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GEMILANG 134: The Chinese of Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore. (sep. 2007).
1 ADRIANI, P., Herinneringen uit en aan de Chineesche Districten der Wester-Afdeeling van Borneo 1879-1882. Schetsen en Indrukken. Amsterdam, s.n. (circa), ., 1890. Small 8°, gilt lettered cloth, 290pp. 295.00
¶ Excellent observations by a medical officer covering the Chinese regions on Borneo over a period of 3 years: Singakawan, Montrado, Sambas, incl. at the end a description of North Borneo (British) during the early stages of the first exploration of Borneo. Rare. (bds. somewh. shaved on extremities, some spots on upper bds.)2 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Si Bayangan Iblis.Solo,"Gema", 1983-1984., tog. 10 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.3 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Tangan Geledek (Pek Lui Eng). Orig. ednb. Solo,"Gema", 1987-1988., tog. 27 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & SOEBAGYO. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.4 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Si Pedang Terbang. Orig. ednb. Solo,"Gema", 1986-1987., tog. 13 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SUBAGYO. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.5 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Dewi Luar. (Lanjutan Gelang Kemala). pt. 2-15. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1988. tog. 14 parts (of 15). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO. Stapled. 35.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. (pt. 1 missing).6 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Naga Hitam. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1987. tog. 10 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO HERU S. Stapled. 55.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.7 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Si Kumbang Merah Pengisap Kembang (Pendekar Mata Keranjang Bagian Ke II). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1982-1983, tog. 29 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.8 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Awan Merah. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1987. tog. 13 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by MARWANTO. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.9 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Mestika Golok Naga. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 19871987. tog. 10 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO NERU S. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.10 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Sakti. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1986-1987, 1987. tog. 29 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO & WIED. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.11 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Gelang Kemala. Pts. 1-5; 11-17. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1987-1988, 1987. tog. 12 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO ANTONIUS S. Stapled. 25.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. (lacks in the series pts. 6-10, upper wrap. of pt. 17 damaged, incl. a duplicate).12 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Sepasang Naga Lembah Iblis. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1987. tog. 12 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.13 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Baju Putih. Orig. edn. Solo, "Gema", 1987. tog. 11 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SOEBAGYO. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.14 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Suling Naga (Kisah Para Pendekar Pulau Es Bagian ke II). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1979-1980., tog. 34 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.15 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Suling Emas. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, tog. 28 parts (of 16). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.16 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Istana Pulau Es (Lanjutan Mutiara Hitam). Pts. 8-116. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1986. tog. 9 parts (of 16). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 25.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.17 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Penakluk Iblis. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1979-1980, tog.25 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.18 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Si Bangau Putih. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1981-1982, tog.23 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.19 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Rajawali Emas. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1981-1982, tog.24 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by ENDRA & design of wrappers by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.20 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Istana Pulau Es(Lanjutan Mutiara Hitam). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1986-1987, tog.20 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.21 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Jaka Lola (Sambungan Pendekar Buta). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1982-1983, tog.20 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.22 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Jodoh Si Mata Keranjang. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, tog.17 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.23 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Cinta Bernoda Darah. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, tog.26 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.24 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Mata Keranjang. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1980-1981, tog.35 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.25 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Sadis. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, tog.39 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.26 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Si Naga Beracun(Lanjutan Naga Sakti Sungai Kuning). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, tog.34 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.27 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Suling Emas dan Naga Siluman. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1983-1984, tog. 79 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 340.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.28 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Asmara. Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1983-1984., tog. 27 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES & SUBAGYO. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.29 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Jodoh Rajawali. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1981-1982, tog. 47 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 385.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.30 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Tiga Naga Sakti. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1982-1983, tog. 34 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.31 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Super Sakti. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1977-1978, tog. 32 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO, design of wrappers by YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.32 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Para Pendekar Pulau Es. