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Important and rare books on Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, and the islands of Java and Borneo, from the first arrival of the Dutch East India Company to the independence of Singapore, and by important figures such as Thomas Stamford Raffles, William Thorn, Joseph Moore, and Michael Symes.

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  • First edition of the 1941 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
    First edition of the 1941 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

    [SINGAPORE].
    The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1941. 1941.
    £950.00

  • First edition of the 1940 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
    First edition of the 1940 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

    [SINGAPORE].
    The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1940. 1940.
    £1,000.00

  • First edition of the 1939 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia at the outset of the War.
    First edition of the 1939 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia at the outset of the War.

    [SINGAPORE].
    The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1939. 1939.
    £1,100.00

  • Sunny Singapore, published by Kelly and Walsh, containing views of Singapore including the Raffles Hotel, Government House, and other important buildings of the city.
    Sunny Singapore, published by Kelly and Walsh, containing views of Singapore including the Raffles Hotel, Government House, and other important buildings of the city.

    [SINGAPORE].
    Sunny Singapore. 1920s.
    £950.00

  • First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.
    First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    The History of Java. 1817.
    £12,500.00

  • Rare information pamphlet produced by The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) for the British forces, primary volunteers, in British Malaysia.

    [MALAYSIA].
    Malaya. 1937.
    £450.00

  • First edition, first issue, of the Handbook of British Malaya 1926 edited by Captain Raplh Lionel German, scarce to find complete with the map.
    First edition, first issue, of the Handbook of British Malaya 1926 edited by Captain Raplh Lionel German, scarce to find complete with the map.

    GERMAN, Captain R. L. (editor).
    Handbook of British Malaya 1926. 1926.
    £750.00

  • First edition of An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava by Michael Symes, handsomely bound and clean copy of one of the earliest accounts of Burma.
    First edition of An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava by Michael Symes, handsomely bound and clean copy of one of the earliest accounts of Burma.

    SYMES, Michael.
    An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, 1800.
    £2,500.00

  • Second edition of The History of Java by Thomas Stamfoird Raffles, with the third of the atlas, an exceptionally bright copy with the additional plates added for the second edition.
    Second edition of The History of Java by Thomas Stamfoird Raffles, with the third of the atlas, an exceptionally bright copy with the additional plates added for the second edition.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    The History of Java. 1830; 1844.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.
    First edition of Two Years imprisonment Burmah by Henry Gouger, an account of Gouger's imprisonment during the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826.

    GOUGER, Henry.
    Personal Narrative of Two Years' Imprisonment in Burmah. 1860.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.
    First edition of Memoir of the Conquest of Java by William Thorn, one of the important early works on Java, with marvelous aquatints of Batavia including the Taman Sari.

    THORN, William.
    Memoir of the Conquest of Java; 1815.
    £5,000.00

  • The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.
    The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.

    BRADDELL, T[homas].
    Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described; [1858].
    £15,000.00

  • First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.
    First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    Substance of a Minute 1814.
    £6,500.00

  • A fine illuminated presentation showing the different aspects of the rice trade of Burma addressed to Ernest Pandorf on the jubilee of his arrival in Burma.

    [BURMA].
    Commemorative Address to Ernest Pandorf Esq. of Dunster House, E.C. 15th October, 1905
    £1,750.00

  • First edition of Skizzen von der Insel Java by Josef Jakob Xaver Pfyffer zu Neueck, with 15 fine hand-coloured plates of Javanese costume, weapons, coins, and wildlife.
    First edition of Skizzen von der Insel Java by Josef Jakob Xaver Pfyffer zu Neueck, with 15 fine hand-coloured plates of Javanese costume, weapons, coins, and wildlife.

    PFYFFER zu NEUECK, Josef Jakob Xaver.
    Skizzen von der Insel Java 1829-1832.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of this rare Kuala Lumpur imprint of Grace Garnier's Padilands (Paddylands).
    First edition of this rare Kuala Lumpur imprint of Grace Garnier's Padilands (Paddylands).

    GARNIER, Grace.
    Padilands. 1936.
    £850.00

  • A handsome copy of the first edition in English of Simon de la Loubere's A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, 'universally regarded as as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand'.
    A handsome copy of the first edition in English of Simon de la Loubere's A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, 'universally regarded as as the finest work on seventeenth-century Thailand'.

    LA LOUBERE, Simon de.
    A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam. 1693.
    £5,000.00

  • Skeat made various expeditions inland to study native tribes in areas where Europeans had not previously ventured. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula is his major work on the subject
    Skeat made various expeditions inland to study native tribes in areas where Europeans had not previously ventured. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula is his major work on the subject

    SKEAT, Walter William; BLAGDEN, Charles Otto.
    Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. 1906.
    £1,500.00

  • A bright and smart copy of Sydney John Hickson's A Naturalist in North Celebes, being an account of his journey along the northern Celebes coast and the Celebes sea.
    A bright and smart copy of Sydney John Hickson's A Naturalist in North Celebes, being an account of his journey along the northern Celebes coast and the Celebes sea.

