Walter E J Tips Translator (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 172 pp., illustrations. This book is a photographic sketch of the colonies and protectorates the French established around the turn of the century and the budding exploitation of those colonies. Indochinese architecture, landscapes, and people in their daily activities are shown in 203 magnificent photographs from the 19302. The journey covers the present-day countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The text, in English, includes a brief introduction to the specific characteristics and history of each country. The photographs also include monuments of Champa, an extinct culture on the coast of Central Vietnam. Tribal people from various regions are shown in their traditional costumes.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 267 pp., illustrations. A report of explorations undertaken in Laos and present-day Vietnam by one of the main architects of French expansion in Southeast Asia. For the first part of his explorations, Dr François Jules Harmand concentrated his journey of early 1877 on exploring the Boloven Plateau. His attention was focused especially on natural history and on the tribes living in this area. The second part of his exploration brought him to river valleys in Central Laos and the country of the Pou Thay, the original stock of the Thais, with the objective of finding a route from Bassac on the Mekong to Hué on the Vietnamese coast. The value of his observations on nature, people and political relations is only surpassed by the intrinsic value of this account as an example of nineteenth century French colonialists at work.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. In Laos and Siam Marthe Bassenne White Lotus translated by Walter E.J. Tips PB 1995 reprint ISBN 9748496295 FINE, very clean interior, no marks, spine is not creased, appears unread, slightest bit of wear to wrappers.

Condition: A near fine copy. Pp. xi, 144, 63 black and white photographs, 1 map. Publisher's pictorial white stiff wrappers, lettered in red and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. Originally published as "Au Laos et Au Siam"," in "Le Tour du Monde" Vol. 18 N.S., Paris, 1912. Red ownership stamp on half-title page. Check marks next to text on pages 8, 17, 28, 45, 59, 90 and 142.…

Condition: fine. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. BROCHE EN TRES BON ETAT.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 266 pp., illustrations. Photographic Impressions of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Yunnan, Champa, and Vietnam, or photographs of the 1 920s in Indochina, presents 240 magnificent period photographs of architecture, landscapes, and people in their daily activities. The captions for the photographs are provided in German, English, Italian, and French. For each country included there is a brief introduction in English. The photographs also include monuments of Champa, the disappeared kingdom on the coasts of Vietnam. Various ethnic minorities of Southeast Asia are shown in their traditional costumes. 0.0.…