Author: SZÉKELY, LÀSZLO,
Title: Van Oerwoud tot Plantage. Verhaal van een Plantersleven. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1935. Stout 8°. Original publ. cloth. Dustjacket, designed by Frans Dupont.Frontcover with a large gilded device, repeated on spine, covertitle in bold black type. Ti.-p. with monochrome publ. device. (vii), 285pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations after original photographs on 8 plates, showing interior of aCoolie hospital and a barber, Jungle sceneries in progress of cultivation, temporary wooden huts on behalf of reclaimers and coolies, the construction of a railway track, etc., references, publ. advert. at rear end (verso blank). BUUR, PD, 1270. Dutch language novel telling the authentic story with strong autobiographical tendency, in which author, a hungarian citizen, paints a detailed picture about the development of an undisclosed plantation at Deli district, East Coast Sumatra in the 1930s. It is related to the stunning and repidly emerging agrucultural development of East Coast Sumatra the world has ever seen. Very fine copy, WITH ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET, rarely found present. (dustjacket a bit dullish, some wear to spine ends and top margin of lower outer part, skilfully restored however).

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