BRANDT, WILLEM (W.S.B. KLOOSTER, 1905-1981),
De Aarde van Deli. [Eerste druk/first edition].
's-Gravenhage, Van Hoeve, 1948. 8°. Original publ. cloth, front cover with a large gilded decorative design, gilded design on spine. 311pp. captioned monochrome frontispiece, sketch-map on endpapers featuring East Coast Sumatra, incl. Deli region, notes and references at rear. name-list of estates. BUUR, PD., 1654. Dutch language collection of historic-literary essays, by which a vivid description is given about life and work of a number of well-known european plantes, or Delianen, :n', e.g.: E. Netscher, Said Abdoellah, J. Nienhuys, F.W. Janssen, J.T. Cremer (et.al.), including information about life and work of 'Boedjangs' (male singles), all supporting and creating the stunning economic development of East-Coast Sumatra (Deli) taking place at the end of the 19th. and the first two decades of the 20th centuries. Good copy in orig. publ. cloth.
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