Alwi Alhady (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. 1st Edition. This is a Fine copy of the first edition (1st printing) . Softcover- yellow with deep red typography. The royal customs as well as the general household customs handed down through the generations and still used today. The pages are evenly darkened slightly.

Condition: Good. 1967. Reprinted. 128 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front reverse cover and first page. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine with splits to spine edges. Foxing to rear panel. Stain to front panel.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xv, 128 pages, illustrations : 19 cm. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Part One: General Malay Customs & Traditions: Chapter I. Household and Kampong Customs; Ch II: Piercing of Ear-Lobes, Circumcision and Childbirth; Ch III: Marriage Customs; Ch IV: Funeral Customs; Part Two: Royal Malay Customs & Traditions: Chapter I: Language, Etiquette and Ancient Laws; Ch II: The Nobat (Royal Band); Ch III: Rules Governing Marriage; Ch IV: Tabalkan (Installation of a Monarch); Ch V: Demise and Funeral of a Ruling Monarch; Appendix.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xxiii, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents: Riau, the milieu of Syed Shaykh's formative years & the aspirations of the subjugated umma / Alijah Gordon -- The life of my father / Syed Alwi Al-Hady -- Syed Shaykh, through the prism of a child's eyes & the Al-Hady clan / Datuk Syed Mohamed Alwi Al-Hady -- Syed Shaykh, his life & times / Linda Tan -- To turn the current of the age / Alijah Gordon -- Syed Shaykh, selections of his writings -- A reformist 'Ulama' in the Malay states / Mahayudin Hj. Yahaya -- Teacher and Kaum Muda activist / Mohd. Sarim Hj. Mustajab -- Syed Alwi Al-Hady, biographical outline and family tree -- Addendum: Riau and the restoration movement / Alijah Gordon.

First Edition. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. xv, 128 pages and 13 plates. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Part One: General Malay Customs & Traditions:- Household and Kampong Customs, Piercing of Ear-lobes, Circumcision and Childbirth, Marriage Customs, Funeral Customs. Part Two: Royal Malay Customs and Traditions:- Language Etiquette and Ancient Laws, The Nobat (Royal Band), Rules Governing Marriage, Tabalkan (Installation of a Monarch), Demise and Funeral of a Ruling Monarch. Sprache: english.