Search Results: Authors starting with R from Asia Bookroom

(circa1890).. 12 delightful hand-painted and some hand-coloured illustrations. Handwritten dedication page and a handwritten page of illustrations, the remaining 18 pages are typed, 40pp, the soft hand coloured illustrated front wrapper and two plates have damp marks, the pages are not quite the same size but are secured at the top left hand edge with a brass paper fastener. 19 x 13cm. A charmingly illustrated tale of Violet, a little English girl who travels on a big ship to far off Burma with descriptions of flying fish, elephants and tigers and muggars (crocodiles), a mongoose, snakes and spiders. Written by the author for nieces Rosie and Nora and to other little folk who enjoy reading about fairies, animals, birds and flowers in the beautiful enchanted forest [of Burma]. .

Sri Lanka.: International Irrigation Management Institute.. 1989.. Maps, xx + 95pp, wrappers, upper corner creased, very light wear along extremities. .

London.: Souvenir Press.. 1988.. Black and white photographic plates, 190pp, index, bibliography, dustjacket little faded, edges and margins browned, a good hardback copy. .

New Delhi.: Oxford University Press.. Ninth Impression.. 2002.. 807pp, notes, index, covers trifle worn, a good paperback copy. 14.5 x 22cm. Volume II only. "This volume covers the six Brahmanical systems. Scholarly yet lucid, this book is an absorbing read for the gerneral reader interested in Indian philosophy." - Publisher's description. .

Delhi.: Ministry of Education and Broadcasting, India.. 1957.. viii + 403pp, index, sunned spine with loss, covers a little worn, text sound and clean. .

Stuttgart.: Verlag.. 1993.. 196pp, notes, some neat light pencilling, edges and preliminary and final leaves little foxed, prior owner's name half title page, a good paperback copy. .

Bangkok.: The Siam Society.. 1990.. Maps, black and white text illustrations, xx + 140pp, paperback. A light-hearted account of the two years the authors spent studying gibbons in Thailand’s tropical rain forests. .

Philadelphia.: Temple University.. First Edition.. 1995.. Black and white illustrations, xxviii + 331pp, index, creased spine, head and tail bumped, a good paperback copy. .

Paddington.: Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.. 2015.. Appendix, photographic illustrations in black and white, colour plates, small booklet titled "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" tipped in middle of the book, 127pp with some pages unpaginated, a hardback copy in excellent condition. 28.7 x 24.6cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Go East:The Gene & Brian Sherman Contemporary Asian Art Collection in 2015. The exhibition features artists from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam, many of the art works .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2014.. Black and white illustrations, xxii + 179pp, appendices, glossary. Paperback. New. .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2014.. Map, black and white illustrations, 212pp, glossary. Paperback. New. .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2014.. Black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, xv + 402pp, glossary. Paperback. New. .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. Reprint.. 2020.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 247pp, glossary. Paperback. New. .

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2014.. Maps, black and white illustrations, xiii + 288pp, glossary. Paperback. New. .

Kuala Lumpur.: Oxford University Press.. [Reprint].. 1965.. Introduction by John Bastin. 2 volumes. Large folding map rear of volume I, full colour plates with tissue guards, xlviii + 480pp. Volume 2: One colour plate with tissue-guard, black and white illustrations, viii + 290 + cclxpp, appendices. Blue cloth covered boards ruled and lettered in silver on the spines. Dark blue endpapers. Near fine copies. 27 x 21cm. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. .

Bangalore.: Indian Institute of Culture.. second edition revised and enlarged.. 1958.. lxxvii + 494pp, endpapers and dustjacket trifle foxed, a good copy in little shelf-worn and priceclipped dustjacket. .

389pp, references, notes, dustjacket extremities a little rubbed and spine a touch sunned, otherwise very good hardback copy. "The volume brings together significant essays on Gandhi by noted Indian scholars including A. L. Basham, Ashis Nandy, and Bhikhu Parekh among others. It attempts to reassess the continuing relevance of Gandhi." - Google Books. .

Berkeley.: University of California Press.. Reprint.. 1994.. Map, black and white photographic plates, xxxvii + 234pp, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, spine little sunned, a very good paperback copy. .

Kuala Lumpur.: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pendidikan.. 1992.. xii+ 199pp, bibliography, index, sunned spine, a good paperback copy. Text in Malay. .

Singapore.: Eastern Universities Press.. 1983.. Black and white photographic illustrations, 200pp, appendix, title-page clipped with inscription, spine a touch faded, paperback covers a little worn, good copy. "Tunku Abdul Rahman is a man of rare insight and character. Although born a prince, he has the remarkable ability of being able to share the feelings of his compatriots, no matter what strata of life they may come from. 'Lest we Forget' is the latest collection of the Tunku's memoirs, selected from his weekly articles in the Star. This book traces events - which he fears are long forgotten - that led to Malaysia's peacefully procured independence and later placed her on the map as a rapidly developing nation." - Publisher's description. .