BOOKS 301 ABBE DE CHOISY Journal du Voyage de Siam . 2230 Journal du Voyage de Siam fait en M.DC.LXXXV et M.DC.LXXXVI . Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687. 8vo (243 175 mm), modern calf preserving original gilt title in second of six compartments on spine, remaining compartments are adorned with gilt repeated fleuron, bookplate, slightly aged pages with some light foxing. Abbe de Choisy along with Chevalier de Chaumont were sent by King Louis XVI as representatives of France to the Kingdom of Siam under the reign of King Narai the Great. This rare volume is a detailed journal, written in the forms of correspondence letters, of Choisy’s observations including countless details of daily life in Siam during his stay as a missionary in during 1685-1686. Cordier 491 Satow 60 THB 120,000 US$ 3,000 302 ARNOLD WRIGHT (Editor) Twentieth Century Impressions of Siam $ % . 2451 Twentieth Century Impressions of Siam: Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . London, Bangkok, Shanghai, (etc.): Unwin Brothers Limited, The Gresham Press for Lloyd’s Greater Britain Publishing Company Ltd., 1908. 4to (303 x 230 mm), contemporary dark blue morocco preserving original gilt titles on decorated spine, extremities slightly chipped, gilt edges on pages, frontispiece map of Siam, double-page portrait of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Sawangwattana with gilt borders, numerous illustration many of which are full-page. A lavishly produced and illustrated work covering every aspect of life in Siam during the turn of the last century. Provenance: Bournemouth Public Libraries FIRST EDITION THB 60,000 US$ 1,500 303 CHARLES BOCK Le Royaume de L’Éléphant Blanc ) * * . 2432 Le Royaume de L’Éléphant Blanc, quatorze mois au pays et la cour du Roi de Siam . Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1889. 4to (273 x 185 mm). Original wrappers, frontispiece of King Chulalogkorn in ceremonial grab carried aloft, numerous woodcut designs in the text, illustrated but not including the color lithographed plates that were featured in several 1884 versions when first published, small tear at upper-left corner of wrapper and first two leaves at head of spine, untrimmed pages. The white elephant, the exceptionally rare albino form of the animal, was for centuries considered a priceless treasure in Southeast Asia and reserved for the possession of kings and princes. It wasn't really white, but rather had creamy or often reddish-brown skin, with pink and yellow eyes, white patches at the edge of the ears and at the top of the trunk, white toe-nails, and red hair. The white elephant was thought to provide a resting place for Buddha's soul on the long road which led from renunciation of the world to enlightenment. Bock here recounts the story of the capture of a white elephant in Thailand in 1658. His journey to northern Thailand and Laos had the support of King Chulalongkorn, to whom the book is dedicated. Most of the material that Bock collected and described in this book are now London museums, but a few items, including some bronze statues, are kept in the Ethnographic Museum in Oslo. FIRST FRENCH EDITION Cordier 904 THB 15,000 US$ 380 304 DAN BEACH BRADLEY, Rev. Dr. (Compiler) Bangkok Calendar +, . 2432-2415 Bangkok Calendar printed in Bangkok at the Press of the American Missionary Association: 1863, 1866, 1870-1872, 8vo (between 203 x 148). Five volumes with one folding lithographic (partial) map, five folding letterpress tables. A representative selection from this rare work by Bradley was first published in his annual work from 1859 and continued until his death in 1873. Dan Bradley was known to Thai’s as ‘ Mo Bradley, ’ which literally translates to Dr. Bradley. He served as a Christian missionary to Siam during the reign of Rama III (King Phranangklao) until the reign of Rama V (King Chulalongkorn), a total 38 years spanning from 1835 to 1873 and is considered as Siam’s pioneer of modern medicine with the introduction of inoculation and vaccination. Bradley is credited for establishing the first newspaper in Siam along with inventing and casting the Siamese type face for printing as well as introducing the printing press, bookbinding, and lithography into Siam. He was also involved in negotiations when France forced Siam out of Cambodia. Bradley’s impression of Siam was popularized by the Broadway musical The King and I , which were based on experiences of Anna Leonowens, the tutor employed by Rama IV (King Mongkut). Cordier 784 THB 180,000 US$ 4,500 305 ERIK SEIDENFADEN, Maj. Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam ) . * % . 2470 Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam … over 250 illustrations . Bangkok: Bangkok Times Press for the Royal State Railway Department of Siam, 1927. Small 8vo (173 x 120 mm), original green decorated cloth gilt, coloured frontispiece of Wat Arun at night , 2 plates, folding maps (coloured map of Bangkok in fine state tipped in at end), numerous uncoloured illustrations, decorations and half tone illustrations executed by the Arts & Crafts School , Bangkok (faded spine, minute bumps on head of spine and diminutive tear in cloth at foot of spine.. FIRST EDITION THB 6,000 US$ 150 306 ETIENNE AYMONIER, Lieutenant d’infanterie de marine 012 345 -34) 6+6572 2 ).24 ) . , . 