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1978-1979, tog. 32 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.33 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Dewi Maut. Orig. edn.Soloc,"Gema", 1980-1981, tog. 32 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.34 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Darah Pendekar. Orig. edn.Soloc,"Gema", 1977-1978, tog. 32 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.35 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Bunga Merah. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1987. tog. 9 parts (of 14). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by Antonius S. & Soebagyo. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.36 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Asmara Berdarah. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1978-1979, 1975. tog. 30 parts (of 14). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.37 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Raja Pedang. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1975. tog. 17 parts (of 14). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.38 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Pendekar Bongkok. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1982-1983, 19791987. tog. 26 parts (of 14). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES & SUBAGYO. Stapled. 250.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.39 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Gelang Kemala, pt. 6-14(of 14). Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 19791987. tog. 9 parts (of 14). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by Soebagyo & Antonius. Stapled. 25.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. (pts. 1-5 missing).40 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Si Tangan Sakti (Sin-Ciang Tai-Hiap). Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1985-1986, 1979. tog. 15 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.41 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Naga Kemala(Giok Liong Kiam). Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1979-1980, 1979. tog. 27 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 295.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.42 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kasih Diantara Remaja (Bu Lim Kuncu). Orig. edn.Jakarta, Kosasih Agency, n.d.[c. 1980]., tog. 27 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Stapled. 225.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.43 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Patung Dewi Kwan Im. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1984-1985, 1979. tog. 17 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.44 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar-Pendekar Siauwlim. Orig. edn.Jakarta,"Kresno", 1979. tog. 9 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.45 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Ang I Niocu(Dara Pendekar). . Orig. edn.Jakarta,"Kresno", nd.[c.1980], tog. 21 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by TONY. G. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.46 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pusaka Pulau Es (Lanjutan Tangan Sakti). Tua. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1988-1989, tog. 14 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings byHERU & YANES. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.47 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Dendam Sembilan Iblis Tua. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1985-1986, tog. 9 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.48 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Penberar Buta. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1982. tog. 20 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.49 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Toat Beng-Moli. Orig. edn.Jakarta,"Kresno", 1980-1981., tog. 13 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Stapled. 115.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.50 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Kisah Si Pedang Kilat. Orig. edn.Soloc,"Gema", 1984-1986., tog. 18 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by Soebagyo. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.51 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Rajawali Lembah Huai. Orig.edn.Solo,"Gema", 1985-1986, 1982. tog. 13 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. With ills. after drawings by YANES.Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set.52 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pedang Naga Putih. Orig.edn.S.L.,"Genta", nd.[c. 1980]., 1982. tog. 9 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. With ills. after drawings by RIP SANTOSA. Stapled. 50.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population.(large piece ofupper wrap. and ti.-p. at fore-edge gone of pt. 1)53 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Dendam Membara. Orig.edn.Solo,"Gema", 1982. tog. 4 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. With ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 35.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.54 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Dendam Seorang Perempuan. Orig.edn.Solo,"Gema", 1980-1981., 1979. tog. 7 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. With ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 45.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.55 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pendekar Pemabok. Orig.edn.Jakarta, "Kresno", [1977]., 1979. tog. 17 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. Stapled. 160.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story(silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.56 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, "Pendekar Budiman"(Hwa I Enghiong). Orig.edn.Solo,"Gema", 1979. tog. 14 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by Sriwidjong & Yanes. Stapled. 125.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.57 ASMARAMAN S. & KHO PING HOO, Pemberontakan Tai Peng(Giok Liong Kiam Bagian II).Solo,"Gema", 1981. tog. 13 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c. 46pp. With many ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 125.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.58 [BAUD, Jean Chrétien], Proeve van een Geschiedenis van den Handel en het verbruik van Opium in Nederlandsch-Indië. In:"BKI, vol. I".'s-Gravenhage,Fuhri, 1853. Small 8°. Original recent rebacked printed wraps. pp.80-220 with full-p. tables. 215.00
¶ Important preliminary report on Opium-trade, the monopoly, the role of the Chinese, illegal Opium-trade, etc. in colonial Indonesia. Rare.59 BERGER, B., Das Geheimnis von Pontiana. Roman aus Borneo. Berlin,, s.d. [circa], 1950. sm. 8°. thin boards. 239pp. 45.00
¶ Novel set in and arount Pontianak, Dutch Borneo, incl. ample notes on the chinese population, illegal opium-trafficking, &c... (head of spine damaged, skilfully restored however).60 BIRD, I.L.(Mrs. L. Bishop), The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither. Orig. US. edn. New York, 1884. Small thick 8°, original gilt pictorial cloth, (xiv), 483pp., front., 9 other plates, some text-ills., folded map, appendices (:Residents, Slavery in the Malay States, 2 letters of H.B.M.'s Resident, Pêrak (Hugh Low) to Colonial Secretary, (4)pp. of publisher's adverts. 205.00
