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The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures
by WU, Cheng'en
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- Used - Very Good +
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- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9780804842723
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SGD 16.22
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United States: Tuttle Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Very Good +. A neat bright copy, without any creasing. Translated by Timothy Richards. Slight tanning to paper stock. Illustrated stiff wrappers, 226 pages.'China's most popular novel: it's the story of the Monkey King's epic quest in which he and his companions have to face fantastic foes, demons and monsters.'
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SGD 16.22
Kinship in Bali
by GEERTZ, Hildred : GEERTZ, Clifford
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- Used - Fine
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- First edition
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- 1975
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780226285153
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SGD 13.52
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Fine. A very tight bright copy of the first softcover edition. Octavo illustrated stiff card binding, 213 pages including tables, charts, appendixes, notes, index. The standard work on the subject; the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Years in Vietnam (1907 - 1910) Medicine, Chams and Tribesmen in Nhatrang and Surroundings
by VASSAL, Gabrielle M.
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- Used - Near Fine,
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- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9789748434537
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SGD 22.53
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Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999. Paperback. Near Fine,. Near fine - a very neat, bright copy. Octavo in illustrated wrappers, 283 pages including frontispiece photograph of the author, maps, 88 page album (most full page) photographs by the author, index. A small Chinese stamp to front endpaper. Originally published as 'On and Off Duty in Annam' by Heinemann in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.53
Historical Sabah - The Chinese
by WONG TZE DAN, Danny
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First edition
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9789838121040
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SGD 27.04
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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: Natural History Publications (Borneo), 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine - a very neat, bright copy. Octavo in illustrated boards, 170 pages including frontispiece map, numerous heritage photographic illustrations, list of sources and select bibliography. The author, Associate Professor at the Department of History, Arts and Social Science, University of Malaysia explores the foundation of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.04
Nederlandsch-Indie Oud & Nieuw
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- Hardcover
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SGD 67.60
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Hardcover. Very Good,. A collection of articles in Dutch language from several issues of Nederlandsch-Indie Oud & Nieuw, bound in blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine. There are tabbed separator pages between the four sections: 1. THAILAND; 36 pages including 29 full page photographic plates, many of Thai and Khmer Buddha heads together with relevant book reviews… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 67.60
Margaret Mead and Samoa. The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth
by FREEMAN, Derek
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First edition
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780708112717
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SGD 21.63
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Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 379 pages including notes, glossary, index, black and white photographs. In 1928 Mead announced in 'Coming of Age in Samoa' her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bitter End
by HOLMES, Richard; KEMP, Anthony
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- Used - Fine
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- fine
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- First printing
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- 1982
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- Book
- ISBN
- 9780907319030
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SGD 31.55
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Chichester: Antony Bird Publications, 1982. First printing. Book. Fine/fine. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original red boards with gilt title to spine, xiv + 212 pages including bibliography, index, 5 maps, 8 pages of black & white photographic plates. Brings to life through eyewitness accounts pre-war life in Singapore, the martial fevour of Japanese success and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 31.55
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
by DALRYMPLE, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780002157254
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Rippleside, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 72.10
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London: HarperCollins, 1993. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy. First impression. Quarto in original red boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 352 pages including black & white line illustrations / decorations throughout by Olivia Fraser, glossary, select bibliography and index. Top edge a little dusty, previous owner's name on flyleaf… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 72.10
Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
by WITHEY, Lynne
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780091736026
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SGD 22.53
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Hawthorn, VIC: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Near fine - a very neat, bright copy. First Australian edition. Octavo in original dark olive boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 512 pages including black & white illustrations, references, index. Very slight creasing to dustjacket top edge. Withey makes use of recent scholarship… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.53
A Confucian Notebook
by HERBERT, Edward
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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- Hard Cover
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SGD 22.53
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London: John Murray, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy. Wisdom of the East Series with a foreword by Arthur Waley. Publisher's original olive boards with claret lettering to spine and front panel, 89 pages including index. Light offsetting to endpapers, price-clipped dustjacket slightly soiled. A systematic explanation of the principal features… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.53
LA AUSTRIALIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Seas (1617-1627), Volume 1 & 2
by KELLY, Celsus (Ed. And Translator))
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hard Cover
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SGD 135.20
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London: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright set. Octavo in original gilt decorated blue cloth, two volumes; combined xvii - 446 pages including plates, tables, foldout maps. Dustjackets a little soiled, tanned on spines. Kelly's translation of documents relating to Pedro Fernandez de Quiros' expedition to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 135.20
An Introduction to Kendo
by LIDSTONE, R. A
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Hard Cover
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SGD 180.26
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Croydon, Surrey: Judo Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, very sound copy of this scarce classic on Kendo. Octavo in original publisher's linen cloth with red title to spine and front panel. 140 pages including numerous black & white line drawings and photographs providing clear illustration of technical points discussed in the text,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 180.26
The Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia
by HOPE, Sebastian
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780002571159
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SGD 22.53
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London: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A bright, tight copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original black cloth with silver title and credit to spine, lilac endpapers. 294 pages including maps, colour photographic plates, index. An enchanting tale of travels among the Sea Gypsies of Sulawesi, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, the Riau-Lingga Islands and Sulu Archipelago.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.53
Expanding Horizons: Australia and Indonesia into the 21st Century
by East Asia Analytical Unit; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1994
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- Soft Cover
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- 9780644335140
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SGD 18.03
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Australia: Australian Government Publication Service, 1994. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Coloured illustrated stiff wrapper, 345 pages including appendices, black & white maps, plans and tables. Slight wear to cover. A collection of papers by Australian and Indonesian authors focusing on economic cooperation between the two countries into the future. Two-way trade and investment is analysed, and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.03
The Duke of Puddle Dock: Travels in the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles
by Barley, Nigel
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First US Edition
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- 1992
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780805019681
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SGD 22.53
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1992. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Original publisher's orange boards quarter bound in cream linen with brown title to spine, 276 pages including biographical note, important dates in the life of Stamford Raffles, map. A few very slight chips to dustjacket. Barley goes from… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.53
A Concise History of East Asia
by Fitzgerald, C. P
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hard Cover
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SGD 13.52
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London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original red boards, gilt title to spine, 310 pages. Appendix, bibliography, index, illustrated endpapers, black and white photographic plates, maps. Previous owner's stamp to flyleaf, very slight chipping, creasing to top edge of dustjacket. A short but comprehensive history of China, Japan and South-East Asia by the Professor… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.52
Tahiti: a Paradise Lost
by Howarth, David
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- Hard Cover
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SGD 18.03
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London: Harvill, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 226 pages, endpaper maps, black & white illustrations. Light remainder mark to lower edge. A highly readable account of the destruction by European greed and dogma of the paradise that was Tahiti. A bright, tight copy.
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SGD 18.03
A History of the Chinese Secret Service
by Deacon, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1974
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780584101140
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- 1
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SGD 31.55
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London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 31.55
Japan the Toothless Tiger
by Hayes, Declan
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780804832793
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SGD 15.32
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Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Original red cloth, blue title to spine, first impression. 174 pages. Hayes explores the threats that Japan faces in the coming decades, particularly if the US downscales its military presence in the region, presents a blueprint for an appropriate strategy. A bright, tight copy.
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SGD 15.32
India Britannica
by Moorehouse, Geoffrey
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1983
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- Hard Cover
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Rippleside, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 18.03
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London: Book Club Associates, 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 288 pages, endpaper maps, chronology, sources, index, numerous black & white and colour photographs. Two corners lightly bumped, very slight creasing to dustjacket at head of spine. Moorhouse charts the course of British rule in India from the beginnings of the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.03
