Item #116130 An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (with Portraits and Illustrations). From the Foundation of the Settlement under the Honorable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867. Singapore, Charles Burton BUCKLEY.
An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (with Portraits and Illustrations). From the Foundation of the Settlement under the Honorable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867
An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (with Portraits and Illustrations). From the Foundation of the Settlement under the Honorable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867
An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (with Portraits and Illustrations). From the Foundation of the Settlement under the Honorable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867

An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore (with Portraits and Illustrations). From the Foundation of the Settlement under the Honorable the East India Company, on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867

Singapore, Printed by Fraser & Neave Limited, 1902.

Octavo, two volumes, [iv], xiv, 406 and [ii], 407-790, xxii (index) pages plus a folding map and 17 plates.

Early half roan and watered cloth, rebacked in calf with new endpapers and cloth hinges, but retaining the original backstrip (gilt in compartments, with raised bands and contrasting leather title-labels); covers a little rubbed at the extremities and on the sides, with light wear to the corners; minimal signs of age and use; overall, in very good condition.

Provenance: Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, KCMG (29 April 1857 - 17 December 1929), 'British colonial administrator who served as the eighth British Resident of Perak (1904-1911).... [He] was the eldest son of James Wheeler Woodford Birch ... In 1882, he married Margaret, the eldest daughter of Lawrence Niven, then Director of the Singapore Botanical Gardens' (Wikipedia). The retained original front free endpaper of the first volume is inscribed to 'E.W.B. | With love & every good wish | for many Happy Returns | From Maggie. | 29th April 1903' (a gift to Ernest Birch from his wife on his 46th birthday).

James Wheeler Woodford Birch, the first British Resident of Perak, 'commonly known as J.W.W. Birch (3 April 1826 - 2 November 1875) ... was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875, an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ultimately to the extension of British political influence over the Malay Peninsula'.

These volumes later entered the collection of Dr Peter Laurie Burns (1931-2022), the South Australian academic and Asian history scholar, from whom we purchased them over a decade ago. [2 items].

Item #116130

Price (AUD): $4,000.00

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