An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia Tapa dura - 1994

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1994-04-01. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket, some scuffing to jacket faces; Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when in 1991 he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: into the extreme western edge of Sumatra, into East Timor and Irian Jaya. He never drops his guard, reporting only on what he can observe, and using his well-honed tools of irony, humour and restraint to assess the power of the ruling Javanese generals who for better or worse took over the 300-year old dominion of the exploitative Dutch colonial regime. An Empire of the East is the magnificent swan-song of Britain's greatest travel writer: unearthing the decimation of the tropical rain forests in Sumatra, the all but forgotten Balinese massacre of the communists in 1965, the shell-shocked destruction of East Timor, the stone-age… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 080501960X . Owner name on endpaper. .

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Holt & Company, Henry, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holt & Company, Henry, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Henry Holt & Company, 1994. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Henry Holt & Company, 1994. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Henry Holt & Co, 1994-04. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York, New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1994. Hardcover. As New/As New. Number line in the work reads as follows: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Volume itself has two tone orange covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. 244 pages, including the index. Book is clean, fresh, tight and bright. A very nice copy; available for immediate shipment.

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.