JOSEPH, K. T.

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Tourists' Comprehensive and Indispensable Guide to Malacca. Second edition, significantly expanded from the first of 1936 and traced in only two institutional libraries. The author (1905-1995), a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, was a lawyer and civil leader in Malacca. Copies were sold in aid of the Rotary Club.Joseph compiled the first edition to satisfy "a long-felt want" (preface) for a guide that presented the city and Malaya as a thriving and attractive place to visit. For this revision, he added informative pieces by fellow members of the Rotary Club and arranged for the foreword to be written by HRH Prince Varnvaidya of Bangkok.Copies are held by the National Library of Singapore and the University of Amsterdam.

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