Robert Payne White Rajahs Of Sarawak First and 12 similar items

on THE WHITE RAJAHS OF SARAWAK By [Pierre] [Stephen] Robert Payne. New York: Funk Wagnalls Company, (1960). First edition, first printing. First printing code I to the copyright page, $3.95 to the jacket's flap. Payne, a renowned historian and biographer, drew upon his travel, naval base, Asian living experiences, and as a British Embassy cultural attache for his well-depicted historical novels. Illustrated with twenty photographs and art depictions on b w plates. This historical novel beginning in 1839, first features Englishman James Brooke who founded a dynasty in Sarawak on the Northeast coast of Borneo during a civil war, became a White Rajah amid pirates, Chinese gold-miners, Malay princes, sultans, natives, and headhunters, followed by his nephew who toughly ruled for fifty years until his son, a compassionate and benevolent man brought in modern industrialism and ceded the country to Britain. Unusual in such well-preserved condition. Fine, square, and tight in black linen with white and gilt embossed titles and decorations to the spine, blue and yellow headband and tail-band deckle page fore-edges; in a very good plus dust jacket with art by David Lunn, with a small chip and very short tears to the rear panel's upper edge, nicks and rubs to the upper and lower spine edges and corner tips, and a half-inch rubbed tear to the lower front spine fold; original printed $3.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after photographing for this entry. *Note: NOT an ex-library copy. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.