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ARCHAEOLOGY OF PENINSULAR SIAM, THE
Introduction by Stanley J. O'Connor, 1986 163 pp., ill.
Baht 300/US$ 12.00
Fourteen articles by nine different authors, originally published in the Journal of the Siam Society between 1905 and 1983, present valuable evidence about the earliest human settlements of the peninsula.
CHULAKANTAMANGALA: THE TONSURE CEREMONY AS PERFORMED IN SIAM
By G. E. Gerini, 1976. 243 pp.
Baht 120/US$ 6.00
Authoritative and detailed information on topknots, and how the tonsure ceremony has traditionally been performed among royalty and commoners.
CONNECTION PHUKET, PENANG AND ADELAIDE, THE
By Ian Morson, 1993. 126 pp., ill.
Baht 290/US$ 12.00
An account of Francis Light's 15 years in Phuket before he founded Penang, portraying the peoples of the islands between 1770 and 1794, with an intriguing connection between Phuket, Penang and the city of Adelaide.
EARLY ACCOUNTS OF PHETCHABURI
Introduction by Michael Smithies, 1987. 90 pp., ill.
Baht 210/US$ 8.00
Ten essays give a feeling for the enduring attraction of this 19th century point of excursion-popular even before King Mongkut built his palace there on the "Mountain of the Highest Heaven."
ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE WITH EMPHASIS ON URBAN ISSUES
1993, 461 pp., ill.
Baht 500/US$ 20.00
Proceedings of the Siam Society symposium in Chiang Mai in February 1992, where 30 distinguished authorities from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines presented their views on how to achieve sustainable growth in this urban age, while protecting our fragile environment.
GARDENING IN BANGKOK
By William Warren and Ping Amranand, 1996, 240 pp., ill.
Baht 990/US$ 40.00
A new printing of M.R. Pimsai's pioneering work, designed "to assist Bangkok gardeners in a practical way." William Warren has brought this classic up-to-date, while retaining M.R. Pimsai's unique voice, described by John Blofeld as "vivid, natural, and compelling-a style based on the principle that people should write very much as they talk" (from the Preface). Ping Amranand's 136 photographs have been re-edited and integrated with the text.
HISTORY OF WAT PHRA CHETUPHON AND ITS BUDDHA IMAGES, A
By Kathleen I. Matics, 1979. 71 pp., ill.
Baht 110/US$ 5.00
Comprehensive introduction to the fascinating-and historically and artistically important-Bangkok temple popularly known as Wat Po.
KINGDOM OF SIAM 1904, THE
Edited by A. Cecil Carter; introduction by Michael Smithies, 1988. 280 pp., ill.
Baht 360/US$ 15.00
Reprint of the official guide for the Siamese exhibition at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Comprehensive and well-indexed.
OLD PHUKET. Introduction
by H.E. Gérard André, 1986. 188 pp.
Baht 230/US$ 9.00
Three articles by Gerini, Carrington, and Burke, published in the Journal of the Siam Society in 1905-6, on the early history of "Junk Ceylon Island" provide interesting glimpses into a past largely unknown to modern tourists.
RAMKHAMHAENG CONTROVERSY: SELECTED PAPERS, THE
Edited by James F. Chamberlain; foreword by H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana, 1991. 592 pp., ill.
Baht 850/US$ 35.00
The history of Thailand relies principally on evidence from Sukhothai where King Ram Khamhaeng's writing system was found on the stone known as "Inscription No.1." The authenticity of this inscription has been questioned, with some even branding it a fake. This illustrated volume presents the arguments and counter-arguments.
SINGING APE: A JOURNEY TO THE JUNGLE OF THAILAND, THE
By Jeremy and Patricia Raemaekers, 1990. 142 pp., ill.
Baht 180/US$ 7.00
A light-hearted account of the two years the authors spent studying gibbons in Thailand's tropical rain forests.
STONE INSCRIPTIONS OF SUKHOTHAI
English translation by H.R.H. Prince Wan Waithayakon, French by George Coedes - 1965., 12 pp.
Baht 20/US$ 1.00
Translations of King Ram Khamhaeng's "Inscription No. 1" by two of the greatest scholars of Thai history and epigraphy.
WAT PRA YUN RECONSIDERED
By A. B. Griswold, 1975. 88 pp., ill.
Baht 70/US$ 3.5.00
Constructed between 1901 and 1907, Wat Pra Yun was within 20 years attributed by scholars to the 14th century. The author recounts how this innocent deception came about.
