A stunning introduction to Penang's heritage with a rich combination of beautiful colour photographs by James Bain Smith, an international artist and photographer and informative and well researched text by Julia de Bierre, a restoration expert who was born and grew up in Penang. The book does not just confine the reader to George Town, the well-known UNESCO World Heritage Site, but ventures into other equally captivating parts of the island elsewhere.

Contents -

Early Days

George Town

The Infant Colony

A Street Called Harmony

Gracious Living

Courtyard Sanctums

To the Mansion Born

The Urban Village

Islander

The Kmapung Idyll

Sea Breeze

Green Power

The Spice of Life

A Moveable Feast.

ISBN: 9834283423

Publisher: Areca Books Penang, 2006

Over 500 colour photographs in its 152 pages, 2 pages of maps and a select bibliography.

Condition: New. Hardback in a similar dust jacket. Still in the publisher's shrink wrapping

Weight 0.90 Kg. Postage within Malaysia is free