Best.-Nr. 101933The original gelatin silver prints are approximately 75 × 100 mm each some a little smaller some a little larger. One of the photographs is of a blackboard inscribed '6 RSU Number 6 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF Balikpapan Borneo. Coppersmiths & Welders. Honour Roll 1945' with a list of twelve names. About a dozen photographs feature aircraft; a dozen feature servicemen some named; and there is a very good series of six images of the destruction wrought on Balikpapan. 37 items. unknown

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Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)Biblio.com

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Best.-Nr. DADAX0415559596New unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten318,94 $≈ 284,95 €

Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo: Hydrological Research at the Danum Valley Field Studies Center (Ecological StudiesBiblio.com

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Best.-Nr. DADAX3030915425New unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten323,99 $≈ 289,46 €

BORNEO A JONGLEURBiblio.com

Nine-and-Twenty Stray Doggerels from Borneo.

1929Best.-Nr. BORNEO004969Printed for the Author at the Government Printing Office Kuching. 1929. First edition. Octavo. ll v 29 printed on rectos only. Tipped-in frontispiece photograph showing a river scene. Green cloth with gilt title-panel on front. The author whose identity remains a mystery was presumably a British colonial official. It is possible that he is Thomas Stirling Boyd who was appointed as the first Judicial Commissioner of Sarawak in 1928 and is known to have published a play in 1925.Covers mottled and slightly insect-damaged presumably from their time in the Tropics. Internally fine. Very scarce: no copies listed on Copac. Printed for the Author at the Government Printing Office, Kuching. hardcover

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A Decade in Borneo (Literature of Travel, Exploration and Empire)Biblio.com

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Best.-Nr. DADAX0718501977New unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten380,60 $≈ 340,03 €

Ancestors in Borneo Societies: Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality (Nias Studies in Asian Topics)Biblio.com

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Best.-Nr. DADAX8776940918New unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten388,57 $≈ 347,15 €

Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)Biblio.com

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Best.-Nr. SONG0415559596Used: Good unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten442,96 $≈ 395,75 €

Medicinal Plants of Borneo (Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants)Biblio.com

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Best.-Nr. DADAX036775875XNew unknown

Ergodebooks · Vereinigte Staaten474,26 $≈ 423,71 €

The British North Borneo CompanyBiblio.com

Views of British North Borneo with a Brief History of the Colony

1899Best.-Nr. 976Z27London: William Brown & Co. Limited 1899. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 11". Dr. Johnstone; Mr. A. J. West. The first edition of this scarce record of the British North Borneo Company and their developments in the railway and trade industries with many photographs taken by members of the company. The first edition.A scarce work. Illustrated throughout with a colour map frontispiece monochrome photographic vignettes taken by Dr. Johnstone and Mr. A. J. West and a colour map to the rear.An account of the progress and developments of the 'North Borneo Chartered Company' published seventeen years after the Royal Charter was granted to the company. The work provides a brief history of the colony covering the climate population and geography and an account of the company's developments such as their settlements and progress in the trade and railway industry including the memorandum on the proposed railway extension. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally marks to the covers with damp stains to the front and fading and a small tear to the spine with light edge wear to the extremities. Front hinge weak and rear starting. Internally the odd page tender with bright and generally clean pages with only the very odd minor spot. Light tidemarks to the head corners to the front free endpaper to the first few pages. Good William Brown & Co. Limited hardcover

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BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANYBiblio.com

Views of North Borneo with a Brief History of the Colony

1899Best.-Nr. 174028London: Printed by William Brown & Co. 1899. First edition of this commemorative publication produced 18 years after the company's founding advertising "progress" in trade and railway construction. Investors are urged to apply to the company's offices in Leadenhall Street for land and concessions. The photographs are predominantly the work of two of the company's officers Dr G. N. Johnstone and A. J. West. They include "The first train in North Borneo 3rd February 1898" the train was named "Progress" "Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee June 22nd 1897" "The Sultan of Sulu and Suite" "Chinese mummers" and portrait photographs of prominent British officials. Landscape quarto. With 2 colour maps halftone illustrations throughout. Original red bead-grain cloth front cover lettered in gilt with gilt coat of arms of British North Borneo Company. Small 1899 ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper recto. Boards sunned and worn in places front inner hinge split at head small worm trail in margin of first map: a very good copy. hardcover

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[PHILIPPINES & BORNEO]. BURDETT, F[rederick "Fred"] D[avid].Biblio.com

The odyssey of an orchid hunter. Edited and annotated by Percy J. King.

