FABRICIUS, Joh. Brandende Aarde. De vernieling en evacuatie van de olieterreinen in Nederlandsch-Indië. [Eerste druk; First dutch edition].
's-Gravenhage, Bataafsche Petroleum Mij., 1949 Original cloth, title on spine. 164pp. 7 monochrome plates and head-pieces after drawings by J.F. Doeve, many situation maps in text and full-page, extensive name-list of company employees, incl. postings, killed during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies at rear end, tinted sketch-maps on endpapers, table of contents.
Dutch language survey of the demolition of Oil-sites & refineries of the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij (later Royal Dutch Shell) situated at Balikpapan and Tarakan, dutch Territory of Borneo, by company employees and civil servants just before the arrival of the Japanese forces, the subsequent evacuation of civil personnel. The success of the demolitions caused much anger with the Japanese & struck personnel left behind with severe punishments, incl. beheadings. Good copy. NO dustjacket.

FABRICIUS, Joh. East Indies Episode. An account of the Demolitions carried out and of some experiences of the Staff in the East Indies Oil Areas of the Royal Dutch Shell Group during 1941 and 1942. Orig. english edn.
London, Shell Petroleum Company, 1949 Cloth, dustjacket., (ix), 142pp. With ills. after drawings, of which head-pieces & full-p., by J.H. DOEVE, sketch-map on endpapers, short glossary (1p.). ["Shell War Achievements ", 3]..
Account of the demolitions of the oil-sites & refineries of the Shell Cy. in the N.E.I., especially at Balik Papan & Tarakan (Borneo), just before the arrival of the Japanese forces, & the subsequent heavy punishment of civilians & employees of the Shell Cy. Scarce English edn. Fine copy.

FISCHER, J[oseph], Threads of Tradition. Textiles of Indonesia and Sarawak. [Exhibition] Lowie Museum of Anthropology/University Art Museum Berkeley December 15, 1978-March 15, 1979....
Berkeley, University of California, 1978 small tall 4°. Orig. limp coloured glossy pictorial wrappers, with an illustration of a Sarong, cotton, Batik tulis, Djambi, South Sumatra on both outer covers. 98pp. 15 fine coloured plates, with captions and extensive descriptions at list of colour plates, 27 fine black/white illustrations in text, of which a great number rather large, num. line drawings of textile motifs on pp. 83-95, with explanatory text, with as subject: human figures, skull trees, trees of life, soul ships, animals, geometric and unidentified designs. Extensive bibliography, table of contents. ADDED: the original large folio-sized coloured poster to the exhibitions, sized 57x43cm., quadruple folded, loosely inserted.
Much more than a simple exhibition catalogue, describing in detail various weaving and batik techniques and the cultural heritage and meaning of cloths exhibited (:) Value of tradition, Indonesian Ikat fabrics and their Techniques; Batik traditions in the life of the Javanese, Mountain Ikats and Coastal Silks, traditional textiles in South Sulawesi...Essays by a.o. Joseph Fischer, Lydia van Gelder, Beverly Labin, Laurens A.G. Moss. Complimentary copy, signed by Joseph Fischer in blank space of ti.-p. Copy from the library of Dr. Rita Bolland, a dutch expert in the field, with some occasional critical Ms. annotations in margins. Good to very good copy.

FORBES, R.J., Een Industriestad in de wildernis, Balik Papan. Orig. edn.
Den Haag, nd.[c.1925]. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. 32pp. 4 ills. after orig. drawings, 1 small sketch-map. ["Tropisch Nederland in Zakformaat, II"].
An early description of the Oil-city Balik Papan, Dutch Borneo. (2 small paper ex-lib. labels on upper wrap., repeated on ti.-p., with an oval ex-lib. stamp also on ti.-p.).

