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Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press, 1086. 344pp. Illustrated, including 28 color plates. Introduction by R.H.W. Reece. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second Impression.. Paperback. Fine.

Graham Bash, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good. Light crease to spine, thumbing/edgewear, minor mars to covers, else tight and clean.

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. (16)344+pp. Index. Map inside front cover. Color plates. Appendices. Facsimile of the 1881 edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall

Graham Brash (Pte.) Ltd ,Singapore, Singapore, 1989-01-01. Facsimile. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Singapore: Graham Bash, 1988. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Book. Clean nicely bound copy. Unmarked text. price sticker on the rear ffep. A very nice copy. Securely packaged. A story of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito, including journeyings in Sumatra, with an introduction by R.H W. Reece. The book was first published in 1881. d2.

Singapore:: Oxford University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0195826647 . Color plates. A reprint of the 1881 edition. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

(Amsterdam: Time-Life, 1984) 705415120. 'Classics of Exploration' series. Text facsimile of the 1881edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 8vo; original brown padded leatherette cover, lettered in gilt, with borders ruled in gilt, red, and blind; a.e.g.; marbled effect to endpapers; pp. 344, incl. index; etchings in text; colour plates and map; silk marker; loosely inserted publisher's synopsis. A few light fox spots to rear free endpaper recto. Near-fine condition. "Travel in Borneo posed special dangers, for besides having to cope with trackless forests, turbulent rivers and miasmic swamps, explorers risked attack by head-hunting Dyaks - forest tribes whose custom of taking the heads of their enemies and consuming their brains persisted until the Second World War. Carl Bock, a Dane with a particular interest in ethnography, was undeterred by the risks. In 1879 he set out on a 700-mile journey through south-east Borneo in search of Dyak communities. The… Read More

Time Life, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Lovely Time Life book with mock leather covers & marbled end papers a reprint from the 1891 edition

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. xvi, 344pp, index, appendices, bw & col ills, map. Or card. Light edge wear, some toning to endpapers. Travels in Borneo and Sumatra in the 1870s.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo.

Graham Bash, 1989-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Time-Life Books. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 0705415120 . Faux leather padded covers, with all edges gilt, and marbled end papers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages .

Singapore/Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press 1985. (XIII) 344 (1) p. Paperback (In good condition.)

Paperback / softback. New.

Singapore: Oxford U. P., 1985. reprint. Very Good. tall octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xvi + 344pp., colour plates, maps, appends., index, Facsimile of the 1881 edition. Small corner clipped from front end paper o/w a nice copy

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 344pgs.map. frontispiece. 30 color plates. Stiff illustrated wrappers. a couple of corners worn, otherwise tight, clean copy. This is a reprint of the 1881 Edition. plates are wonderfully reproduced. Account of author's travels through Borneo and Sumatra in the late 19th century. Synopsis: A story of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito, including journeyings in Sumatra, with an introduction by R.H W. Reece.

Singapore: Graham Brash, facsimile reprint 1988,. pak with stiff laminated covers 34200 endpapers .

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1985. Paperback, 26 cm, 344 pp. Ills.: b/w and color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0195826299. .

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.