¶ The 1st US-edn. (publ. at the same time as the UK-edn.) of this famous work (a composition of 'letters' on The Straits Settlements, with descriptions of a.o. (:) Singapore, the growth of Singapore, incl. topographical notes, extensive notes on the Chinese population of The Straits, opium-trade, etc., descriptions of Sungei Ujong, Selangor, on Perak, Province Wellesley, the Chinese in Larut, on Malay nicknames, etc. (name-stamp inside upper boards, spine-ends damaged ).61 BLUNDELL, P. (F. Nestle Buterworth), The Kidnappers. Repr. London, Ward Lock, nd. [c.1930], Small thick 8°, pictorial cloth, (iv), 256 pp., frontisp., 3 other plates by Wighman. 70.00
¶ Juvenile set in N. Borneo & Malay waters, fighting the chinese pirates. Nice copy.62 BLYTHE, W. The Impact of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya. A historical study. Orig. edn.London-Kuala Lumpur-Hong-Kong,O.U.P., 1969. Cloth, dustjacket. (xiv), 566pp., frontisp., 18 ills. on 4 plates, 8 sketch-maps in text & full-p., list of abbrev. used, bibliography, glossary, general index, index of societies & organizations. 175.00
¶ Important and already classical study on the traditional Chinese Secret Societies in China, The Straits Settlements, the Federated & Unfederated Malay States & in both dutch and british territory of Borneo. Nice copy. (dustjacked heavily rubbed at extremities).63 BOACHI, A. Mededeelingen over de Chinezen op het eiland Java. Taken fr.:"BKI, 1865".['s-Gravenhage],Nijhoff, 1865. Modern wraps. stitched. Pp.279-301. With some Chinese characters printed within text. (p.301 in xerox.) 55.00
¶ A contribution to the knowledge of the chinese population on Java.64 BOREL, H. (1869-1933), De Chineezen in Nederlandsch-Indië. Orig. edn.Amsterdam, Veen, 1900. sm.8°. Original clothbacked boards, title in gilt on spine. Hftitle(verso blank).116pp. ROUFFAER/MULLER, p.436. 125.00
¶ A collection of strongly anti-Chinese essays, earlier publ. in various dutch colonial newspapers, dealing a.o. with illegal Opium-trafficking & dealing, lotteries, fraudulent bankcruptcy, &c...On the author see Nieuwenhuys, O.I.Spiegel (1972), p.322-23, ff. Very fine copy. Rare.65 BOREL, H. (1869-1933), Het schoone Eiland. Een tweede boek van wijsheid en schoonheid uit China. Orig. edn.Amsterdam, Van Kampen, [....], 1922. sm.8°. orig. cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and on spine, rather large rectangualr illustr. on upper cover. hftitle(verso with publ. imprint). 175pp. frontisp., ills. on 7 plates after author's photos. 60.00
¶ Sequel to:"Wijsheid en schoonheid uit China". Author describes his second visit to China with his observations on and descriptions of (a.o.)(:) Amoy, the Kwan Yi Temple, Chinese theatre, Chinese women and girls, Canton,...Printed with wide margins, fore-edge uncut. (some very light foxing to fore-edge and first blank).66 BOREL, H., Iets over Chineesche Tempels. Taken fr.:"NION, 4-3 (1919)". [Amsterdam, 1919]., sm. 4°. recent paper binder. pp. 81-91. With 6 half-page photo-ills. depict. Chinese temples (Klentèngs) across dutch colonial Indonesia. 25.00
67 BRAU DE SAINT-POL LIAS, Le Baron X., Ile de Sumatra. Chez les Atchés. Lohong. Orig. (only) edn. Paris,Librairie Plon, 1884. sm.8°. orig. printed wraps. Hftitle(verso with publ. imprint), (xxxv), 274pp.(incl. list of contents). frontisp., title-vignette, 15 plates, of which 1 a portr. of Lt.-General K. Van der Heyden, extensive footnotes, fold. col. lithogr. map with legenda printed at tail, at end of volume, depict. the Lohong-Residence (N.Aceh), list of plates on [1]p.(verso blank). 325.00
¶ In his preface author supplies his views on western colonialism, esp. the french view, strongly advocating economic & political development; after that he describese in extenso his stay in Residency Lohong, a very prosperous residency, rich in a variety of minerals, agriculture, esp. pepper-production, as a esteemed guest of the Teuku of Lohong; he extensively describes the military situation, the military expeditions of the dutch under the Lt.-General K[arel] van der Heyden; incl. extensive observations on country and population of Lohong, incl. the chinese population of merchants and shopkeepers. Plates mainly of anthropological and ethnographical interest. Uncut copy in orig. publ. wraps. Very rare nowadays. Good copy. (waterstain on verso, blank, of each plate, name stamped in modest size, in upper right corner of first blank).68 BRAU DE SAINT-POL LIAS, le Baron X., Ile de Sumatra. Chez les Atchés. Lohong. Orig. (only) edn. Paris,Librairie Plon, 1884. sm.8°. orig. cloth, title in gilt on spine. Hftitle(verso with publ. imprint), (xxxv), 274pp.(incl. list of contents). frontisp., title-vignette, 15 plates, of which 1 a portr. of Lt.-General K. Van der Heyden, extensive footnotes, fold. col. lithogr. map with legenda printed at tail, at end of volume, depict. the Lohong-Residence (N.Aceh), list of plates on [1]p.(verso blank). 475.00
¶ In his preface author supplies his views on western colonialism, esp. the french view, strongly advocating economic & political development; after that he describese in extenso his stay in Residency Lohong, a very prosperous residency, rich in a variety of minerals, agriculture, esp. pepper-production, as a esteemed guest of the Teuku of Lohong; he extensively describes the military situation, the military expeditions of the dutch under the Lt.-General K[arel] van der Heyden; incl. extensive observations on country and population of Lohong, incl. the chinese population of merchants and shopkeepers. Plates mainly of anthropological and ethnographical interest. Uncut copy in orig. publ. cloth. With a 3-line Ms. dedication, to Commandant Bretel, in ink, signed by author in corner of 2nd. blank leave. Very rare. Good copy. (bds. somewh. sunned esp. on spine).69 BROEKHALS, F.J., Het geheim van de Haaiendoder. Hoorn, "West-Friesland" (1956)., Pictorial coloured boards, 176pp. Track-map, 2 plates after drawings by J. Giling. BUUR, I.J., 1013. 25.00
¶ Crime-fiction, being the adventures of 2 boys, sailing from Semarang to Australia, with as theme illegal gun-trafficking by chinese bandits.Nice copy.70 BROEKHALS, F.J., Geheimzinnige Lichten in het Diëng-gebergte. Hoorn, [1952], Pictorial coloured boards, 174pp., ills. after drawings by [P.W.]. BUUR (I.J.), 0951 20.00
¶ Juvenile crime-fiction set in Diëng Mountainrange, incl. i.a. notes on the chinese population of Java.71 BRUIN, A.G. DE, De Chineezen ter Oostkust van Sumatra. Orig. edn.Leiden,Oostkust van Sumatra Instituut, 1918. Original lettered wraps., (viii), 127pp., some Chinese characters in text, some tables (census) in text, notes to chapters, list of some divisions and districts in which chinese immigrants are present, chinese-indonesian, suppl.not to page 79, errata, folded. sketch-map at the end of volume showing Foekiën & Kwangtoeng. NAGELKERKE (1982), Nr. 0100. ["Oostkust van Sumatra-Instituut", Mededeeling No.I]. 100.00
¶ Important study on the Chinese population at East-Coast Sumatra, e.g. daily life, society, commerce and trade, customs and beliefs, ceremonies, marriage, birth and death, racial discrimination, &c. Good copy. Rare.72 CHAN AN, Sam Kok. Pts. 1-93. Orig. edn.Jakarta, nd.[c.1980]., Tog. 93 parts of the series, each story complete in itselves. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each issue 64pp. 440.00
¶ Popular stories from chinese origin (silat), translated on behalf of the Indonesian chinese population. Fine set.73 CHATER, W.J., Sarawak Long Ago. Orig. edn.Kuching,Borneo Literature Bureau, nd.[c.1960]., sm.8°. orig.pict.col. wraps. with white lettering. 120pp. text-ills. after old photographs and after drawings by Husain Sulaima. 80.00