FORGUES, E.-D., La Chasse aux Têtes. Scènes d'un voyageur à Bornéo. In:"Revue des deux Mondes", XXXIIIe Année-Seconde Période, Tome XLIII, 1er Janvier 1863.
Paris-Londres, Bureau de la Revue des deux Mondes/Baillière - Barthès & Lowell, 1863 orig. printed wraps. pp.138-161.
An interesting and rather early 3-chapter article, with extensive footnotes, describing Head-hunting and Head-hunters on [British] North Borneo. (a.o. artt. on a variety of subjects, totalling 256pp. with publ. advert., of which illustrated at very end on [16]pp. and on lower outer wrap.). Uncut copy. (wraps. somewh. soiled, extremities with fraying, spine-ends damaged, contents fine)

FOX, J.E.D., Soils and Forest on an Ultrabasic Hill North East of Ranau, Sabah-J.D. Tjia, Lineament pattern on Penang Island, West-Malaysia. In:"Journal of Trop.Geogr.", vol. 32, June 1971.
Singapore, 1971 orig. wraps.pp.38-49; tables & sketch-maps); pp.56-62. text-figures. (68p. in total).
Contains other artt., a.o. on India and Hong Kong. (ex-lib. stamp in corner of margin).

FREEMAN, D., Report on the Iban.
London-N.Y., 1970 Cloth, (XI), 313pp., frontisp., many ills. on 4 plates, text-ills., appendix (Iban kinship terms), index.
On the Iban of British Borneo. "Monogrs. on Soc. Anthrop., no. 41." Fine copy. Scarce.

FREITA, ANT.(SVD), Emigranten voor God. Wereldbetekenis van het Nederlandse Missiewerk.
Steyl-Tegelen, 1949 orig.clothbacked gilt lettered upper boards. (xxii), 430pp. frontisp., 7 sketch-maps, fold. world map at end, ext. bibliogr.
An excellent historical review of progress of mission by dutch Roman Catholic Orders(S.V.D., Lazarists, Order of Franciscus Xaverius, &c...) all over the world. Pp. 1-246 deals with Indonesia (incl. British North Borneo and Sarawak and the West-Indian colonies), pp.247-429 deals with Asia Minor(Turkey, Persia, & Palestinia) & Asia Maior(India, Ceylon, China, (incl. Mongolia & Manchuria), Korea, Japan & the Philippines). MINT copy. Scarce.

FRISBY, A.W., English Freemasonry in Malaya and Borneo 1765-1958. [First edition].
Singapore, Library Committee District Grand Lodge Eastern Archipelago, [////], 1958 Large 8°. Original printed limp wrappers, monochrome device on front cover. 120pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations on 8 plates, of which the greater part Facsims. after Archivalia (Miss.), some portraits of Grand Masters and a picture of the Lodge Room, Freemasons' Halle Singapore, appendices A-D (various records, List of the Lodges in the Eastern Archpelago which have elapsed or been erased, list of the Lodges in the District Eastern Archipelago), [8]pp. of illoustrated monochrome adverts., incl. inside and outside covers, table of contents. ["The Pentagram", Volume XLIII}.
Celebrates the Centenary of the Distric Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipalago 1858-1958, which includes a chapter on Nrother Sir Stamford Raffles. Very fine copy. Scarce.

FRÖHLICH, W., Beiträge zur Völkerkunde Südostasiens und Ozeaniens. [Original Ausgabe; Original edition].
Köln, E.J. Brill, 1968 Large stout 8°., original printed limp wrappers. (xvi), 546pp. Frontispiece, many captioned black/white illustrations on 48 photo plates, many figures in text, footnotes/references, 2 fold. maps with legenda, some comparative tables in text, inventories, list of plates, table of contents. ["Ethnologica", Neue Folge Band 4].
Collection of 10 detailed scientific contributions (cultural anthropology, ethnography, primitive art) in english and german by 10 scholars as Waldemar Stöhr, Thomas Amis Lyman, Wolfgang Marschall, Hans E. Kaufmann, Philipp Zimmermann, Helmut and Gisela Petri--Odermann (et.al.). SOME TOPICS: "Green Miao (Meo) Spirit-Ceremonies"; "Metallurgie und frühe Besiedlungsgeschichte Indonesiens"; Das Fadenkreuz, sein Zweck und seine Bedeutung (II); Religion der Ngdju-Dajak in Südborneo; Über einige Kultzeichnungen der Ngadju-Dajak; Sakrale Holzplastik der Nor-Papua in Nordost-Neuguinea; Altertümliche Steinartefakten aus Neuguinea, etc. Very fine untrimmed and unopened copy.

