Tom Harrisson Editor (32 results)

Trade paperback. First edition. 681 p. Includes illustrations. Good. mild toning, a few creases to the cover structurally sound.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped, cover faded, spine tattered, o/w Good; 26 articles, including: Borneo Native Food Preserves by George Jamuh; More Dusun Riddles by Ivor H.N. Evans; and The Stone of Demong by Walter Unjah. 23 b/w plates; pp 1 - 192. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Cover edges and corners are slightly creased and rubbed. Page block is lightly tanned and blemished. Name penned to half-title page. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Good Plus. Northwest coast of Indonesian Borneo. Folklore, Fauna, Flora, Subsistence patterns of the Malay people. Charts, photographs, drawings. Softcover original.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hinges repaired with masking tape, library binding, some inking on title page; 32 articles, including: Upper Pleistocene Human Skull from Niah Caves by D.R. Brothwell; Manjah: the 'Magic Stone' of Niah by R. Nyandoh; The Orang-utan in Niah Cave Prehistory by D.A. Hooijer; and Six Orang Stories by Guan anak Sureng; 21 plates; maps and other figures; pp 323 - 681. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Buckram |. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped, edgeworn, o/w Good; 32 articles, including: Upper Pleistocene Human Skull from Niah Caves by D.R. Brothwell; Manjah: the 'Magic Stone' of Niah by R. Nyandoh; The Orang-utan in Niah Cave Prehistory by D.A. Hooijer; and Six Orang Stories by Guan anak Sureng; 21 plates; maps and other figures; pp 323 - 681. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped, edgewear, o/w Good; 34 articles, including: A Melanau Curing Ceremony Payun at Mukah by G.T. Barnes; The Gibbon in West Borneo Folklore and Augury by Tom Harrisson; Maloh Coffin Designs by Tom Harrisson; Flying Foxes over Niah Cave Area, 1965-6 by Tom and Barbara Harrisson; and The Sarang Caves in Sarawak by Tom Harrisson and J.L. Reavis; 28 plates; one fold-in, other figures; pp 1 - 422. *** > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |.…

paperback, large 8vo, pp.xxii,1-339, illustrated, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers slightly marked and corners scuffed; Good condition.

paperback, large 8vo, pp.xiv,1-334. illustrated, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers slightly marked and corners scuffed; Good condition.

paperback, large 8vo, pp.x,323-681, illustrated, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers slightly marked and corners scuffed; Good condition.

paperback, large 8vo, pp.xii,340-665. illustrated, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers slightly rubbed, Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 296 pp., illustrations, bibliography. cover wear & fading, price inked-out on front cover, spine creased, small tears at top & bottom of spine, rust from paperclip on margin of a couple of pages. Contents: A first classification of prehistoric bone and tooth artifacts / Harrisson & Medway; The Santubong Buddha and its context / Griswold; A remarkable megalith and gold ear-ring / von Koenigswald; Megaliths of central Borneo and western Malaya, compared / Harrisson; "Married megaliths" in upland Kalimantan / Labang; A dying megalithic of north Borneo / Harrisson; The king of stone / Nyandoh; Gawi Batu: the Iban whetstone feast / Sandin; Tibang, Tebang, Tilong and Mandai / Richards; Stonewards: Marco Polo Ware in South-east Asia / Harrisson; Earthenwares: Prehistoric pottery common to Malaya and Borneo / Wall; Prehistoric bone: the gibbons and monkeys of Niah Great Cave / King; Changing contexts of South-east Asia / Harrisson; The Rama story in the post-Muslim Malay literature of South-east Asia / Francisco; Field recording sea Dayak music / Maceda; Five sorts of Sarawak and Kalimantan Kenya song / Galvin; Some Philippine tales compared with parallels in north Borneo / Francisco; Pelandok, the villain hero: in Sarawak and interior Kalimantan / Jamuh et al.; The tortoise and the mouse deer / Haddon; The Philippine national herio: Rizal in Sandakan / Coates; Penghulu Lasong Piri speaks from Kalimantna / Jamuh; The word bisaya and Brunei / Bewsher; Papuan stone-adze in central Borneo / Harrisson; The development of resource sin British Borneo / Lee; Rubber cultivation in diversified agriculture / Watson; Brunei Malay rubber beginnings / Janardanan; Bird visitors to Kuching Airport and Racecourse / Smythies; Downward zonation of the Blue Shortwing / Harrisson; Notes on the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) / Harrisson 0.0. …

Four maps, some folding, black and white photographic plates, xvi + 257pp. 24.6 x 15.6cm. Edges foxed, worn and chipped paper wrappers, small stamp of a prior owner upper wrapper, overall a good copy. Contains articles by Tom Harrisson, including: "Orang-utans in the London Zoo", "Growing Turtles and Growing Problems" and "'Bisaya': Borneo-Philippine Impacts of Islam." Also includes many articles by others, including: Barbara Harrisson, Ivor H.N. Evans, and B.E. Smythies.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy, insect damage to spine, bumped, o/w Good; 33 articles, including: Chinese Characters in Brunei and Sarawak Ceramincs by John Pope; Old Brunei Coins by E. Wodak; Megaliths of Central and West Borneo by Tom Harrisson; and Magic Plants of the Dayaks by Dr. C.G.S. vam Steenis; 24 b/w plates; maps and other figures; pp 267- 544. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped, cover faded, spine chipped, o/w Good; 30 articles, including: A Remarkable Megalith and Gold Ear-ring by G.H.R. von Koenigswald; Gawai Batu: the Iban Whetstone Feast by Benedict Sandin; The Rama Story in the Post-Muslim Malay Literature of South-east Asia by Juan R. Francisco; Some Philippine Tales Compared with Paralels in North Borneo by Juan R. Francisco; and The Philippine National Hero: Rizal in Sandakan by Austin Coates; 31 plates; also, tables & figures; pp 335 - 630. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped, edgewear, o/w Good; 37 articles, including: A Bartmann Jug in Mukah by Eine Moore; Upi-using--a Late Burial Cave at Niah by Barbara Harrisson; Interesting Bronzes with Ceramic Parallels by Tom Harrisson; Dressing Up for a Dance by Bishop Galvin and Rev. Baartmans; and Punan Vocabularies by Tuton Kaboy; 41 plates; maps, other figures; pp 1 - 422. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |. …

