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1931 Siamese State Ceremonies: Their History and Function
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
A scarce first edition, from British orientalist, archaeologist and scholar of Southeast Asian cultures Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales, who focused his work on the early history of Thailand.
Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-five photographic plates. Collated, complete.
Wales details such ceremonies as coronations, cremations, agricultural festivals, and various state celebrations in this discussion of Thai culture and state occasions.
With the stamp of the Christian Bookstore of Bangkok to the front free endpaper.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, and bumps to back strip head. Light rubbing to joints. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Very Good
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