2417 Dictionnaire Français-Cambodien precede d’une notice sur le Cambodge et d’un Aperçu de L’Écriture et de la Langue Cambodginnes . Siagon: Smprimerie Nationale, 1874. 4to (264 x 210 mm). Original green marbled boards, gilt titles with the initials “E.A.” on black morocco spine, preface in facsimile script by mechanical technique (experimental at the time of this publishing), terms are printed in Romanized and Khmer script (slightly rubbed extremities). EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION: according to the World Catalogue List of Records (OCLC), there is only one copy located of this original version from the cumulative listings of over 5,000 libraries in North America and select European locations as maintained by the Library of Congress. Cordier 2749 THB 30,000 US$ 750 307 FAVELL LEE MORTIMER Far Off ) . 2418 Far Off; or Asia and Australia described with anecdotes and illustrations . New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1875. 12mo (152 x 96 mm). Original claret cloth printed in blind ( Fireside Library ) and gilt, engraved frontispiece, 5-page preface, with notes on Siam and Bangkok on pages 222-227 (slightly faded covers, rubbed extremities, initial pages are loose). Provenance: inscribed by Emile Grise to on classmate, dated 23 rd January 1878. Blindspamped “ The Book Nook ” on free endpapers. THB 3,000 US$ 80 308 FRANÇOIS HENRI TURPIN Histoire Civile et Naturelle du Royaume de Siam ) .>6 . 2313 Histoire Civile et Naturelle du Royaume de Siam, et des Révolutions qui ont bouleversé cet Empire jusqu’en 1770 . Paris: Ches Costard, 1771. 2 volumes, 12mo (166 x 97 mm). Contemporary English speckled calf custom bound for Robert Orme, spines gilt in six compartments, the first compartment stamped in gilt with the armorial crest of the Orme family, red morocco lettering in the second compartment, green morocco lettering in the third compartment, the remaining three compartments are adorned with gilt repeated fleuron, tooled covers with gilt arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet (slightly scuffed with scarcely chipped edges including methodical restoration to the head and foot of spine). Provenance: Robert Orme (1728 – 1801) Signet Library bindings, inscriptions, manuscript indexes at end of both volumes, a total of 11 pages of manuscript indexes, with note of sale by Leigh & Sotheby, 5 th May 1796 (sold for 3 Shillings 6 Pence.). EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION: Robert Orme was an English historian of India, was born at Anjengo on the Malabar coast on the 25th of December 1728, the son of a surgeon in the Company’s service. Educated at Harrow, he was appointed to a writership in Bengal in 1743. He returned to England in 1753 in the same ship with Clive, with whom he formed a close friendship. From 1754 to 1758 he was a member of council at Madras, in which capacity he largely influenced the sending of Clive to Calcutta to avenge the catastrophe of the Black Hole. Author of History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745 (1763-78), a well-written and accurate work, showing great research. He also published Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes and English Concerns in Indostan from 1659 (1782). See also Hoefer, asserting that the work was suppressed at the request of the Vicar Apostolic of Siam, who felt that the author had misrepresented his ideas in an interesting but faulty adaptation of the Bishop’s observations who had lived for a long time in Siam. Cordier 732 Satow 102 THB 70,000 US$ 1,800 309 FRANK G. CARPENTER Carpenter s Geographical Reader, Asia ) 6 * 0 * . 2440 Carpenter’s Geographical Reader, Asia . New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1897. 8vo (184 x 130 mm). Original green cloth, colour frontispiece (map of Asia), numerous illustrations including 7 coloured maps (slightly soiled covers, rubbed spine). THB 4,000 US$ 100 310 FREDERICK ARTHUR NEALE Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of The Kingdom of Siam ) * ? * . 2395 Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of The Kingdom of Siam; with a Description of the Manners, Customs, and Laws of the Modern Siamese . London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852. Small 8vo (191 x 131 mm). Original maroon cloth covers blocked blind with elaborate overall design, spine similarly blocked in gilt, weak front hinge, wood-engraved frontispiece of Chau-Faa the reigning Prince of Siam , additional letterpress title with wood-engraved vignette (Elephant flag of Siam), map, 2 plates, numerous illustrations and decorations (extremities lightly rubbed).