¶ A nice review: The Residences of the Rajahs, The Brooke family burial ground, Fort Alice Simanggang(1864), The great fire of Kuching 1884, 4 legends retold, The Masjid Besar, How the Chinese labourers came to Sarawak, The old Christian cemetary (sic!), Kuching, The Ghost of "Golf Links"Bungalow, the Sarawak Flag, How Broadcasting first came to Sarawak,&c...Fine copy. (minor tear in lower wrap skilfully restored).74 CHESNEAUX, J., Secret Societies in China in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Translated by G. Nettle.Ann Arbor, 1971. cloth, dustjacket. (xii), 210pp. ills & facs of Chinese documents on 8 plates, some text-figures, references, bibliography, index. Fine copy. 80.00
75 CHIA, F., The Babas. [Chinese Malays]. Orig. edn.Singapore,Times Books International, 1980. Original kimp glossy wrappers, title in bold black type with coloured illustrations on front wrapper. 193pp. Many coloured ills. on 8 plates with extensive captions, many black/white text-ills. of which some full-page, all after old and new photographs, some facsim. ills. after original chinese documents, postscript, table of contents. 60.00
¶ A description of the Malay Chinese, originating from Amoy, Fukien and Hokkien, after orw experiences, observations and recollections (:) Origin, characteristics, Baba Malay, english education, domestic and social life, birthday, wedding and funerals, festivals and games, vanishing cultural heritage...Supplies good insight in this Malaysian population group. Very fine copy.76 CHIN HUI TSA CHIH Nomor Diës December 1952.Delft,Chin Hui Tsa Chih, 1952. sm.8°. pict. lettered wrs. 56pp. of cyclostyled text. stapled. ["Madjalah dan Pengumuman dari Chin Hui, Ching Hua Hui bagian Delft", Tahun ke 7 no. 2 achir Nopember 1952]. 115.00
¶ Diës-commemmoration of "Chin Hui Tsa Chih" presented to the Chinese-Indonesian Students at Delft University (Polytechnic), incl. an interview with R.J.S. Nimpuno, president of the PPI-Delft (Persatuan Peladjar Indonesia) in which he (Nimpuno) announces the disbanding of the PPI, a.m.o. interesting artt. Very well preserved. Scarce.77 CHIN UNG-HO, Chinese Politics in Sarawak. A Stury of the Sarawak United People's Party. Orig. edn.Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1996. Original cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket. (xviii), 331pp. Ills. with captions on 4 black/white plates, extensive footnotes, 2 sketch-maps on a plate, many tables, figures in text and full-page, list of abbreviations used, appendices 1-3, bibliography, index, table of contents. 125.00
¶ Vast and well-documented study on the SUPP (Sarawak United People's Party), Sarawak's oldes political party founded in 1959. The party has changed from a left-wing anti-Malaysia political entity into an Establishment Barisan Nasional component party without loosing the support of the Chinese of Sarawak. Fine copy.78 CHINESE IN NETHERLANDS INDIA-"PANORAMA"-SIANG PO. X-Mas number of "Panorama" (Siang Po), 2483-2484 (Sintjiha)(1932/1933) Batavia,"Panorama"/Sian Po, 1933. Folio, pict. col. wraps., c. 125pp. Many col. plates, numerous plain ills. & plates, numerous adverts, of which illsd., in text & full-p. 160.00
¶ X-Mas number for the Chinese Intelligentia in colonial Indonesia, text for the greater part in Malay, introd. in dutch, with many artt. by (a.o.) Han Kian Tjing, A. Zimmerman, Khouw Sian Tjeng, on a great variety of subjects. Scarce. (somewh. dog-eared).79 CHINESE READER [A chinese reader for childre].S.L.,s.d. [circa], 1930. Small 8°, (32)pp. of col. plates with Chinese text, not transcribed, being instructions for children covering daily hygiene, fight against malaria, info on agriculture, etc. Stapled. 110.00
¶ An interesting text-book for chinese children in colonial Indonesia. Rare.80 CHUNG SIN, Lembah Merpati.Semarang,Nuri, s.d. [circa], 1960. tog. 14 parts in 2 vols., sm.thick 8°. cloth, orig. col. illustr. pasted on upper-boards, orig. pict. col. wraps. bound-up. Each part c. 74pp. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population, in rather primitive printing. Scarce. (bds. shaved_.81 COMBER, L. Chinese Temples in Singapore. 1st. Singapore, 1958. Small 8°, pictorial coloured wraps., (x), 110pp., frontisp., ills. of temples & ceremonies on 20 plates, bibliography, Chinese & general index. 70.00
¶ Excellent representative selection of Chinese temples, supplying a wealth of details. Good copy.82 COOKING - MENUE 'CARD' (Chinese)-Menu Restaurant "Sing Hing" ("Jopie"), Binnen Bantammerstraat Amsterdam. [Amsterdam],"Sing Hing", [circa], 1925. Extended Menue-card of a Chinese restaurant-Amsterdam. Pictorial upper wrap., (2)pp. of tog. 72 dishes, text in Chinese (transcribed) & Dutch, prices in Chinese characters only. size 19x30cms. 45.00
¶ Very well preserved. (centre-fold.)83 CORDES, J.W.C., De Privaatrechterlijke toestand der Vreemde Oosterlingen op Java en Madoera. Orig. thesis [Leyden university]. Leiden, 1887. orig.printed wraps. 110pp. 115.00
¶ analyzes the legal position of the Chinese & Arabs in colonial Indonesia as compared with the Europeans (incl. the Japanese) & Indonesians. .84 CRESSON, M.E.J., Note sur la Coiffure des Femmes Mán Lan-Tien dans la Province de Laokay. Offpr.fr.:"Bulletin Efeo, XXXVI/fasc.2. (1937). S.L.[Paris],École française d'Extrême Orient, [....], 1937. large 8°. orig.wraps. pp. [441]-464. ills. on 12 plates, sketch-map of the region, some tabs., some chinese charac. printing in text & full-p. 160.00
¶ Excellent scientific essay on female hair-styles, woven head-bands, woven cloths, occurring in the region Man Lien-tien, Laokay Province, territory of french Indo-china. Very good copy. Rare.85 CROOCKEWIT, J.H. (Hz.) Banka, Malakka en Billiton. Verslagen aan het Bestuur van Neêrlandsch Indië, in de jaren 1849 en 1850. 's-Gravenhage, 1852. Small 8°. recent clothbacked boards.(viii), 139 pp., 1 folded table. 125.00
¶ Report on the occurrance of Tin-Deposits & Tin-mining on Banka, Billiton & in Malaysia, incl. extensive parts on Chinese coolies (wages, labour-conditions, character & superstitions, social position, etc.). Good copy. Rare.86 DEMA, F. De man, die verwacht werd. Avonturenroman, spelend in een der Soeloe-eilanden.Amsterdam,Seyffardt, nd.[c. 1925]., sm. 8°. lettered cloth. 230pp. 100.00
¶ Novel set in the Sulu-archipelago, with i.a. notes on the Chinese population. Scarce. (probably transl. fr. the orig. English).87 DICKSON, M.G., Sarawak and its People. 3rd. edn. (revised).[Kuching],Borneo Literature Bureau, 1968. Orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. Hftitle(verso blank). [2](list of contents), 214pp. many text-ills. and diagrammes, sketch-maps, in text, full-page and on endpapers, statistics and tables in text, incl. a concise census and a full-p. rainfall-table at end with explanat. text on facing-page, concise chronology, list of words explained. 125.00
¶ Supplies extensive information on Sarawak with a great variety of subjects (:) position of Sarawak, climate, regions, rivers, 1st-5th division, population in various regions and divisions, the Sarawak Chinese, the Brooke-dynasty, labour and agriculture, oil-and rubber production, trade, industry, exports and imports, traffic and transport, Sabah and Brunei, Indonesian Borneo, West Malaysia, Singapore and other neighbours. The best edn. Fine copy. Scarce. (copy with a Ms. presentation note, not by author, on first blank).88 DINGEMANS, L.F.(Introd.), Gegevens over Djokjakarta 1926. A.[Djokjakarta], 1926. folio. orig. recent clothbacked imitation snake-skin wraps., title in bold black type on front wrapper, orig. photograph depict Hotel "Toegoe", Djocjakarta, pasted at tail of front wrapper. 185pp. With an orig. photo portr. of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Djokjakarta Hamengkoe Boewono VIII, many other ills tipped-in on leaves (mainly 3 to a leave), other plates, numerous tables & statistics, incl. statistics on sales of Opium, licence-holders and sale-points of Opium, list of governors-general of colonial Indonesia at very end. 160.00
