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Siamese State Ceremonies: Their History and Function with Supplementary Notes

Siamese State Ceremonies: Their History and Function with Supplementary Notes Hardcover - 1992

by Quaritch Wales, H G

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  • Hardcover

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Richmond: Curzon Press, 1992. Reprint of the definitive 1931 study of Siamese court festivals and ceremonies by a renowned authority on Siamese/Thai culture and royal family, including supplementary notes updating the original work in 1971. Quaritch Wales provides in-depth detail on such events as coronations, royal funerals, complex agricultural rites and much more, almost all of which retain relevance to the present day. Light foxing on endpapers and page fore-edges, internal pages clean. xiv, 326 + 34 pp., 47 b&w plates, 5 figs.. Reprint edition. Hard bound. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm..
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  • Title Siamese State Ceremonies: Their History and Function with Supplementary Notes
  • Author Quaritch Wales, H G
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 340
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Curzon Press, Richmond
  • Date 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Annotated, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 002055
  • ISBN 9780700702695 / 0700702695
  • Weight 1.53 lbs (0.69 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 6.04 x 1.17 in (21.49 x 15.34 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Thailand - Social life and customs, Rites and ceremonies - Thailand
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93193879
  • Dewey Decimal Code 390.220

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