4 maps, some folding, black and white photographic plates, xvi + 257pp. 24.6 x 15.6cm. Leaves browned, a little worn paper wrappers, internally clean, overall a very good copy. Contains articles by Tom Harrisson, including: "Orang-utans in the London Zoo", "Growing Turtles and Growing Problems" and "'Bisaya': Borneo-Philippine Impacts of Islam." Also includes many articles by others, including: Barbara Harrisson, Ivor H.N. Evans, and B.E. Smythies.…

Endpaper map, black and white photographic plates, xiv + 334pp. 24.6 x 15.6cm. Leaves browned, sunned spine, a very good copy in original paper wrappers.

Map, black and white and colour photographic plates, xxii + 267 + 544pp. 24 x 15cm. Lower corners bumped, original wrappers worn with spine chipped, still a clean and sturdy copy. Contains articles by Tom Harrisson, including: "'The Ming Gap' and Kota Batu, Brunei", "Some Origins and Attitudes of Brunei Tutong - Belait - Dusun, North Borneo and 'Dusun' and Sarawak 'Bisayan', Meting and other Peoples", "Megaliths of Central and West Borneo", and Big Game Fish in Borneo Waters". Also includes several other articles by others, including Barbara Harrisson, Lord Medway, and I.A.N. Urquhart. Includes articles: "Magic Plants of the Dayaks", "A New Toad from Borneo", "Chinese Characters in Brunei and Sarawak Ceramics" and "Pollen from the South China Sea".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine slightly canted, interior end papers foxed, remainder clean and unmarked. Contents: Early British Pioneers in Borneo, Jacob Jonsz de Roy; Pioneer Priests, A.D. 1688; Indian Pioneers in Borneo: c.500 A.D. on; A Land Dayak Girl Explorer; Gunung Taband, Cave, Bau; The Tale of Batu Gading; Chinese Pioneers, A.D. 1900: The New Foochow Settlement of Sarawak; and others.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Stock image shown. Wear and creasing to the corners/edges. Stains and smudges to the cover and spine. Stains and creasing to some of the pages.

Folding black and white maps, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 455pp. Edges browned, sunned spine and wrappers margins, a good copy in card wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Iban People, the Land Dyaks, the Kayans and Kenyahs, the Kelabits, Punans and Pennans, the Melanaus, the Bisaya Group and the Chinese and Malays. pp.vii.141. Illus; 22 b/w plates. Ex Linnean Society; usual library marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy, insect damage to hinges repaired w/masking tape, o/w Good; 33 articles, including: Chinese Characters in Brunei and Sarawak Ceramincs by John Pope; Old Brunei Coins by E. Wodak; and Megaliths of Central and West Borneo by Tom Harrisson; 24 b/w plates; maps and other figures; pp 267- 544. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy, insect damage to hinges repaired w/masking tape, o/w Good; 24 articles, including: The Caves of Niah: A History of Prehistory by Tom Harrisson; Remarks on the Prehistoric Fauna of the Great Cave by G.H.R von Koenigswald; Some Niah Folklore and Origins by Benedict Sandin; and A Living Megalithic in Upland Borneo by Tom Harrisson; 25 plates; maps and other figures; two fold-ins; pp 545 - 831. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bumped; 24 articles, including: The Caves of Niah: A History of Prehistory by Tom Harrisson; Niah's Lobang Tulang: 'Cave of Bones' by Barbara Harrisson; Remarks on the Prehistoric Fauna of the Great Cave by G.H.R von Koenigswald; Some Niah Folklore and Origins by Benedict Sandin; A Living Megalithic in Upland Borneo and Notes on the Edible Green Turtle both by Tom Harrisson; 25 plates; maps and other figures; two fold-ins; pp 545 - 831. > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Heavy Paper Wraps |.…

Maps, black and white line illustrations and photographic plates, xvi + 266pp. Light wear and browning, overall a good copy.

22 black and white photographic plates, vii + 141pp. Inscription by Tom Harrisson (?) front free endpaper, hardback with original wrappers laid down, good copy. Discusses the Iban People, the Land Dyaks, the Kayans and Kenyahs, the Kelabits, Punans and Pennans, the Melanaus, the Bisaya Group and the Chinese and Malays.…

Black and white photographic plates, xxi + 422pp. Edges browned, spine sunned, a very good copy in card covers. Contents are divided into six sections: Prehistoric and Other Early Ceramics, Niah and Other Cave Prehistory, Other Artifacts - Past and Present, Living Cultures unto Death, More Devious Death, A Thriving Way of Life, Live Bodies.…

Black and white photographic plates, xii +325pp. Edges browned, spine sunned, lower cover a little marked, a very good copy in card covers. Contents are divided into six sections: Sarawak Malays and Chinese; Iban, Kayan and Kenyah; Strange Contacts through Far Journeys; Studies from Sabah; Natural History and Conservation; Recent History; Seven articles by Tom Harrisson are included.…