    HICKSON, Sydney J.
    A Naturalist in North Celebes. 1889.
    £650.00

  • Charles Brooke's famous account of Sarawak in Borneo.
    Charles Brooke's famous account of Sarawak in Borneo.

    BROOKE, Charles, Sir.
    Ten Years in Saráwak. 1866.
    £2,500.00

  • Moore's views of Rangoon constitute the finest depiction of events during the first Burmese War.
    Moore's views of Rangoon constitute the finest depiction of events during the first Burmese War.

    MOORE, Lieut. Joseph.
    Eighteen views taken at & near Rangoon [with] 1825-1826.
    £17,500.00

  • Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions).
    Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions).

    RAPPARD, Josias Cornelis (illustrator); PERELAUER, M.T.H; VAN REES, Willem Adriaan.
    Nederlandsch-Indië Teekeningen. 1881-1883.
    £15,000.00

  • Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and general topography of Jakarta in the first half of the eighteenth century.
    Heydt's Ost-Indien provides us with an extensive and important work with regard to the town planning and general topography of Jakarta in the first half of the eighteenth century.

    HEYDT [HEIJDT], Johann Wolfgang.
    Allerneuester Geographisch- und Topographischer 1744.
    £7,500.00

  • Bigandet (1813-1894), French Catholic Missionary and Buddhist Scholar, spent over fifty years in Burma. Based on Burmese sources and printed in Rangoon
    Bigandet (1813-1894), French Catholic Missionary and Buddhist Scholar, spent over fifty years in Burma. Based on Burmese sources and printed in Rangoon

    BIGANDET, Rev. Paul Ambroise.
    The life, or legend of Gaudama, 1866.
    £850.00

  • Rhodes sheds a strong light on the important outposts of Eastern trade, on the Dutch and English in Java, on the overland route from Surat to Rome,
    Rhodes sheds a strong light on the important outposts of Eastern trade, on the Dutch and English in Java, on the overland route from Surat to Rome,

    RHODES, Alexandre de.
    Divers voiages du P. Alexandre de Rhodes 1681.
    £4,500.00

  • Sangermano, a missionary, worked in Burma from 1783 to 1806. His book provides a good description of Burma at that time.
    Sangermano, a missionary, worked in Burma from 1783 to 1806. His book provides a good description of Burma at that time.

    SANGERMANO, Vincentius; William Tandy, translator.
    A Description of the Burmese Empire, compiled chiefly from Native Documents by the Rev. Father Sangermano, and translated from his Ms. 1833.
    £850.00

  • Lancaster's voyage to the East Indies was the earliest of the English Indian expeditions. It was a major factor in the foundation of the East India Company
    Lancaster's voyage to the East Indies was the earliest of the English Indian expeditions. It was a major factor in the foundation of the East India Company

    [LANCASTER, Sir James]; MARKHAM, Clements R. (editor).
    The voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt., to the East Indies, 1877.
    £350.00

  • Contemporary account of the First Burmese War, from landing in Rangoon in May 1824, to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo, in February 1826.
    Contemporary account of the First Burmese War, from landing in Rangoon in May 1824, to the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Yandaboo, in February 1826.

    SNODGRASS, Major [John James].
    Narrative of the Burmese war, 1827.
    £675.00

  • Produced by the Admiralty's Naval Intelligence Division during World War II "For official use only".
    Produced by the Admiralty's Naval Intelligence Division during World War II "For official use only".

    [ADMIRALTY].
    Geographical Handbook Series. Netherlands East Indies. 1944.
    £225.00

  • Its inhabitants and productions: Notes during a residence in that country with His Excellency Mr. Brooke
    Its inhabitants and productions: Notes during a residence in that country with His Excellency Mr. Brooke

    LOW, Hugh.
    Sarawak. 1848.
    £750.00

  • First edition of this early travel account ot St Helena, Java and China, complete with 11 copper engravings including at least one of Batavia.
    First edition of this early travel account ot St Helena, Java and China, complete with 11 copper engravings including at least one of Batavia.

    [NOBLE, Charles Frederick].
    A voyage to the East Indies 1762.
    £1,750.00

  • Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
    Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War.

    CRAWFURD, John.
    Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the court of Ava 1834.
    £1,500.00

  • Second edition of Chase's Anglo-Burmese hand-book, revised by Frank Phinney, superintendent of the American Baptist Mission Press in Rangoon.
    Second edition of Chase's Anglo-Burmese hand-book, revised by Frank Phinney, superintendent of the American Baptist Mission Press in Rangoon.

    CHASE, Lieut. Dormer Augustus.
    Anglo-Burmese hand-book, 1890.
    £250.00

  • The decorative plates include views and people of Batavia, Penang and Singapore.
    The decorative plates include views and people of Batavia, Penang and Singapore.

    [KINLOCH, Charles Walter].
    De Zieke Reiziger; or, Rambles in Java and the straits in 1852. By a Bengal civilian. 1853.
    £2,500.00

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