¶ After a short historical review numerous data (incl. lists of names) are supplied on a.o. financial & economic position, the municipal & residential-administration, watersupply, urban development, use of opium, chinese merchants and traders, agriculture, festivities in the Craton on Monday 11th January 1926, distribution of cheap chinchona amongst the indigenous population, medical mission, illegal labour by minors, illegal night-shifts by female labourers, public health, the sultanate itself, &c. The original photo-portrait of the Sultan, has been especially produced for this publication. Good copy. Rare.89 DJAJADININGRAT, L. (Raden) & Ch. O. VAN DER PLAS(appendix), Education developments in the Netherlands Indies. With an appendix: The Battle against Illiteracy.S.L.[Batavia],National Council for the Netherlands & Netherlands Indies, 1942. Tall 4°. Original wraps. (v), 42, (vi)pp. (appendix) of cyclostyled text on rectos only, stapled. With 2 full-p. schemata depicting Native education/Occidental education...["Institute of Pacific Relations, 8th Congress, Dec. 1942"]. 55.00
¶ Surveys the dutch colonial educational system, both for dutch children and indigenous, chinese, arab children, incl. recommendations for improvement in the fight against everlasting illiteracy in colonial Indonesia, since c. 1910. (small lib.-stamp at foot of upper wrap., number on upper margin.)90 DOREN, J.B.J. VAN, Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Zeden, Gewoonten en Geaardheid der Chinezen in het Algemeen, doch van die op Java en Onderhoorigheden in het bijzonder. Utrecht, N. de Zwaan, 1853. sm. 8°. orig. printed wrps. [ 1](preface), 61pp. TIELE, 334. 160.00
¶ An important essay on the chinese on Java and dependencies. Rare.(spme plastified, paper label on upper wrp. and in corner of title, cancellation stamp on verso(blank) of title, dog-eared).91 DUTCH COLOIAL PRISON STATISTICS - Statistiek van de Gevangenen in Nederlandsch-Indië over de jaren 1909 tot en met 1912.S.L.,s.n., [....], 1913. Slim folio. orig. wraps. 39pp. Stapled. 40.00
¶ Criminal statistics for colonial Indonesia, incl. europeans, indonesians and so-called "Vreemde Oosterlingen" (Arabs, Chinese & Japanese). Scarce. (ex-lib. copy, stamp on front wrapper and in margin of page 1).92 DUTCH MISSIONARY LABOUR IN POST-WAR INDONESIA, In Storm Geboren. Beknopte geschiedenis van een nieuw leger. Ginneken, 1947. orig.pict.col. & lettered wraps. 78pp. many text-ills., ills. after drawings, some sketch-maps. 55.00
¶ Concise history of missionary achievements of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart at Ginneken. The first part deals with the founding of the congregation in France, after that achievements are described at Molokai (father Damien), for the greater part however dealing with missionary achievements among the chinese and indigenous population of the Tin-islands Bangka & Billiton (off Sumatra Coast). Good copy. Scarce.93 DWIDJO SEWOJO, M.Ng., Het inlandsch onderwijs in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. Taken fr.:"NION".[Amsterdam, c. 1930]., sm. 4°. modern stiff wraps., stitched. pp. 3-10. 5 text-ills., incl. 3 portrs. of indigenous teachers. 15.00
¶ An interesting essay on education of indigenous, chinese & arab school-children (primary school).94 ELISABETH (Soeur/Sister) (et.al.), De Zusters van Etten in gevangschap en in het Concentratiekamp der Japanners op Borneo. 2e druk. [2nd. edn.]. S.L.,s.n. [circa], 1950. Small 8°, original wraps., title on front wrapper. 144pp., ills. on 6 plates. 115.00
¶ Account by Soeur Elisabeth, continued and completed after her death by various unidentified Sisters of the Congregation of Jesus Maria Joseph Mission (Sisters Recollectinen Penitenten, or Sisters of Sambas) on Borneo, under the Japanese occupation of Borneo & their stay in an internment-camp near Kuching, incl. the sufferings of the Chinese sisters. Good copy. Scarce.95 ENGELHARD, H.E.D. Bijdragen tot de kennis van het Grondbezit in de Chineesche districten. In:"BKI", 51-7 (1900). ['s-Gravenhage],Nijhoff, 1900. recent stiff wraps. pp.241-262. 70.00
¶ An interesting essay on chinese land-tenure, Sambas mining-district, dutch Borneo.96 ERICS, L., Mijn Vriende de Pindaman.Amsterdam,NBG, 1949. Small 8°, orig. pict. col. wraps., in "chinese" style, by W.G. van der Hulst Jr., 16pp. Drawings in text by W.G. van der Hulst Jr. Stapled. BUUR, I.J., 0884. 95.00
¶ Short story, with strong christian tendency, with as main character a young impoverished christian Java-chinese street-seller [a hawker] of sweets & peanut-bars named Li, commonly called [in dutch] "Pinda-Chinees" ("Peanut-Chinese"), a rather common phenomenon in cities as Amsterdam & Rotterdam. Many poor chinese immigrants tried to earn a living there. A curious little story, published by command of the dutch Bible society, N.B.G., youth-section. MINT copy. Rare.97 ESSER, J.P., Onder de Madoereezen. Amsterdam, Höveker, [circa]., 1893. Small 8°, pict. wraps., 63pp. frontisp.-portr. of author, 2 plates. Stapled. 55.00
¶ Description of a protestant missionary of the Madurese at the end of the 19th century: religion & philosophy, marriage & life after marriage, death- & burial-rites, the last chapter is a short description of the life of a converted Madurese farmer, Pa'k Byng (from mixed blood: Chinese). Interesting.98 FITZGERALD, C.P., The third China. The Chinese communities in South-East Asia. 1st. Vancouver, 1965. Small 8°, cloth, (vi), 109pp., frontisp. (portr.), sketch-maps on endpapers. 75.00
¶ (ex-lib. stamps in corner of fr. endpaper map & on title, lending pocket with card still present.)99 FITZGERALD, S., China and the Overseas Chinese. A study of Peking's changing policy 1949-1970. First edn.Cambridge, 1972. Cloth, dj., (xii), 268pp., list of abbrev., notes to chapters, bibliography, index. ["Cambridge Studies in Chinese History..."]. 115.00
¶ With extensive parts on Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. Mint copy.100 FORBES, A(nna), Insulinde. Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago. First edn. Edinburgh & London, 1887. Small thick 8°, cloth, ills. on upper boards, (xii), 305pp., folded coloured map at the end with legenda. 385.00
¶ Narrative of ANNA FORBES, wife to H.O. FORBES (Naturalist in the N.E.I) of more general nature: descriptions of Batavia & Buitenzorg, the Botanical Garden, the Dutch colonial system, the relation with the servants, a description of Kupang (Timor), incl. notes on the Chinese of Kupang; pp.57-100; 137-228 deal with Ambon & the Moluccas with notes on means of subsistence, the climate, the census of the Island of Waai, the Tanembar Islands; also includes is a description of a Javanese village feast in honour of a graduate from school at which a wayang performance was given (pp.177-8). Rare.101 FRANCOIS, J.P.(preface), Historical Guide of Malacca.(2nd. edn.). Singapore, 1936. sm.8°. orig. wraps, illustr. on upper boards. 91pp. 14 plates, full-p. plan of St. Paul/s Church, facsim. fold. plate at end, fold.plan of Malacca at end with short legenda, scale Eight Chains to an Inch, fold.plan (presumed sketch of a proposed scheme for the Fortification of Malacca by the Portuguese), [8]pp. of advert. at end. "Malacca Historical Society"publ. 115.00
¶ First publ. as a Guide Book to commemmlorate the Centenary of the British occupation at Malacca,17th March, 1824-17th March 1924. An interesting "guide", descr. a.o. Historical Monuments of Malacca Town, The fall of Malacca, the Chinese of Malacca, Malay Mosques, list of Tombstones in St. Paul's Church...Fine copy. Rare.102 FRANKE, S., Fa. De roman van een chinese in het oude Batavia. Amsterdam, [1947]., Decorated boards, 292pp. BUUR, PD, 1616. 25.00
