Author: DAUM, P.A. (MAURITS)(1850-1898),
Title: Ups en Downs in het Indische Leven. Vijfde druk [5th edn.].
Description: Amsterdam, Contact, s.d. [..], 1946. sm. thick 8°, orig. clothbacked boards, title on spine. 451pp., epilogue by Rob Nieuwenhuys, concise biography to author, bibliography, glossary malay-dutch at very end. BUUR, PD., 370. One of the great classics by this famous dutch colonial nineteenth century author, also publishing under the pseudonym Maurits. Story set in 19th century colonial Batavia, descibing the ups and downs of european, i.e. dutch society-life, with all hardship and intrigues. Orig. publ. in Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad. Further information on author and his literary legacy see: Nieuwenhuys, O.I.Sp. pp.237 ff. Nice copy. (some shaving to extremities of boards).

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