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KAMPONG.
Edition: 2nd printing.
London: Frederick Muller. (1957) dj. Hardcover - A novel set on the island of Java in 1950, in the newly independent country of Indonesia, where there is still hostility and resentment against the Dutch colonists. A medical unit, formed by the United Nations, is involved in a desperate fight against the disease of yaws where 10 million had been stricken. 240 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light toning to the pages, price-clipped)
Book ID: 81593More details Price: $19.50 -
LETTERS OF A JAVANESE PRINCESS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: University Press of America / The Asia Society, (1985). Includes a preface by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she notes that although Kartini died young (at age 24, a few days after the birth of her son), with her letters, which give some insight into the lives of a people ruled at the time by Dutch, she was able to reach millions of Javanese. Through her writings she became a spokesman for the liberation and education of women. Edited and with an Introduction By Hildred Geertz. Translated from the Dutch by Agnes Louis Symmers. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-819147583.
Condition: Good overall - some scattered underlining and marginal notations.
Book ID: 84054More details Price: $13.50 -
AMONG THE DARK MOUNTAINS or Cast Away in Sumatra.
Edition: Hardcover.
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited. n.d. (ca 1930) dj. Hardcover - An adventure story for boys "based on adventures taken from life . . . in the state of Sumatra when Mrs Ker and I visited it in the year of the eruption" - that is, the eruption of Krakatoa. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Frances Ewan. 296 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (missing front endpaper, some foxing to the first few pages, etc, but the green cloth cover is bright and attractive as is the uncommon dust jacket)
Book ID: 63241More details Price: $25.00 -
TWO TALES OF THE EAST INDIES. The Last House in the World - Beb Vuyk / The Counselor - H.J. Friedericy.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (a bit of fading and edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 86500More details Price: $40.00