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Text bright and clean throughout with the occasional small mark. 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Bound in leporello\/concertina style and consisting of 32 text pages in Batak script and drawings and diagrams in red and black ink. 6 of the panels contain red drawings, with an additional 3 panels carrying red blocks on what looks like a kind of divination chart or table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wooden cover is carved with 4 panels each with a lizard or ilik -  a type of gecko representing Boraspati ni Tano, a benevolent deity of the Batak people, which surround a central roundel. On the rear there is a carving of a 4-Point star design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePustaha are generally very difficult to date exactly, but this pustaha has an inset coin on the front cover which helps to date the book for us. The cover carries an inset King Willem III Netherlands East Indies copper coin, which is clearly dated to 1857. The coin's denomination would have been 2 1\/2 cents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book deals with divination and magic ritual and was intended for use by spiritual leaders (datu) and their disciples. These books are also often related to medicine. The datu can also be viewed as a \"medicine man\" type figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn good condition overall, with wear commensurate with age. 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Published in Shanghai, the journal was one of the principal English-language periodicals of its kind, offering articles on Chinese culture, history, society, and current affairs for an international readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"425\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"425\"\u003eThe present selection captures a cross-section of this transitional era, from the late 1920s through the wartime years, and reflects the journal’s role as an important contemporary record of Western engagement with China. Individually issued and increasingly scarce, such runs and groupings are now less commonly encountered on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe China Journal, Collection of 6 Issues, 1928-1940:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVol. IX, No. 6, December, 1928; \u003cbr\u003eVol. XXII, No. 3, March, 1935; \u003cbr\u003eVol. XXV, No. 6, December, 1936; \u003cbr\u003eVol. XXX, No. 4, April, 1939; \u003cbr\u003eVol. XXXII, No. 5, May, 1940; and; \u003cbr\u003eVol. XXXII, No. 6, June, 1940. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by North China Daily News and Herald, Shanghai, and later, The China Journal Publishing Company Limited, 1928-1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA nice selection of good to very good condition issues. Covers with light soiling and wear. Some of the spines with more wear - particularly the 1935 issue which has losses to the spine. 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This edition was issued as a finely produced presentation set, combining the dual-language text (Thai and English) with extensive colour illustrations by contemporary Thai artists, and accompanied by a specially struck silver Mahajanaka medallion, individually issued and ceremonially blessed. 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June 1996 first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOverall, a fine example of this beautiful set which comprises an outer case of folio size, in book form design, similar to clam shell case. The burgundy covers are printed in gilt with the Thai royal seal onset onto the front cover. The outer case has some light wear and is bumped to head of spine with some small indents to the rear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the box is lined with a cream colour lining with velvet-like finish and silk ribbon. It has a compartment for the book, and a separate compartment housing the medallion in its padded case. The interior of the case, book, and medallion are all in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medallion is pure Thai silver (99.99%), weighing 23g. Diameter 29mm (known as 'large block' size. The top of the medallion has the Thai royal seal \u003cem\u003e(Poporo seal). 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