FURNESS, 3rd, W. Henry, The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters. Its Festivals and Folklore. First edn.
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1902 Large thick 8°., recent qtr. black calf, marbled sides, red morocco title label in gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt.(xi), 197pp. frontisp. (a tattooed Kayan married woman), 87 plates, mainly in heliotype, with extensive captions printed on versos of tissue-guards, some text-ills. and figs., some text-ills, extensive footnotes, index, table of contents, list of plates.
Author spent the greater part of his time amongst the Kayans and Kenyhas of the Baram district, Sarawak, e.g. describing: Home-Life, ceremonies at the naming of a chief's son, early training of a Head-hunter, a war expedition, , jawa, or peace-making, personal embellishment (tattoo, jewelry), permantong, or lali, a bornean species of taboo, the Punan, Tuba Fishing. Plates depect female and male species of Dayak, arms and armour (mandau and shields), bamboo carved utensils as tubes for all occasions, other household implements, tattoo-patterns, architecture of longhouses, &c. Inscribed copy by author on recte of first [blank] flyleaf:"Alexander Smith/with the cordial regards of/ [indecipherable] FURNESS/November 1902". Printed in a limited edn. of 500 copies only, provenance printed on recte of second flyleaf. A good to very good uncut and inscribed copy. Very rare. (a couple of plates have some pale watermarking on extreme fore-edge, well away from image, not disturbing however).

FURNESS 3d., W.H., Folklore in Borneo. A Sketch. Orig. & only edn.
Wallingford, Delaware, The Author, 1899 sm.8°. orig. limp cloth, title in gilt on upper boards. 30pp. frontisp., 5 other plates, mainly depict. Dayak-people.
A privately publised essay which briefly discusses various accounts of creation according to the beliefs of the Dayaks and Kayans of the Baram River in Northwestern Borneo. Also covered are the possible origin and reasons for the head-hunting tradition. The action of taking a bead is necessary in order to obtain entrance into the pleasant region of the departed spirits. The kind of life after death, therefore, determined by the cause of death, such as sickness, old age, or becoming a victim of head-hunters. (Engelen Krause & Krause, Brunei, op.cit.). A good copy. Very Rare. (private collection label pasted on verso of upper boards, small sq.paper-label pasted in upper left corner of verso(blank) of first fly-leaf, neat two-line lib. stamp at tail of ti.p.).

GALLOP, C.H. (Principal) and NORHAIN Bte. Hj. HANAFI (Student editor) (prefaces), Suara Tutong 1979 [Covertitle].. [Original edition].
S.I. [Tutong], s.n., 1979 Large 8°. Original coloured limp wrappers, stapled. Cover title in bold white type with a monochrome illustration at tail. 154pp. partly in Malay and English language. 4 captioned full-page monochrome portraits featuring H.R.H. the Sultan of Brunei and his Consort and some family members, numerous captioned monochrome illustrations of which portraits, diary of events 1979, teaching staff name-list[50]pp. of partly illustrated sponsoring adverts. at rear end, advertism. inside covers, english essay competition winners' list, Sports Secretary's Report, table of contents.
Commemmorative volume partly in malay and english text celebrating the 10th Tutong Schoolmagazine's annual issue with numerous data of events and achievements. Very fine copy.

GALLOP, C.H. (Principal) and ROSNANI Hj. ISMAIL (Student editor), Suara Tutong 1978 [Covertitle].. [Original edition].
S.I. [Tutong], s.n., 1978 Large 8°. Original coloured limp wrappers, stapled. Cover title in bold white type with a monochrome illustration at tail. 1162pp. partly in Malay and English language. 3 captioned full-page monochrome portraits featuring H.R.H. the Sultan of Brunei and his Consort and one family member, numerous captioned monochrome illustrations of which portraits and schollclass portraits, diary of events 1978, teaching staff name-list[60]pp. of partly illustrated sponsoring adverts. at rear end, advertism. inside covers, english essay competition winners' list, Sports Secretary's Report, table of contents.
Commemmorative volume partly in malay and english text celebrating the 9th Tutong Schoolmagazine's annual issue with numerous data of events and achievements by students. Very fine copy.