Author: DERMOÛT, M. (M. DERMÔUT-INGERMAN, 1888-1962),
Title: De Sirenen. 2nd. edn..
Description: Amsterdam, Querido, 1963. Small 8°, original cloth, vignette on front cover, dustjacket 174pp. With an epilogue by E.S.A.J. Kist-Dermoût & Joh. van der Woude, table of contents. BUUR, PD, 1974 Collection of 9 dutch language stories with strong autobiographical tendency, written between 1910-1962, set on Java, Sumatra and the Moluccas. Good copy, WITH dustjacket. ( dustjacket a bit frayed on edges, some minor marginal terars skilfully restored).

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