BRUGGEN, CARRY VAN [C.L. PIT-DE HAAN, 1881-1932],

Een Indisch Huwelijk. [Eerste druk/First edition],

Amsterdam, Querido, 1921. 12°. Original limp peau-de-suède limp wrappers. Rectangular large gilded decorative design on front cover incorporation covertitle, repeated in red on ti.-p., gilded title on spine. 122pp. BUUR, PD, 921; Nieuwenhuys, Oost-Indische Spegel p. 344 ff. Dutch language novel by which a picture is painted of a dutch planter working on an undisclosed agricultural estate in the Dutch East Indies (Deli?), attempting to escape the utter loneliness by marrying an indonesian-dutch woman, also including i.a. notes about chinese and japanese coolies and the phenomenon of the indigenous housekeeper', also known as Njai or Concubine. Very nice copy in original publ. peau-de-suède wrappers. Untrimmed. (some minimal browning to french title, some very occasional marginal spots).

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BRUGGEN, CARRY VAN,

Een Indisch huwelijk

Schoorl, Conserve. 1987, 2e dr. Softcover, Ing. 8vo. 1e druk dateert van 1921; 90p. Oplage: 2000 exx. Keurig ex.

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