Stories from the Stacks

This book presents a diverse selection of almost 50 of the rarest and most priceless items in the collection, including the Mao Kun Map, a recently-acquired Munshi Abdullah edition of the Sejarah Melayu, 19th-century lithographs,  Japanese reconnaissance maps, correspondence from Raffles, and even a football rule book in Jawi. Each item is described and analyzed with an insightful essay and richly complemented with illustrations, helping to bring these stories from the stacks to life and lead us down new avenues of historical understanding.