¶ Novel on the massacre of the Chinese, Batavia 1740, with as dramatis personae a young Chinese girl (Fa) of a well-to-do family in Batavia.103 FREEMASONRY - GEDENKBOEK - Gedenkboek van de Vrijmetselarij in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, 1767-1917. Uitgegeven door de oudste der drie Werkplaatsen op Java "De Ster in het Oosten", "La Constante et Fidèle", "De Vriendschap". Semarang-Soerabaia-'s-Gravenhage, 1917. 2°. orig. gilt tooled & decorated cloth. 694, [3], [2]pp. ills. and portrs. on 47 plates, some facsims, some full-p. plans of lodges, extensive lists of names, register of names. 580.00
¶ Commemmorates the 150th anniversary of freemasonry in Netherlands India, incl. that of Chinese, Arab, Javanese & Japanese brethern. Rare. (recased, new endpapers, some ex-lib. stamps on title, bds. somewh. faded).104 FROMBERG, P.H. De Chineesche Beweging en het "Koloniaal Tijdschrift". 's-Gravenhage, 1912. orig.wraps. 30pp. Nagelkerke, 0306. 80.00
¶ Interesting pamphlet on the position of the Chinese in colonial Indonesia., the political implications on the status of the Chinese towards the Chinese Government, on the position of the "Penarakan-Chinese" (mixed-blood Chinese), etc... Rare.105 FROMBERG, P.H. Verspreide Geschriften. Leiden, Chung Hwa Hui(Chineesche, Vereeniging in Nederland, 1926. large thick 8°. modern qtr.calf, spine in compartments, title and vignettes in gilt on spine, date tooled in gilt at foot of spine, marbled boards (xiii),814pp. with a portr. of Fromberg. 340.00
¶ Collected artt. of this expert-author covering all aspects of the Chinese population in colonial Indonesia, publ. by the Chinese Association in the Netherlands "Chung Hwa Hui, incl. i a. notes the Chinese in The Netherlands. Uncut & Unopened copy in excellent condition. (first 3pp. carelessly opened at lower margin causing minimal damage to margin).106 GABRIËLSE, Joh. (1881-1945) (artist), De Chinese Kamp te Batavia, Java.Groningen-Batavia,J.B. Wolters, [circa], 1930. Large coloured lithographed educational wall-plate, 85x70cm., framed, after an original watercolour by Johannes Gabriëlse. ["Insulinde in Woord en Beeld", by H. Zondervan]. A SCAN IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. 350.00
¶ This educational wall-plate, in use with dutch primary education, depicts the so-called "Chinese Kamp", or chinese compound, at Batavia, colonial Java. Good copy.107 GAN K L., Pendekar Harum. Orig. edn.Semarang,Pustaka "Silat", 1977. tog. 20 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c.60pp. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story, silat, as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.108 [GEDENKSCHRIFT] - [CHINA INLAND MISSION], De Kerk Groeit. Gedenkschrift ter gelegenheid van de wijding der Eerste Chineezen tot Bisshoppen der H. Kerk 28 October 1926.Warmundae, 1926. oblong 8°. orig. lettered limp wraps, with chinese characters (not transcribed) and dutch title in character-like lettering at head of wraps, large illustr. of H.Mary of China in left margin. [30]pp. of text, full-plates with ext.captions, text-ills. and a sketch-map depict. china and the new Vicaries of the Cross, with legenda (listing the names of 6 newly consacrated Chinese bishops), printed on verso of title. 160.00
¶ Commemmorates the consecration of the first 6 Chinese bishops, Mgr.Tschao, Tsch'en, Souen, Tsu, Tcheng and Hou on 28 October 1928 at St. Peter's, Vatican City, Rome. Incl. a short report on the settlement of the Roman Catholic Church in China, incl. achievements by dutch missionaries, short C.V. of the new Chinese Bishops. "Sinensibus Praesulibus Neerlandia Catholica". A rare & curious item. MINT copy.109 GRAAF, H.J. & Th. G. Th. PIGEAUD (translation/commentary) & M.C. RICKLEFS (editor), Chinese Muslims in Javain the 15th and 16th centuries: the Malay Annals of Semarang and Cerbon. Translated and provided with comments by...Orig. edn.Clayton,Monash University, 1984. Original printed and partly illustrated wrappers. (xiii), 221pp. Biogr. note to both translators with portraits, editor's introduction, preface, notes to text, bibliography, index, fold. map of Java, Madura and Bali at very end, table of contents. ["Monash Papers on Southeast Asia", nr. 12]. 85.00
¶ A very important publication on subject-matter. Very fine copy.110 GREAT WAR - Ngeou Tchan Che Pao/Journal de la Gurerre Européenne, 1917(title on spine).[Shanghai, 1917], Large 8°, calfbacked marbled boards, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt lettered & gilt tooled (c. 800 pp.) in Chinese character printing only, Many ills. and portrs. in text & full-p. being caricatures (depict. the Central belligerents), ills. also depict. scenes of the war-theatre, some adverts of which some with french or english captions. 295.00
¶ A chinese weekly, tog. 49 issues bound together, covering the year 1917 of the Great War. Curious. (occas. browning throughout, paper somewh. brittle in places, in general well preserved, bds. shaved).111 GREGORIUS (Father) (introd.), De Hand aan den Ploeg. Het missiewerk van de Capucijnen op Borneo en Sumatra. S.I. [Tilburg,Capucijnen Missie, [....], 1940. Small 8°, pict. dec. wraps., 183pp. Many text-ills., portrs., some sketch-maps. 70.00
¶ Capucin missionary labour among the Dayak & the Chinese on Borneo & amoung the Batak of Sumatra & on Nias. Fine copy.112 GROOT, J.J.M. DE Het Kongsiwezen van Borneo. Eene verhandeling over den grondslag en den aard der Chineesche politieke vereenigingen in de koloniën, met eene Chineesche geschiedenis van de Kongsi Lan-Fong.'s-Gravenhage,Nijhoff, 1885. Later stiff wraps, orig. printed wrap. laid-down. (viii), 193pp., 16pp. of facsims, being chinese character tex, not transcribed. 2 folded sketch-maps, of which 1 depict. the Residency of Mandor, dutch Borneo some tables in text, extensive foot-notes. 430.00
¶ A very important 19th century study on Chinese combines ("political organizations") in colonial Indonesia, focused upon the Combine of Lan Fong, residency Mandor, dutch Borneo. Author describes first the chinese history of the combine Lanfong; in the second chapter he supplies an elaborate description and analysis of the genesis, history and development of chinese combines in general and more particular in colonial Indonesia. Good copy. Very rare. (some ex-lib. and cancellation-stamps on ti.-p., some other ones in margins, ow. a very fine copy).113 GROOT, J.J.M. DE, Jaarlijksche Feesten en Gebruiken van de Emoy-Chineezen. Een vergelijkende bijdrage tot de kennis van onze Chineesche medeburgers op Java. Met uitgebreide monographieën van godheiden die te Emoy worden vereerd. Eerste Deel (All publ.). Orig. edn.Batavia,Bruining, 1880. Large 8°. Orig. calfbacked cloth, title tooled in gilt on spine. (xiii), 644pp. Extensive footnotes, incl. text in chinese characters, with transcription, chinese character-printing in text, not transcribed, extensive register of names, places and expressions appearing in text, supplementary notes and errata, bibliographies of chinese and european standard-works, list of main Emoy-chinese expressions, citation of Confucius printed on verso of title in chinese characters, transcribed into dutch ("Loen-ju", XII, 22). 975.00
¶ Standard work, being a comparative study on the Emoy-Chinese in dutch colonial Indonesia: social stratification, customs & beliefs, daily life, ceremonies and seasonal festivities, the chinese religious system, the Emoy pantheon of Gods and half-gods, &c...all in order to spread more useful knowledge on the chinese population in colonial Indonesia amongst the european population. Author was a dutch interpreter of chinese at Pontianak, dutch territory of Borneo. A good to very good copy. Very rare.114 GUDGEON, L.W.W., British North Borneo. FIRST edn. London, A. & CH. Black, 1913. sm. 8°. orig. richly decorated cloth, large col. illus. on fr. cover.Hftitle(verso blank). (viii), 87pp. col. frontisp.(Badjaus), 11 other fine col. plates all after drawings by A. Stewart, sketch-map, publ. list on [8]pp. at very end, decorated f.e.p's with coats-of-arms, publ. serial-list opp. hftitle and a small publ. advertising handbill for the series loosely inserted . ["Peeps at many Lands"series]. 125.00
