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HEYNNEMAN, RONALD, - Ibu Maluku. The story of Jeanne Marie van Diejen-Romen [an extraordinary life in the vanishing world world of the Dutch East Indies; subtitle on front cover].. [First edition].

Hartwell, Temple House, 2002. Large stout 8°. Original coloured glossy limp wrappers. Coertitle in bold typography with a coloured illustration of Ternate Island and a monochrome portrait of Jeann e Marie van Diejen-Romen. (xii), 638pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations on 8 plates, some topographical sceneries and many portraits, 3 full page monochrome sketch maps of the Moluccas, concise biogr. note with a portrait of author in verso of ti.-p., editor'ial note, endnotes and references, glossary of terms indonesian-malay-english, illustrated publ. list at rear end, synopsis with portrait on lower outer cover, table of contents. Detailed english language authentic life-story of Jeanne Marie van Diejen, a planter's wife living on pre-war Ternate, incl. notes on visits to Biak Island, dutch territory of New Guinea, the outbreak of the Pacific war, the japanese invasion of Ternate, her imprisonment and work as a nurse and counselor in a japanese concentration camp, the liberation of the Moluccas, facing political and social pressure during the dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-1950. Paperback edition (as orig. publ.). Very fine copy. (Top margin of ti.-p. clipped).
EUR 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.22 | £UK 81.75 | JP¥ 15645] Book number 53346

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