1930Best.-Nr. 64636London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1930. Thick 8vo. 317 1 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth blue lettering & border ruling maps on endpapers slightly cocked slight occasional foxing very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head & foot of spine dustsoiling edgewear small chip on back cover still a VG/VG- copy from the library of Claude Bridgland. First edition 1st printing stated of this rousing travelogue of the author’s “thrilling record of forty years’ adventures among the Igorote Head-hunters the Negrito Pygmies Aeta of Luzon whose poisoned arrows are the terror of the forests of Luzon the Dusun Python-hunters of the Borneo jungles the Corsairs and Sultans of the Sulu Sea and the Moro warriors of Mindanao.” Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and smuggling expeditions gold mining in the Kimberley mines and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Exceedingly scarce in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover

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[PHILIPPINES & BORNEO]. BURDETT, F[rederick "Fred"] D[avid] & KING, Percy JBiblio.com

The odyssey of a pearl hunter.

1931Best.-Nr. 64637London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1931. Thick 8vo. 320 pp. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth blue lettering & border ruling very slight shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head of spine dustsoiling edgewear 1 minor closed tear still a NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this follow-up travelogue recording his adventures in the Kimberley Gold Rush the pearl fisheries of the Indian Ocean coping with the Pirates of Panay hunting for sunken treasure and shocking discoveries in a supposed Indigenous “cannibal” cooking pot. Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and natural history expeditions sailing through the Indian Ocean Indonesia and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Exceedingly scarce in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover

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(Borneo) Keppel, HenryBiblio.com

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: with Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke Esq

1846Best.-Nr. 313655London: Chapman and Hall 1846. First edition. With 6 folding maps 11 plates folding table. xii ii 338 xxviii; ciii ii 230 ii cii pp. 2 vols. 4to. Nineteenth-century half calf marbled sides all edges marbled. Light rubbing one map backed in linen with soil at one fold. Townshend bookplate on endpapers initials "H.M.C." at head of title partially trimmed when bound. Overall near fine. First edition. With 6 folding maps 11 plates folding table. xii ii 338 xxviii; ciii ii 230 ii cii pp. 2 vols. 4to. Henry Keppel was a British naval officer who served in the Opium War and was sent to the Malacca Straits in the 1843-44 campaign to suppress Borneo pirates. Keppel Harbour a stretch of water at the southern tip of Singapore was named after him after he cleared the straits of pirates. The two volumes recount James Brooke's exploits in Sarawak the military explots of Brooke Keppel and Sir Edward Belcher and a geographical overview of Borneo as well as commentary on the natural history of the region. Hill 2004 918 Chapman and Hall unknown

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Borneo, British NorthBiblio.com

Handbook of British North Borneo

Best.-Nr. Z1-M-019-01986General Books LLC. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. General Books LLC unknown

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BORNEO WHITEHEAD, JohnBiblio.com

Exploration of Mount Kina Balu North Borneo.

1893Best.-Nr. BORNEO007093Gurney and Jackson London. 1893. First edition. Elephant folio. pp xii 317. 32 lithograph plates 11 hand-coloured 21 tinted and 21 wood engravings in the text. Original pictorial cloth. Top edge gilt. Professionally rebacked with reinforcement at the inner hinges. A narrative of the author's travels in Borneo Java Palawan and Balabac Islands especially of his three efforts the last one successful to ascend Mt. Kina Balu. The greater part of the work comprises detailed observations on the natural history especially ornithology of the regions visited. The lower cover has been affected by damp. Cloth rubbed at one corner and slightly bubbled at spine. Prelims lightly spotted. The contents and plates are in excellent state. Very good. Very scarce. Gurney and Jackson, London. hardcover