HAASSE, HELLA S. [= H.S. VAN LELYVELD-HAASSE, 1918-2011],
Parang Sawat. [Een handvol Achtergrond; Autobiografische teksten]. Separated from:Avenue, 1969.
Amsterdam, Avenue, 1959. Large 8°. Recent private limp wrappers, stitched. [12] unnumbered pp. printed in double collumns. Tinted small marginal images, illustrations of Wayang kulit fugures. Dutch language literary essay by this famous dutch female author Hella S. Haasse, in which a selection of autobiographical texts has been made public about author's autobiographical scattered recollection of life in the former Dutch East Indies/Indonesia. It precedes the complete edition, first pub lished Amsterdam, Querido, 1993! Can be considered as the first pre-publication texts. The term Parang Sawat is used to express the multiple colour applications in javanese batik process. Very difficult to locate. Very good copy. Rare.

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