R's Bookshelf

10/03/2026

19/02/2026

Warehouse decluttering.
Listing these titles at 800.00/copy plus shipping.
1. Rizal’s Life, Works, and Writings by Pedro Gagelonia (1974) is an educational textbook by Pedro A. Gagelonia that offers a comprehensive look at the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, and his pivotal role in the country’s fight for reform and eventual independence.
2. Culture Shock Thailand and Malaysia (1982) (bundled) the aim is to try to explain the social rules that govern Chinese, Malay and Indian communities in Malaysia and Singapore. With the knowledge of society’s customs, etiquette and manners, a stranger is likely to experienc3e less culture shock.
3. Jose (Katipunan ng mga Sansaysay Ukol sa Buhay at Gawa ni Rizal) (1993)
4. Logic by Juan Jose Sanguineti (1982) The book is a foundational textbook on Thomistic logic. It is designed to help students form habits of “orderly, precise, and coherent thinking”.

16/02/2026

MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Revised Edition
By Bernardo M. Villegas
The favorable response of college students and practicing executives after the third printing of BUSINESS Economics for Filipino Managers have prompted both Sinag-tala Publishers and the author – Dr Bernardo Villegas – to undertake the updating and re-evaluation of, and the inclusion of new concepts into this volume. The textbook Managerial Economics if thus the result of these revisions. Containing the basic economic concepts of the previous book, this new edition features as its main innovation the incorporation of new techniques and terminologies that have evolved in the decision-making process of business enterprises, particularly within the context of the Philippine economy and business practices. Especially noteworthy is a whole new chapter on the social responsibility of business.
Copyright 1977
Paperback; 420 pages
Book in good condition.
Foxing of pages due to age.
P 500.00 plus shipping
One copy only

16/02/2026

UNEQUAL ALLIANCE, 1979–1986: The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Philippines.
By Robin Broad
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been among the primary influences on Third World development since the Second World War. Over the past decade, that influence has grown markedly as both institutions have been thrust into leading roles in managing the international debt crisis and in steering a group of developing countries into “structural adjustment” via export-oriented industrialization. No country commanded more of their attention over this period than the Philippines under the twenty-year rule of President Ferdinand Marcos.
Through interviews with dozens of Philippine representatives of government and business, Unequal alliance chronicles the Philippine experiment with “structural adjustment.” It explores the process by which the World Bank and the IMF trained technocrats, adapted existing government institutions, and created new ones to mold their version of development.
Copyright 1988
First Edition
Paperback; 352 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Foxing of cover and pages appropriate to age.
Book in good/unread condition.
P 800.00 plus shipping
One copy only

16/02/2026

THREE DECADES OF FUJI XEROX 1962-1992
by Fuji Xerox Company
Published in Japan by the Corporate History Department of Fuji Xerox, this English language book, with numerous photos, describes the technical and business processes that allowed a Japanese company to mesh with the international Xerox conglomerate. Among other subjects, it describes the document market in Japan, negotiations and joint venture projects with Rank Xerox, innovative sales systems, and its growth and struggles for success. This is an important and surprisingly informative history of an international company, 1962 - 1992.
Copyright 1994
Hardcover with dust jacket;
254 pages
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Foxing of pages appropriate to age.
Book in good condition.
P 600.00 plus shipping
Two copies only

16/02/2026

All three for only 1,250.00 plus shipping.
Foxing of pages appropriate to age.
Books are in very good condition.

12/02/2026

A set rare in this condition.
IF YOU KNOW… YOU KNOW.
Selling these titles as a set.
Must have for book collectors.
P 8,900.00 for the set.
Only one set available.
THE BODY BOOK
Editing by Fe Maria C. Arriola; Art by Onib Olmedo
This is the second in the Philippine Reader series on the traditional culture of the Filipinos. The Body Book deals with the Filipino Katawan. It names and describes the parts and systems, which are those of basic Homo Sapiens. It also points out racial distinctions) e.g. Kayumanggi skin, low nose), notions of well-being and nuances of aches and pains, comments on the importance placed on specific organs. What is healthy to a Filipino with what organ does a Pinoy love?
Copyright 1993
First Printing
Size: 12” x 12”
Softcover; 200 pages.
THE SOUL BOOK by
Francisco R. Demetrio, S.J., Gilda Cordero-Fernando and Fernando N. Zialcita
Roberto B. Feleo, Artist.
The Soul Book deals with the pre-Hispanic religion believed in a sky world, and earth world and an underworld each of which was composed of several layers. In this “condominium” lived gods and goddesses, the most powerful of whom could create worlds and people, fly, fall in love with mortals, fight without end. What was the early Filipinos’ concept of sin? What was their view of forgiveness? Of wealth and social prestige?
Copyright 1991
First Printing
Size: 12” x 12”
Softcover; 160 pages

