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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Unread book in pristine condition. Spine tight with no creases. Pages clean and unmarked. Reminiscences of growing up as a daughter of a Burmese civil servant in colonial Burma, combined with a complete view of everyday life in Burma. Visit the Burmese countryside, village, town, and city; enter homes, schools, and monasteries; observe children at play, men at work, and women at their household tasks. Learn about native dress, food, cosmetics, and utensils. Go shopping and traveling, sing and dance, meditate and pray. Be merry at feasts and celebrations, become acquainted with many legends, and marvel at the frequency with which girls elope. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Ava House Pub Very good condition clean tight and bright, a bit of shelf wear/rub to dust jacket but overall clean and strong.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 237 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. 130 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The dust jacket has two small, closed, tape-repaired tears.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 130, xiv pages ; 22 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. xii, 237 pages, 99 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. Previously published: London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1901.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Spine not creased. 260 x 215 mm. 128 pp. A well-illustrated catalogue, published on the occasion of the exhibition. Book.

Reprint. Folding maps and plans, colour and black and white illustrations a little blurred, xxvi + 435pp, index, paperback. First published in 1907. "A British colonial officer's evocative description of Burma's past written in the form of a guide to twelve Burmese cities and temple sites: Mandalay, Ava, Amarapura, Sagaing, Tagaung, Pagan, Prome, Sri Ksetra, Po-u-daung, Thaton, Pegu, and Mergui. It is full of detail and first-hand observation and can still, despite the passage of time, inform and afford the modern traveller many insights." Herbert 95. …

Zustand: BUONO USATO. Da revisionare INGLESE Studio antropologico dei vari aspetti della vita burmese, corredato da un imponente corredo iconografico, costituito da piccole immagini fotografiche d'epoca, alcune delle quali rare; pagine lucide molto ben preservate, tonalità appena ossidate, tagli immacolati. Copertina rilegata in eco-pelle con impressioni in oro in prima e al dorso, ottime le condizioni garantite dalla sovraccoperta che l'avvolge, segnata da minima usura al film protettivo. Edizione inglese. N. pag. 237.…

[Reprint]. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout, xii + 237pp, 27 x 20cm, appendices, samples of notated music, maps and index. From the library of Dr Andrew Selth with his name and chop on front free endpaper, some minor soiling dustjacket. A very good clean copy. The nine chapters in this volume look at many aspects of Burmese life including childhood and adolescence, manhood and occupation, trades and professions, the non Burmese living in Burma including the Shan, Karen, Chin, Chimpaw, Chinese, Indians and Europeans, the politics, festivals and death. Appendices include information of the structure of the Burmese language and Notes on Burmese Music (by P.A. Mariano). First published in London in 1901 this is an attractive reprint with the illustrations clearly reproduced.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Owner's name.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. The wraps are tidy overall with little edge rub. The binding is secure. No inscriptions or annotations. Tall. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Photography by Mark Downey. IN INGLESE. IN ENGLISH. Brossura 77 p. 28x22 cm 9627987068 Buono (Good) .

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo xii + 237pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., index, Facsimile of the London 1901 edition.

14.5X20.5 cm. 161 pages. Contains black and white plates. Softcover. In good condition. The book is in : English.