ARUMAINATHAN, P. (Superintendent of Census), Report on the Census of Population 1970 Singapore.
Singapore, Dept. of Statistics, [ 1973 ]. 2 vols. & suppl-vol.(interim release). tog. 3 vols. Folio, orig. wraps., (xiii), 302; (viii), 573; [2], 78pp. (interim-release). With numerous tables & graphs, appendices (incl. bibliographies).
The interim-release has been publ. in 1970. A very good set of an important demographic report. Scarce.

ASRUL SANI - BARUS SIREGAR, St. NURAINI & G. SIAGAN, Bijdragen van de in Nederland vertoevende Indonesische Kunstenaars voor het Nederlands Rampenfonds.
S.I. [Amsterdam], 1953] Grafische School, [....], 1953 sm. tall 8°. original wrappers, illustration after a drawing on front wrapper, designed by MOCHTAR APIN. [10]pp. Ills. after drawings by SALIM.
Collection of 4 poems in Indonesian with Dutch translation by Asrul Sani, Barus Siregar, St. Nuraini, G. Siagian, translated by N. van Kempen & D. Verspoor with as subject the disastrous floodings of 1953 in The Netherlands. Publ. for fund-raising on behalf of the victims. Nice copy. Very rare.

BACKHOUSE, S. Singapore. [First edition].
Newton Abbott-Harrisburg, David & Charles/Stackpole, 1972 Cloth, silvered title on spine. 238pp., captioned monochrome illustrations on 8 photo plates, sketch-maps, plans & diagrams in text, Glossary Malay-English, extensive bibliography, appendices I-III (Feast Days, Offshore Islands and list of initials), index, table of contents.
English language survey of the Republic of Singapore: Physical environment, history, population, communications, government, public services, trade and industry, agriculture, society and social services. Very good copy, NO dustjacket.

BARBER, N. Sinister Twilight. The Fall and Rise again of Singapore.
London, 1969 Cloth, dj. 319pp. with a sketch-map. Fine copy.
The japanese attack on Singapore, the fall and occupation, the liberation. Good copy.

BARLEY, N., The Duke of Puddle Dock. Travels in the footsteps of Stamford Raffles. Orig. edn.
London, Viking/Penguin, 1991 Orig. cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket. 276pp. Ills. on 2 photo-plates, full-p. plate, double-page sketch-map of the Indonesian Archipelago, chronology (,most important dates in the life of Stamford Raffles), bibliographical note, index, table of contents, list of illustrations.
Study on the background of [Sir] Stamford Raffles, focused upon the aftermath of his colonial career and the financial struggle with the East India Company. Very fine copy.

BLOODWORTH, D. An Eye for the Dragon. Southeast Asia Observed 1954-1970. 1st.
New York, 1970 Small thick 8°, cloth, dj., (xvii), 414pp., map on endpapers, bibliography, index.
With extensive parts on Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia. Fine copy.

BLYTHE, W. The Impact of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya. A historical study. Orig. edn.
London-Kuala Lumpur-Hong-Kong, O.U.P., 1969 Cloth, dustjacket. (xiv), 566pp., frontisp., 18 ills. on 4 plates, 8 sketch-maps in text & full-p., list of abbrev. used, bibliography, glossary, general index, index of societies & organizations.
Important and already classical study on the traditional Chinese Secret Societies in China, The Straits Settlements, the Federated & Unfederated Malay States & in both dutch and british territory of Borneo. Nice copy. (dustjacked heavily rubbed at extremities).

BRADDELL, R., The Lights of Singapore. First edn.
London, 1934 sm. thick 8°. orig. cloth. hffitle. (x), 205pp. frontisp., ills. on 15 plates, 8pp. of publ. list at end.
Illustrations mainly depict. Singapore in colonial times. A collection of 15 short "after dinner"stories, set in Singapore as: The Camphor-Wood Box, Bielieve it or not, Dragon Teeth Gate, The Forbidden Hill, Bring 'em Back, Frances Barber, A Tragedy of John Company...Good copy. Scarce. (signature in upper margin of hftitle).

BREDA, Ans VAN [Johanna Thieme-van Breda], Ursula trouwt in Singapore. [Tweede druk/2nd. edn. ],.
Alkmaar, Kluitman, ]1957]. Small 8°, boards, 160pp., text-ills. after drawings by H(ans) Borrebach. BUUR, I.J., 0882.[Sneeuwbal-serie.]
Juvenile. Crime-fiction, for the greater part set around lake Toba, in which the main character is forcibly married at Singapore.