WRIGHT, Arnold.

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Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. First edition, the copy of the Penang lawyer Maxwell Ruthven Thornton, profiled on page 748, with his 1908 ownership signature on the original binder's blank. Photographs found on almost every page make this the most expansive book on Malaya published before the First World War.Section covers topics such as botany, finance, education, major exports - rubber, coconuts, and pineapples - sports, and everyday life and customs. The opening illustration is a full-page portrait of Sir John Anderson (1858-1916), 16th Governor of the Straits Settlements.In 1903, Thornton (1878-1950) was made an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Courts of the Strait Settlements and the Federated Malay States. Following his return to England, he was MP for Tavistock, 1922-4.

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