SALEH ~ A PRINCE of MALAYA~ Sir Hugh Clifford 1926 Malay Prince British vintage

Description: SALEH ~ A PRINCE OF MALAYAby Sir Hugh CliffordNew York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1926. Code T-A on copyright page with the 1926. Cloth backed boards hardcover abrasion top front cover rubbed ; deco gilt decorated title label to spine with some chips to edges; owner name penned small front endpaper dated 1930; else good. Rare early edition. "Saleh, a Malay prince, is sent to England at an early age to be educated, but returns to his country, "unfitted by training to be a Malay Rajah, unfitted by nature to be an Englishman". This moving story of Malaya was written by a former colonial official." " Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG, GBE (5 March 1866 – 18 December 1941) British colonial official and governor, especially associated with Malaya, novelist, and essayist."New York [1926], Harper. White cloth spine over brown boards very good, 253p. This is the personal narrative of an early British civil servant of Malaya in 1883 for a period of some twenty years. He covers the tragedy of Saleh, and was also stationed in remote and primitive districts of the Malayan Peninsula. His residency was unequalled by any of his brother officers, for two years he was posted at the court of a Malayan Sultan of the old school. Clifford was privy to the autocratic methods rarely vouchsafed to any European, and observed unfettered native rule. Fluent in Malayan he obtained intimate knowled- ge of the people, their modes of thought, outlook upon life, and was imbued with a deep sympathy and affection for them. "

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