Books with Old Photographs
and Maps in Books

SIAMESE SKETCHES

by Cupet, P.       
Book order code : E 22 189

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1900) ISBN 974-7534-83-4
458 pp., 40 pp. illus., 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

A PICTORIAL JOURNEY ON THE OLD MEKONG
: Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan Vol. 3

by Delaporte, Louis & Francis Garnier      
Book order code : E 21 865

Volume 3 of the Mekong Exploration Commission Report (1866-1868) In this third part of the Mekong Exploration Commission Report, 1866-1868, published as an oversized volume with numerous splendid color plates and four maps, the journey along the Mekong is retraced using plates not published in the two other volumes on the Mekong Expedition as well as by masterfully drawn color plates of tribal costumes from the regions the Commission passed through.

(Bangkok 1998) ISBN 974-8496-76-7
225 pp., fully illus., partly in color, 210 x 290 mm,pbk

BUDDHIST STUPA (PHRA CHEDI) ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND

by Doehring, Karl     
Book order code : E 22 167

This study is enhanced by a unique collection of photographs and the author's own sketches and drawings.

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1912) ISBN974-7534-39-8
168 pp., fully illus., 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

BUDDHIST TEMPLES OF THAILAND
: An Architectonic Introduction

by Doehring, Karl       

Book order code : E 22 168

This is the first English translation of Karl Doehring's seminal three-volume photographic study Buddhistische Tempelanlagen in Siam, published in German in 1920. This analysis of temple building complexes is accompanied by 180 pages of technically zperfect photographs and 116 floor plans and refined line drawings.

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1920) ISBN 974-7534-40-1
370 pp., 266 pp. illus., 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE OF SIAM

by Doehring, Karl       

Book order code : E 22 071

The Country and People of Siam is the first English translation of Siam, Land und Volk, accompanied by 142 pages of original photos.

(Bangkok 1999) ISBN 974-8434-87-7
206 pp., 142 pp. illus., 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

A GUIDE TO THE TEMPLE OF BANTEAY SREI AT ANGKOR

by Finot, Louis, Henri Parmentier & Victor Goloubew      

Book order code : E 22 170

Originally published in 1926, this is the first study of the temple that many consider the crown jewel of the entire Angkor Wat complex. Line drawings and handsome photographs illustrate the study.

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1926) ISBN 974-7534-22-3
228 pp., 78 pp. illus., 270 x 370 mm

NEW GUINEA
:People and Art

by Fuhrmann, Ernst      

Book order code : E 22 106

This work is the first English translation of a German text published by well-known publisher Folkwang Verlag in Hagen in 1922. The book is based on photographs of objects in art collections in the major museums of Europe and has a special section on the ornamental designs of New Guinea.

(Bangkok 1999, First English tranbslation of 1922) ISBN 974-7534-04-5
168 pp., 130 pp. illus., 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS OF BURMA, SIAM, CAMBODIA, YUNNAN, CHAMPA, AND VIETNAM

by Huerlimann, Martin      

Book order code : E 22 224

A book of photographs of the 1920s in Indochina, presenting 240 magnificent period photographs of architecture, landscapes, and people in their daily activities.

(Bangkok 2001; First English translation of 1929) ISBN 974-7534-64-9
276 pp., 240 pp. illus., 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

TRAVELS IN UPPER LAOS AND ON THE BORDERS OF YUNNAN AND BURMA
: The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers (1879-1895)-Vol. 5

by Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre      
Book order code : E 22 166

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1902) ISBN 974-8434-79-6
402 pp., 80 pp. illus., 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

YAO CEREMONIAL PAINTINGS

by Lemoine, J.     
Book order code : E 20 238

This book is about a very rare art tradition which has remained virtually unknown in the West until recently. Today, Lemoines's book is the standard work on this art.

(Bangkok 1982) ISBN 974-8495-01-9
170 pp.,, 296 color illus., 4 maps, 215 x 290 mm





TRAVELS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM AND LAOS
: The Pavie Mission Indochina Papers (1879-1895)-Vol. 4

by Malglaive, J. de & A.-J. Riviere      
Book order code : E 22 148

(Bangkok 2000; First English translation of 1902) ISBN 974-8434-78-8
350 pp., 48 pp. illus., 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN SIAM 1828-1928

by McFarland, George Bradley (Ed.)      
Book order code : E 22 111

The book was the only general study of Protestant church history in Thailand until the publication of Wells's History of Protestant Work in 1958.

(Bangkok 1999, repr. from 1928) ISBN 974-8495-64-7
646 pp., 130 pp. illus., 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

CHAM SCULPTURE
: Religious Ceremonies and Superstitions of Champa

by Parmentier, Henri, Paul Mus & Entienne Aymonier

Book order code : E 22 240

The first report in this book offers an overview of Cham art with sixty-five photographs and an introductory text by the eminent French archaeologist Henri Parmentier. Originally published in 1922, this book remains one of the best introductions to the treasures preserved in the Tourane Museum in Danang.

(Bangkok 2001; First English translations of 1922, 1934, 1891) ISBN 974-7534-70-3
152 pp., 56 pp. illus., 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

ATLAS OF THE PAVIE MISSION
: Laos, Cambodia, Siam, Yunnan, and Yunnan
Vol. 2 of the Pavie Mission Indochina Papers (1879-1895)

Pavie, Auguste       
Book order code : E 22 073

This volume provides an overview of exploration work done in Cambodia, Siam, Laos and Vietnam by means of maps produced by the explorers and numerous itineraries of staff members of the mission. This atlas also contains a number of color plates, masterpieces of the art of the time, that were incorporated in various research reports of the mission. Short descriptions place these in the context of the work of the Pavie Mission as documented in the other volumes in this series.

(Bangkok 1999, First English translation from 1903) ISBN 974-8434-75-3
206 pp., 35 pp. illus. in color, 81 pp. maps, 210 x 290 mm, pbk.

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