Malaysian Heritage series:This is a new series on Malaysian history (many of them on East Malaysia). The 12-volume series comprises of:
(This is a new series by the Synergy Media (a wing of SA Majid). The first lot is a release of 12 out of print Malaysian (or Malayan titles) titles although the authenticity of the original print dates quoted in the book is rather questionable. For example J Kennedy's History of Malaya is 1963 book although the copyright page has a nineteenth century date on it. This brings up another issue: this particular book is available online from Sage Journals as PDF download for a fee. So who owns the copyright and has this been resolved before publication of the current series? (I have not checked the other titles.)
Notwithstanding the above we are glad that an attempt is being made to publish these classics. Many of them are on East malaysia and are well worth acquiring (for collecting if nothing else). The quality is not brilliant but that can be forgiven because the prices are affordable. The text and the illustrations appear to be have been reproduced in toto so that should be okay too.)
1. River of the White Lily: Life in Sarawak by Peter Goulart - RM29.90
2. Escape from Hell: The Sandakan Story by Walter Wallace (1958) - RM29.90
3. Labuan Story: Memoirs of a Small Island near the Coast of North Borneo by Maxwell Hall - RM29.90
4. Records & Recollections 1889-1934 by J.H.M. Robson (1870) - RM29.90
5. The Story of Malaysia by Harry Miller (1914) - RM39.90
6. Expedition to Borneo: The search for Proboscis monkeys and other creatures by David Macdonald - RM39.90
7. Under Chartered Company Rule: North Borneo 1881-1946 by K.G. Tregonning - RM39.90
8. History of Malaya by J. Kennedy (1919) - RM59.90
9. The White Rajahs by Steven Runciman (1903) - RM59.90
10. World Within: A Borneo Story by Tom Harrisson - RM59.90
11. A History of Sarawak under its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908 by S. Baring-Gould and C.A. Bampfylde - RM69.90
12. Rajahs and Rebels: The Ibans of Sarawak under Brooke Rule, 1841-1941 by Robert Pringle (1936) - RM69.90
