MALAYSIA. – Cuthbert Woodville HARRISON (editor). An Illustrated Guide

MALAYSIA. – Cuthbert Woodville HARRISON (editor). An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States. London: The Malay States Information Agency, 1923. First edition, fourth impression, 8vo (160 x 99mm.) Hand-coloured F.M.S. coat-of-arms to front endpaper, hand-coloured national flag to rear endpaper, 7 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, numerous photographic illustrations, large folding map of British Malaya in rear pocket. (Some browning.) Original yellow cloth (dust-soiled). Note: a detailed evocation of colonial Malaysia and an exercise in promoting investment: ‘It is a very rich country, full of valuable mineral deposits, and also one of those gardens of earth which when tickled laughs itself into harvest’.

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