Author: DEELMAN, A.G.
Title: Ali Bin Joesoep. Roman uit de nadagen van Nederlands-Indië. [Eerste druk; first edition].
Description: Franeker, Wever, [..], 1973. orig. cloth, gilded vignette on front cover, gilded title label on spine with abundant gilded decoration, dustjacket. 362pp. Low malay words in text explained in footnotes, 2 sketch-maps of which 1 folded. Novel, partly set on Borneo and in Aceh, with as main character a Javanese convicted to hard labour, describing his adventures as a member of a chain-gang accompanying a dutch Royal constabulary patrol during their anti-guerilla actions during the Aceh-war. Very good copy, WITH dustjacket. (occasional fraying to edges of dustjacket, some minor tears restored)

Keywords: novel/buur/aceh/borneo