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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 80 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.19 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. Burnett, Ms. Betty (illustrator). 220 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 54 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.13 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. WITH A.L.s FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY INSERTED. Blythman 213.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Wind & Water Publishing, Bangkok 2004, 272 pages, Hardbound with dustjacket. Fine Condition. Large Format: 13 x 9.5 inches(34 x 24 cm.)740 photographs and illstrations. Heavy book with a weight of five pounds (2.3 kg.) Extra Postage will apply. If one understands the importance of rivers and the symbolism of water in Thai culture, one understands Thai history, economy, culture, and values. Water is paramount in everything from food to festivals, royal and lay rites of passage, commerce, village settlement patterns, transportation, housing, literature, and art, and that understanding the core meaning of water to Thais adds a new dimension to an appreciation of all they have accomplished. While it is a unique approach to Thailand, critical reviews suggest that it is a valid one. If nothing else, it makes for entertaining and thought-provoking reading. And the hundreds of illustrations both support the arguments and enhance the reader's appreciation. "Steve Van Beek is the River guy" The text is both lyrical and magisterial, nto these sumptuously illustrated pages Van Beek has poured his copious knowledge of Thai history and geology, flora and fauna, river boats and royal barges, rice farmers and teak wallahs, dams and fish traps, river spirits and water rites, waterborne communities and modern river pilots. You would have to be really crazy about the Chao Phraya River to do what Steve Van Beek has done: Tracing the lengths of the mighty river's tributaries - the Ping, Wang, Yom and Nan rivers - from their sources on a paddle boat, rowing through forests, gorges, mountain passes, and past valleys, plains and farmlands on solo journeys that lasted months. From the Ping in Northern Thailand he paddled down to Nakhon Sawan in the Central Plain, where the four rivers merge to form the Chao Phraya, and from there followed the River of Kings, as the Chao Phraya is known, to where it empties into the Gulf of Thailand at Paknam in Samut Prakan. Rowing a total of 1,152 kilometres, he was visibly lighter when he finished his long adventurous journey, but he lived to tell the tale in Slithering South, one of several books he has written about Thailand's best known river. Van Beek's observations of life along the Chao Phraya while he was slithering south from the river's sources has led to another book, this time looking at the river as a mirror that reflects the evolution of the Kingdom. In Thailand Reflected in a River the author follows the route of the Chao Phraya, taking readers back in time to the ancient kingdoms of Lanna, Sukhothai and Ayutthaya before exploring the development of Bangkok as seen from the river. "Water is the true home of the Siamese, and it is on this, their native element, that their real character and genius are best exhibited," Ernest Young observed in The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe (1898). To this Van Beek adds that from the beginning, Thais have sited their cities near rivers, a trait which distinguishes them from most other Asian cultures. "Thai monarchs in north and central Thailand built their principal towns beside rivers in the belief that they were integral components of urban design, providing sustenance, mobility, and protection," he writes. "In so doing, the Thais melded two worlds, the liquid and the solid, into a cohesive whole, making island fortresses of their cities." However, there is one notable exception: Sukhothai. Wondering why Thailand's first capital was the only royal city not built on the banks of a river - and how a city as small as Sukhothai could have produced superb temples, a grand palace and a multitude of beautiful monuments in only 150 years of active existence - the author goes on to unravel the mystery, citing accounts by archaeologists, historians, architects and other scholars. Thailand Reflected in a River highlights the importance of the Chao Phraya, and water, not only as a dependable provider of the Thai staple foods.

1985 1st edition with numerous B&W illustrations; signed (full signature) with gift inscription on verso of front cover; cover uncreased but slightly faded along spine, with a little discolouration at top of spine/back panel; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG SIGNED stapled paperback.

Book Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Midland Wind & Water Mills Group, 1999. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Paperback book in VG condition, with a little wear and rubbing. Signed by the author on the title-page. Illustrated. 136pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

8vo., First Edition, with photographs; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With the printed errata slip mounted on front wrapper. Includes detailed gazetteer of sites. Blythman 228.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Colour photographic plates, 264pp, bibliography, chronology of Thai kings, glossary, index. 34 x 24.5cm. A very good paperback in dustjacket. Explores Thai history, culture and livelihood along the Chao Phraya River, highlighting the central role of water in Thai life.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. None (illustrator). A splendid fourth edition of this examination of Bangkok's history, richly illustrated with images in colour and black and white. This work explores the changes that Bangkok has been through over the twentieth century; it comprises side-by-side images from 1900 and 1999.Steve van Beek is a prolific American author and documentary maker based in Asia; his works explore his love affair with the region, and span stories and non-fiction regarding the area.It has been translated into German and Thai.Illustrated with photographs in black and white as well as colour.A fourth edition of this popular work. In the publisher's paper covered boards with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.