¶ History, River-coast People, other Malay tribes, Ciast Tribes, Hill People, the Chinese of North Borneo (incl. notes on their Kongsi-system), Estates, Orang Utan, &c...A fine copy. Scarce. (spine with light sunning, first blank and hftitle with some spots)115 GULIK, R.H. VAN - AUCTION CHRISTIE'S AMSTERDAM, Sale of The Van Guili Collection of Fine Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Paintings and Calligraphy; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art including a Fine Private Collection of Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cups and Jades. [Auction Catalogue]. Amsterdam,Christie's, 7 December, 1983. Orig. stiff glossy lettered wraps, square coloured illustr. on upper wrap. Auctioneer's data printed on verso of upper wrap.[7]pp.(conditions of sale, special instruction, Sales Schedule and a 2pp. C.V. of Rohert Hans van Gulik, with a portr. of van Gulik at his desk, by [Prof.] E. Zürcher.87pp. num. ills. on 10 plates of which some coloured, num. text-ills. Indiex to the Chinese painting section on [2]pp. comprising lots 1-174, estimates printed in [3]pp. at end, orig. unused bidding-forms, in english and dutch at very end, summary bibliography of the writings of R.H. van Gulik on [2]pp. WITH: Loosely inserted errata and corrections, and supplementary lots added on [4]pp., numbered pages 21, 22, 27. 31 and 44 with 8 illustrations. 650.00
¶ Auction-catalogue, 7 December 1983, comprising 431, plus supplementary, carefully described lots being the Estate of the famous sinologist Robert H. Van Gulik, with estimates supplied at end of catalogue, incl. the supplementary loosely inserted leaves. English text-edn. A very fine copy. Very rare.116 HAEFTEN, F.E. VAN & L.A. VAN DER WOERD, Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Tjandoe rooken. Offpr.fr.:"GT.NI, vol.80-24 (1940)". Batavia-C., [1940]., orig. printed wraps. pp.[1488]-1500. tables in text and full-p., short bibliogr. 25.00
¶ An interesting essay on the effect of Opium-smoking in the N.E.I.(licenced and unlicenced), incl. notes on illegal opium-trafficking by a.o. chinese & arabs. [Opium-trade was a state-monopoly in the dutch East Indies at the time).117 HAGEN, B., Anthropologische Studien aus Insulinde. Orig. edn.Amsterdam,Müller, 1890. Large 8°. orig. printed wraps. 149, (xviii)pp. partly coloured Ills. on 4 lithographed plates o.o.t., of which 1 folded, sizing tables (anthropological measurements) on XVIIIpp., tables & graphs in text, extensive footnotes. [Veröffentlicht durch die Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Amsterdam]. 225.00
¶ A general anthropological description of the population of dutch colonial Indonesia, presented in its classical way of research: sizing-up, taking blood-samples, notes on structure and form of hair,&c..., focused upon natives of mixed-blood, incl. so-called mestizos, albinos; also the chinese population is researched-upon. Partly unopened copy. (some chipping to wraps., somewh. dog-eared copy). .118 HAN SWIE TIAN, Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Familie- en Erfrecht der Chineezen in Nederlandsch-Indië. Orig. thesis [Utrecht university]. Amsterdam, 1936. orig. wraps. 137pp. some tabs. in text & full-p. 80.00
¶ Important study on Chinese family-law & law of succession as practised in colonial Indonesia. Scarce. (foxed throughout)119 HAVE, J.J. TEN & A. LABAN, Verhalen en Schetsen. Geïllustreerd Leesboek ten gebruike bij het Aardrijkskundig Onderwijs in de Lagere School, II. 3e druk. 's-Gravenhage, Ykema, 1886. sm. 8°. clothbacked boards. 88pp. Title-vignette (Ternate volcano), many steel-engr. plates & text-ills. 70.00
¶ Part II of a geogr. reader for dutch primary school. pp. 49-88 deals with the N.E.I. and supplies some rather naïve information on: Batavia (with a plate depict. New Batavia, a european house), incl. descr. of the chinese of Batavia, volcanoes (Salak, Gedé, Gunung Api, the city of Bandung, Palmtrees & their products, wild animals: Orang Utan, the Javanese (incl. a descr. and a plate of Amok), a tour right across Sumatra (Soemàtra), followed by a descr. of Acehnese 'rebels' (incl. some portrs. of 'leaders'), and finally a visit to Menangkabau with remarks on matrimony. Good copy. Rare.120 HEEK, F. VAN, Chineesche Immigranten in Nederland. Amsterdam, 1936. large 8°. 106pp. frontisp. ills. on 7 plates, num. tabs. in text, large extd. table, being inquiry-list with results, bibliogr., index. "Publicaties v.h. Geografisch en Sociogr. Seminarium der Universiteit van Amsterdam, No. I." 70.00
¶ A very important, one of the few, sociological reports on the position of chinese immigrants in the Netherlands. Good copy. Scarce.121 HOEVEN, J. VAN DER De Chinezen van de stad Palembang. Een marginale studie. Bevindingen van een onderzoek gedurende acht maanden, inde Zuid Sumatraanse stad Palembang (Indonesia), November 1969-Juni 1970. Orig. edn.Den Haag, 1970. sm. 4°. orig.wraps. 65, 27pp.(so-called 'Bijlagen') of cyclostyled text on rectos only. 80.00
¶ Study on the socio-economic position of the Chinese in Palembang (S. Sumatra), incl. so-called 'Bijlagen' (statistics) & a bibliography. (2 ex-lib. stamps, 1 on title-p. & 1 on pref.)122 HOFFMAN, J. & H. SCHULTES Inlandsche Namen eener reeks van Japansche en Chineesche planten bestemd naar die op 's Rijks Herbarium te Leyden aanwezige exemplaren/ Noms Indigènes d'un choix de plantes du Japon et de la Chine, Déterminés d'après les Enchantillons de l'Herbier des Paynwe. Verm.uitgaaf.(enlarged edn.).Leyden,Brill, 1864. sm. 8°. orig. printed wraps. (xiii), (xiii), 90pp. pref. in French & Dutch, (xiii, xiii pp.) 160.00
¶ Names of the plants in Chinese characters, in Japanese (roman characters, & phonetically given pronounciation of the Japanese & Chinese names), alphabetical tabs. of names in Japanese & Chinese (in Latin characters). Partly unopened copy. Very rare.123 (HOFFMANN, J.) Het Hemel-Aarde-Verbond, T'iên-Tí-Hoeí, een geheim genootschap in China en onder de Chinezen in Indië. Offpr.fr.:"BKI, 1853". ['s-Hage], s.n., 1853. sm.8°. wraps. pp.261-290. 70.00
¶ Important essay on the history and spread of the chinese secret Society (Kongsi) T'iên-Tí-Hoeí in China & in colonial Indonesia. Scarce.124 HOOYMAN, J., Berigt omtrent het Katoen Spinnen en Weven onder Javanen en Chinezen. Benevens eenige andere merkwaardigheden hiertoe betrekkelijk. Taken fr.:"Verhandelingen Bataviaasch Genootschap", II. 3rd. edn. [Batavia],[....], 1826. Small 8°, wraps., pp.257-270. NAGELKERKE, 0447. 100.00
¶ An early essay on native and chinese weaving of cotton (Ikat) in dutch colonial Indonesia, incl. technical descriptions of (a.o.) the loom, warp & weft, etc. A good copy. Rare.125 HOULISTON, S., Borneo Breakthrough. First edn.London, CIM, 1963. Small 8°, cloth, orig. pict.l col. dj., 204pp., ills. on 2 plates, sketch-map on endpapers. 55.00
¶ Missionary labour by the China Inland Mission amongt the Chinese of Western Borneo (: Kalimantan, Sambas). Scarce.126 HWAN TJOE LAUW TJOE & BONG TIONG HIAP (Jr.), T.K. HIAP, Pak Hay Touw Hong Kie.Tasikmalaja,Gie Hiap, 1951. 5 parts. (of 6). Small 8°, original pictorial coloured wraps., 400pp. with ills. by Bong Tiong Hiap. ["Gie hiap", Taon Ka VIII Nos. 183-187 (15 March-15 May 1951). 1,135.00
