HARTOG, JAN DE (1914-2002),
The Trail of the Serpent. [First edition].
New York, Harper & Row, 1986. Medium 8°. Original cloth, gilded title on spine, dustjacket. 214pp. Author's C.V. at rear end. NOT called-for in holdings Royal Dutch Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, KITLV. English language novel set in dutch Borneo shortly after he arrival of japanese roops in 1942, narrating the fate of a small group of refugees trying to escape captivity. Very fine copy, WITH DUSTJACKET.
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