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WOOD W.A.R.
A history of Siam, from the earliest times to the year A.D. 1781, with a supplement dealing with more recent events
Bangkok, Chalermnit Book Shop 1959 300pp. + plates out-of-text, 23cm., cloth, dustwrapper (bit used), some foxing and stains of humidity (not affecting the text, else G, X71670
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2 book(s) with the same title
A History of Siam - From the earliest times to the Year 1781, with a supplement dealing with more recent events
Bangkok, The Siam Barnakich Press, 1933 (2nd revised edition). 1 volume in-8, 300 pp., cloth covered hard boards, in very good condition, some rare pen marks in margins.
Second edition of this famous study on siamese history by W.A.R. Wood, former Consul General in Chiangmai.
History of Siam. From the earliest times to the year AD 1781, with a supplement dealing with more recent events.
Bangkok, Chalermnit Bookshop, 1959, in-8°, 300 pp, 27 planches de gravures hors texte, index, reliure simili-cuir bleu éditeur, jaquette illustrée, bon état. Réimpression de l'édition originale (Londres, 1926)
L'auteur, William Alfred Rae Wood (1878-1970), était Consul de Grande-Bretagne à Chiang Mai en 1914, puis Consul-Général de 1921 à 1931. Son Histoire du Siam depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à la fin de la monarchie absolue est un classique, écrit en grande partie à partir de sources thaïlandaises. Il est mort à Chiang Mai, où il résidait, en 1970, à l'âge de 92 ans.
