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Tun (Dr) Ismail bin Dato Haji Abdul Rahman, Minister of Home Affairs, Malaysia [Sarawak Communist Organisation; Communist Party of Malaya; Communist Terrorist Organisation]

[Two printed booklets: 'Anchaman Komiunis yang Menggunakan Kekerasan Di-Malaysia Barat' and English translation 'The Militant Communist Threat to West Malaysia.'

Malaysian original: vi+21pp., 8vo. English translation: vi+17pp., 8vo. Both printed in same layout and format, and both in red and black printed card wraps. Foreword, dated 24 October 1966, by Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Tun (Dr) Ismail bin Dato Haji Abdul Rahman. Malaysian original near...

£280.00
Tenku Abdul Rahman; Sir Donald MacGillivray; C. Northcote Parkinson; Malcolm MacDonald; Mohamed Khir Johari; Ong Yoke Lin; P.P. Narayanan; Sir Sydney Caine; Ya'acob bin Abdul Latiff; A. T. Lennox-Boyd

[Printed booklet.] Malaya. The Road to Independence. ['a series of eleven talks specially arranged as an introduction to Malayan independence, which were originally broadcast in "London Calling Asia," the B.B.C.'s regional programme in English']

34pp., in green printed stapled wraps, with photographic plate of Tunku Abdul Rahman following the contents. In good condition, on aged paper, with slight wear to wraps. Accession stamp at head of front wrap of the Penang Contingent Headquarters Registry, dated 3 October 1957. The full subtitle...

£220.00
Remy de Montfort (1765-1848), Châtelain de la Motte, Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, France; his son Philogène de Montfort (1806-1883), grandfather of the symbolist poet Remy de Gourmont

'Registre' (account book), in French, of Remy de Montfort, Châtelain de la Motte, Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, and of his son Philogène de Montfort. Containing information about crops, livestock, servants, rents and matters pertaining to his estate.

186pp., 8vo. Paginated 1-186, with pp.44-45 and 113 blank, and three other three unpaginated pages: front pastedown and facing page, and rear pastedown. Five pieces of paper with manuscript are inserted, two loosely. Internally in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with occasional...

£650.00
R. L. Gunther, editor of 'The Australian EEB. An Informal Electronics Experimenters Bulletin', established 1964

14 issues of 'The Australian EEB. An Informal Electronics Experimenters Bulletin', edited by R. L. Gunther.

Ten of the fourteen in 4to, and around 20pp each; one 18pp., foolscap 8vo; the last three 16pp., 12mo. Leaves of advertisements (2pp., 4to) inserted. In fair condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper; one issue (October 1969) with loss to cover and damage to first few leaves. The first eleven...

£400.00
[Rodney Gedye, author; Robert Claxton, designer; ABC Television [Associated British Corporation]; ITV [Independent Television]; 'The Avengers' television series]

[Printed colour photographic brochure.] ABC TV in focus. ABC Television reports on: Programmes in Production. Facilities for Tomorrow.

48pp., 4to. Profusely illustrated with 'modern' layout. Internally good, in worn covers with loss to spine. Five photographs relating to the cult series 'The Avengers' feature on five pages, including three photographs of 'Mrs Catherine Gale' (Honor Blackman), one with 'John Steed' (Patrick...

£200.00
[Reception Set R.107 radio receiver, British classified military radio manual]

[Printed British classified military radio manual.] Reception Sets R.107. General Description and Working Instructions. ZA 3220. Not to be published. [With three fold-out diagrams and seven fold-out plates.]

8vo booklet stapled into card wraps, with 40pp. of text, headed 'OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS - R.107' (divided into: General Description; Working Instructions; Maintenance), followed by the ten fold-out plates, consisting of three circuit diagrams and seven plates of photographic illustrations on art...

£250.00
[Peter Ramsdale, Chairman PG E8, One-2-One, Imperial Place, Maxwell Road, Borehamwood, Herts [Professional Group E8 (Radiocommunication systems) of the IEE's Electronics Division]]

[Printed conference papers.] Colloquium on Frequency Selection and Management Techniques for HF Communications at Savoy Place on 7-8 February 1996.

153pp., 8vo. In blue wraps with blue cloth tape on spine. In good condition, in aged wraps. 27 papers, printed before the conference (with number 7 'unavailable at time of printing'). Scarce: the only 'hard' copies (as opposed to 'electronic resources') on COPAC at the British Library, Sheffield...

£200.00
[Bearley Radio Station; Plessey Electronics [The Plessey Company Limited, Radio Systems Division, Ilford, Essex, England; GPO; General Post Office; broadcasting]

[Printed colour brochure.] The formal opening of Bearley Radio Station by Mr. John Wall Deputy Chairman The Post Office Board on November 23, 1967.

[2] + 12 + [2] pp., 4to. On shiny art paper, in laminated wraps. Attractively designed with numerous photographic illustrations. The covers, printed in two shades of blue, open up to show a ground view of the site. Scarce: no copy on COPAC or WorldCat. From the J. P. Hawker papers.

£120.00
Robert Lindsay Crawford (1868-1945), radical Ulster Protestant journalist and politician, co-founder of the Independent Orange Order [Robert Lynd (1879-1949), Irish journalist and essayist]

Autograph Letter Signed ('R. Lindsay Crawford') from Robert Lindsay Crawford, co-founder of the Independent Orange Order, from Canada to fellow-Ulsterman Robert Lynd.

2pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. An intimate, chatty letter, written in a difficult hand, beginning: 'My dear Lynd, | Health & apostolic benedictions. The odour of the Eucharistic Congress still hangs round me after the <?> of the sea & much disappointment...

£160.00
S. Kula Singam, M.B.E., First Legal Assistant, Attorney-General's Chambers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. [Malaysia]

[Printed pamphlet.] Federation of Malaya. The Evidence Ordinance of the Federation of Malaya. F. of M. No. 11 of 1950. With Index. Compiled by S. Kula Singam, M.B.E., First Legal Assistant, Attorney-General's Chambers, Kuala Lumpur.

[1] + vii + 84pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. Very good, with rusting from staples. Singam's 'subject-matter Index' covers pp.63-84. Scarce: the only copies on OCLC WorldCat and COPAC at the British Library, Lousiana State University Law Library, and Singapore. From the private papers of C. A....

£250.00
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