic works at this time. Cordier BI 1406.

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Book number: 23089

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

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HAECKEL, ERNST:

Aus Insulinde. Malayische reisebriefe. Bonn, Emil Strauss, 1901.

. Pp. xii, 260, (2). A blind stamp (of adress) on title page. Last quire loose.With 8 plates (photographs), 4 maps and many more textual ills. Publisher's cloth, faded. Ernst Haeckel, a German botanist and zoologist, travelled throughout Indonesia and describes here the flora and fauna, with special reference to the botanical gardens and the tropical institute at Buitenzorg. First edition.

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Book number: 17004

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, asean, southeast asia, voyages, travels, explore, exploring, malaysia, botany, zoology, indonesia, first edition, indonesie, malaysie, viajes, viaggio, reisen, indonesien, asie du sud-est, südosta

HICKSON, SYDNEY JOHN:

A Naturalist in the North Celebes. A Narrative of Travels in Minahassa, the Sangir and Talaut Islands, with Notices of the Fauna, Flora and Ethnology of the Districts Visited. London, John Murray, 1889.

. Pp. xvi, (1), 392. With a coloured frontispiece, 2 coloured folding maps and many illustrations. Red half calf, very lightly rubbed. Some light spotting to first few leaves. First edition of a narrative of the author's journey to the Malay Archipelago in 1885. The object of the visit was "investigating the anatomy and, if possible, the development of certain corals ... (also) a more detailed account of the fauna of the small island called Talisse, situated in the Straits of Banka, and a summary of our knowledge of the ethnology of the district of Minhassa". Casey Wood p. 386.

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Book number: 23004

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Keywords: Southeast Asia, malaysia, celebes, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, voyage, natural history

PENANG (Prince of Wales).

The Picturesque Island of Malaya. Bolton, Tillotsons, 1932.

. Oblong 4to. Pp. (iv), 80. Original wrappers with gilt text on upper cover. With one map and 80 illustrations from photographs taken by Mr. Tan Joo Beng. The album is issued by the Municipal Commissioners of George Town. The photos depict city scenes with significant buildings and places, views from the North Coast, Penang Hills, Waterfall Gardens, important temples, and more.

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Book number: 121088

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malaysia, malaya, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, penang,

PFEIFFER, IDA:

A Lady's Second Journey round the World. From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, etc. California, Panama, Peru, Equador, and the United States. Two volumes. London 1855.

. Pp. xii, 451; viii, 423, adv. 24. Publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Binding slightly shaken, lightly rubbed, spines faded. First English edition which preceded the first German edition (Vienna 1856). Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) was the very first woman full-time traveller. She was born in Vienna in 1797 and at the age of 45, after raising two children and with a husband living away from home, she began to travel. The rest of her life she spent either travelling or preparing to travel. Her travels became increasingly adventurous as she ventured further and further off the beaten tourist track. Her books became very popular and translated all around the world. Robinson p. 25.

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Book number: 120769

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, travel, exploration, lady traveller, far east, indonesia, pacific, america, americana, amerika, south america,

ROBINSON, WILLIAM / NETSCHER, E. (Translator):

Proeve tot opheldering van de gronden der Maleische spelling. No place. (Batavia?, about 1854).

. 4to. Pp. x, 174, (1). Contemporary half calf, spine damaged. Old ownership signature on front free endpaper. Some browning, mainly in the margins. Lower right corner of title missing (small part without any text loss). Translated from the English "An attempt to elucidate the principles of Malayan orthography" (Fort Marlborough 1823) by Netscher. Included in: "Verhand. Batav. Genoot. v. Kunsten en Wetenschappen. XXVI, 1854-57". Cordier BI 1420. Cf Vater p. 244.

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Book number: 38015

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malay, malaysia, malaysian, indonesia, asia, asien, asie, asiatic, language, lingustic, langue,

SMYTHIES, OLIVE:

Ten Thousand Miles on Elephants. London 1961.

. Pp. 220. With twenty-two illustrations made from photographs. Publisher's red cloth in decorated dust-jacket. Some minor wear to corners of the jacket but overall a great copy. First edition. Esmé Scott-Stevensson wife of a Forestry Officer and conservationist, lived for many years in India. She and her husband travelled in remote areas, on elephants or ponies, sometimes on foot. They also travelled extensively in Burma and Borneo, and resided for some years in Nepal.

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Book number: 121289

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, India, indian, inde, nepal, hmalayas, Burma, borneo, sarawak, brunei, malaysia, indonesia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, lady traveller,

ST. JOHN, SPENCER:

Life in the Forests of the Far East; or Travels in Northern Borneo. Two volumes. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1863.

. Pp. xvi, 406, (2); x, 424. With 3 folding maps and 16 coloured lithographs (of which 4 hand coloured botanical plates). Volume one partly with some water staining (one plate stained and another with minor stain). One map with light waterstain and one small tear at fold. Volume two clean and fine, mostly unopened. Publisher's green cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly rubbed. Old inscription ("Tumaru Book Club") on title page of second volume. Second, revised and enlarged edition (first 1862) of this well written and beautiful illustrated travel account. Spencer St. John (1825-1910) was appointed private secretary to Sir James Brooke in 1848, who was at the time commissioner and governor of Labuan. For a few years he acted temporarily as commissioner for Brooke and in 1856 he became British Consul in Brunei. St. John explored the country extensively and travelled to remote areas. He made two ascents of the famous Mount Kinabalu with Hugh Low. One of the peaks of Mount Kinabalu, St. John's Peak is named in his honour. This account is based on his own observations as well as by other travellers' experiences. Casey Wood p. 548.

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Book number: 99452

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, borneo, indonesia, indonesian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration

WILKINSON, RICHARD JAMES:

A Malay-English Dictionary. Three parts in one volume. Singapore, Kelly & Walsh Ltd., & Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama, 1901 - 1903.

. Large 4to. Pp. (ii), 355; (ii), 357-700; (ii), preface ix, (1), 703-717, (1), index (ii), liv, addenda (ii), v. Text in two columns. First edition, complete with the preface bound in the last part. Small loss of lower margin of the first part's title page without any loss of text. Modern cloth, title labels on spine. First edition of this monumental work, and still the most useful dictionary for Jawi Malay. It used to be the standard script for the Malay language but has since been replaced by a Latin alphabet, called Rumi (lit: Roman). Jawi has since been relegated to a script used for religious, cultural and some administrative purposes. Wilkinson was a British colonial administrator and linguist who served in the Straits Settlements for about sixteen years. Cordier BI 1399. Zaunmüller 265 (later editions). Scarce. Cheeseman, Bibliography of Malaya (1959), p. 121.

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Book number: 32079

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, malaysia, malay, malaya, language, linguistic, langue, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east, jawi, brunei, indonesia