05/02/2026

Dont judge a book by its cover.
Jacket has issues. But inside pages are in very good condition

HR Ocampo at 1,500.00 plus shipping. Only one available

05/02/2026

CHINESE IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Theresa Carino
This 100-page book was published by DLSU University Press. It was a product of the China Studies Program at De La Salle University, which Cariño founded and directed from 1983 to 1991.
The book provides an overview of the ethnic Chinese community in the Philippines during a period of significant transition.
It was published shortly after the 1975 mass naturalization of Chinese in the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos, which allowed roughly 90% of the alien Chinese population to obtain Filipino citizenship.
Themes: It explores the social and cultural dynamics of a community moving from being "aliens" to "hyphenated Filipinos" or Tsinoy.
Copyright 1985
Paperback; 100 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Book in very good condition
P 800.00 plus shipping
Only one copy available

30/01/2026

For graduate students and professors…
DOING GOOD IN BUSINESS MATTERS: CSR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Volume 1 - FRAMEWORKS
Volume 2 – The Practice
Volume 1 – FRAMEWORKS – This book rethinks and re-imagines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and offers new perspectives on critical CSR issues, emerging trends and progressive practices in Philippine and global business.
Volume 2 – THE PRACTICE - the different cases aim to sensitize future business leaders and management faculty to the various facts and complex issues in CSR engagement. It is our hope that The Practice will help you reshape your own CSR practice toward a much deeper commitment to people and their well-being – and find that doing good in business truly matters.
Copyright 2007
First Edition; Paperback
Volume 1 – 370 pages
Volume 2 - 326 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Book in good condition.
P 800.00 /set plus shipping
One set only

29/11/2025

In time for the commemoration of ANDRES BONIFACIO’s birth anniversary on Nov 30, we are putting this title on SALE. The autobiography of the “woman behind the man”…. GREGORIA DE JESUS.
JULIO NAKPIL AND THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION
With the autobiography of GREGORIA DE JESUS
Edited and translated by Encarnacion Alzona
Julio Nakpil y García was a Filipino musician, composer and a General during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. He was a member of the Katipunan, a secret society turned revolutionary government which was formed to overthrow the Spanish government in the Philippines.
A facsimile reproduction of Julio Nakpil’s APUNTES SOBRE LA REVOLUCION FILIPINA is here published for the first time together with an English translation. The translator has completed some of his quotations from Teodoro M. Kalaw’s LA REVOLUCION FILIPINA (Manila 1924) whenever in her opinion the fuller quotations would help the reader, who may not have at hand a copy of that work, in the appreciation of his comments.
The footnotes unless state otherwise, are by the translator.
The appendix consists of the genealogical table of the Nakpil family prepared by Julio Nakpil and the autobiography of Mrs. Gregoria de Jesus Nakpil in the original Tagalog and in English translation.
​-from the Preface of Encarnacion Alzona
Copyright 1964
Hardcover; 181 pages.
Size: 6.5 x 10 inches
Exlibris copy with minimal library stamp marks.
Book in good condition.
P 2,500.00 plus shipping

04/11/2025

Post Halloween SALE
Collectible FIRST EDITION.
THE ASWANG SYNCRASY IN PHILILPPINE FOLKLORE;
with illustrative accounts in vernacular texts and translations
By Maximo D. Ramos.
Foreword by F. Landa Jocano
A 100 page expansion on the 6 classifications Dr. Maximo D. Ramos gave to the aswang in his 1965 Ph.D dissertation paper for the University of the Philippines – The Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology. The Philippine Folklore Society paper boasts 87 “Illustrative Accounts in Vernacular Texts and Translations”. It really does have a wide array of stories – ranging from the popular fetus sucking manananggal, to people urinating fish sauce. The stories are mostly of Visayan origin, but travel from the tip of Luzon, to the base of Mindanao.

The Aswang Syncrasy is the single most important piece of literature for those wanting to understand the complexities of the aswang and its effects on Philippine society. It was a cornerstone for my research while making The Aswang Phenomenon Documentary. Since, I have been constantly confronted passively by people who are positive what an aswang is – based on their regional beliefs. If this paper was mandatory reading, Filipinos could see the vast intricacies, and unique qualities of all regions in the Philippines. Instead, there seems to be a competition on who holds the most horrifying aswang folk tales and which one is the most “genuine”. What Filipinos should focus on is the colorful mix of stories, backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives, that promote their unifying diversity.
Copyright 1971
First Edition
Hardbound; 108 pages
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Ex libris copy with library marks
Book in good condition
P 2,500.00 plus shipping
Three copies only