¶ Collection of short stories, incl. silat-stories, as published for the chinese-malays in Indonesia. Very rare. (part 6, pp. 401-469 missing).127 HYATT, S. PORTAL, The Black Pearl of Peihoo. A tale of the Malay Seas. London, Religious Tract Society, [circa], 1920. Small thick 8°, blind stamped cloth, (viii), 226pp., coloured frontisp. 125.00
¶ Juvenile, mainly set in Central British Borneo, with as main character a young orphan-lad, serving as an assistant to a famous naturalist (George North)... "commissioned by a great scientific society to obtain moving pictures of the wild life of the Bornean Jungle, especially of the long-nosed monkey..." (p.10), incl. many notes on the 'head-hunters', the Chinese, a visit to the Raja's town "Kaduk", etc. Scarce. Good copy. (some occas. foxing, 1st blank gone.)128 IDO, V.(H. van de Wall, 1869-1948), De Paria van Glodok. Episode uit het Indische Pauperleven in drie Acten. 2e druk.(2nd. edn.).Bandoeng,Visser, 1921. 12°., (16x11.5cm). orig. wrappers, title in bold blue type on front wrapper, printed within a broad decorative coloured border. 100pp. 2 plates (portrs. of main dramatis personae), cast and dramatis personae. BUUR, PD, 819. 110.00
¶ Interesting play in 3 acts, with as main character an Indo-boy (of unknown Tòtòk descent), situated in a very poor Indo-milieu in Batavia, incl. notes on an Arab money-lender & on a rich Chinese chasing a young Indo-girl; also with information on Christian charity for the poor (Church-charity). Rare. (wrs. somewh. dog-eared.)129 J.E.L. (Narrator), Ten days in the Jungle. Orig. edn.Boston,Cupples, Upham & Sons. Cy., 1885. 12°. orig. cloth, Title in gilt on upper boards listing E.J.L. as author & narrator, and on spine, gilt vignette (some elephans)on upper boards, small gilt circular vignette on lower outer boards. 100pp. 430.00
¶ Narrates a journey into the Perâk Jungle, by courtesey of the then Resident Sir Hugh Low, with descriptions of the 'natives', the Chinese, Tamils and Klings. MINT copy. (some minimal wear to tail of spine, due to shelving).130 JACOB, G. & H. JENSEN (Herausg.), Das chinesische Schattentheater. Stuttgart, 1933. Modern cloth, original wraps. bound-up, (xv), 130pp. Text-ills. of chinese shadow-puppets, index. ["Das Orientalische Schattentheater", 3. Bd]. (Herausg. von G. Jacob & P. Kahle). Fine copy. 100.00
131 JANSEN, G., Vreemde Oosterlingen. First edn.Deventer,s.d. [circa], 1941. sm.8°. orig. thin boards. 88pp. Some text-ills., sketch-map. ["Over Oost en West"]. NAGELKERKE, 0470. 45.00
¶ A popular socio-anthropological description of the so-called "Vreemde Oosterlingen", i.e. the Arab, Chinese and Japanese population-groups and their exclusive position within dutch colonial indonesian society and legislation.132 JONG-MARTIS, W. DE, Congenitale Syphilis bij Inheemsche en Chineesche Zuigelingen te Batavia. Orig. thesis [Batavia university]. Batavia, 1937. Original wraps., 234pp., over 80 text-ills. (also on plates), tables in text, extensive bibliography, summaries in English, French & German. 65.00
¶ Acquired syphilis by Chinese & 'Native' infants of Batavia.133 KALFF, S., Chineesche Doodencultus in Indië. a.o.artt. In:"NION, 11-8"(Amsterdam, 1926). sm.4°. recent limp wraps., stitched. pp. 227-238. 1 plate, text-ills. 20.00
¶ An interesting article on chinese death-cult and rites in colonial Indonesia; with a lengthy book-review, illustrated with 7 plates depict. batiks from Java, of J.A. Loebèr's "Das Batiken auf Java..." Nice.134 KHOO JOO EE, The Straits Chinese. A Cultural History. Repr. (1st. 1996). Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur, 1998. 4°, cloth, pictorial coloured dj., 288pp., coloured pictorial title, numerous coloured & plain ills. & plates, double-p. coloured sketch-maps, extensive glossary, bibliography & index. 205.00
¶ A lavishly illustrated publication on the subject, that took the author some 20 years to complete. It describes extensively history & life of the Straits Chinese: Religion, customs & festivals, Architecture, The Arts (fine & applied, incl. many ills. on dress), everyday life... MINT copy.135 KLEINSCHMIDT, A. Lubang. Ein Lebensbild von der Insel Java für Jugend und Volk. Orig. edn.Stuttgart,Schmidt & Spring, [circa], 1890. Modern clothbacked old pictorial coloured boards, inside upper & lower joints reinforced with a modern cloth strip, 183pp., coloured lithographed front., 7 other fine coloured lithographed plates. 385.00
¶ The story of a young Javanese Tiger-hunter, incl. extensive notes on the rôle of Islam in daily life, & the influence of Chinese merchants & Arab money-lenders, who are portrayed as sly & unreliable, greedy & unfaithful, women-chasers (esp. the Chinese), opium-addicts, etc. A rare novel in a well restored binding. (orig. bds. soiled & shaved, pict. area still very clear however, in relief-printing.)136 KLEIWEG DE ZWAAN, J.P., Völkerkundliches und Geschichtliches über die Heilkunde der Chinesen und Japaner mit besonderer Berücksichtigung holländischer Einflüssen. Haarlem, Loosjes, 1917. 4°. orig. printed boards. (xi), 656pp. frontisp., num. text-ills. Separately printed fr.:"Verh. Hollandsche Maatschappij". 750.00
¶ An important contrib. to the history of medicine in China and Japan. Scarce. (bds. repaired).137 KÜCHLER, Joh. Penang. Kulturlandschaftswandel und Ethnisch-soziale Struktuur einer Insel Malaysias.Giessen, 1968. Orig.limp lettered wraps. (ix), 165pp. Ills. on 6 plates, many tables & graphs in text and full-p., of which 1 coloured, loosely inserted table of nutmeg-exports, 24 maps loose in endpocket of which coloured & folded (incl. Census-maps, maps depicting locations of Penang-Chinese squatters, settlers, etc. from Fukien & Kwangtung, Chinese Water-campong, etc.), text to maps in English on separate pp., short glossary Malay-German, bibliography, English summary, list of other publs. printed on outer lower wrap. ["Giessener Geogr. Schriften"... Heft 13]. 160.00
¶ An important & extensive analysis of the changes in the spatial structure of a former brirish settlement in Southeast Asia (obtainted by Frank Light in 1786 from the Sultan of Kedah). Penang's cultural Landscape appears to be an intensive synthesis of Euorpean, Malayan, Chinese and Indian influences, which have been imprinted on the island over a continuous period of nearly two centuries. Very good copy. Rare.138 KUN PAU HIAP, Hoasan Tayhiap. Jilid I(all publ.). Orig. edn.Djakarta,"Analisa", 1961. Small 8°., original coloured and illustrated wrappers, stapled. 99pp. Black/white illustrations in text after drawings, coloured illustration with a calendar printed inside lower outer wrapper, horoscope in colour and illustrated on lower outer wrapper. 30.00
¶ Popular chinese story on behalf of Indonesian Chinese, in indonesian language. (a somewhat dog-eared copy, staples rusty, NO offsetting however).139 KWEE KEK BENG, Ke Tiongkok Baru. Djakarta, Kuo, 1952. Small 8°, cloth, (viii), 179pp., ills. on plates. 55.00
¶ The chinese population of the Republic of Indonesia described.140 LAGARUE(Cmdr.), Éléments de Langue Chinois. Dialecte Cantoinais. Notation Quôc Ngú. A l'usage des Officiers, Fonctionnaires et Colons. Orig. edn.Paris,Ernest Leroux, 1900. sm.8°. recent clothbacked orig. yellow printed wraps.Hftitle.(verso with publ.imprint). [2], (xi), 288pp. With a suppl.note/errata, publ. advert. printed on outer lower wrap. 340.00
¶ An important text-book, containing tog. 18 practical lessons, grammar, pronounciation, pronounciation,&c..., and original chinese(cantonese dialect)texts (transcribed into arabic)with translations in french, to be used by [french] Army officers, civil servants and colonists. Rare. (wraps. with some stains in lower margin).141 LEE YONG LENG, Population and Settlement in Sarawak. 1st Singapore, 1970. Small 8°, cloth, dj., (xv), 257pp., text-ills. & ills. on plates mainly depicting housing, 45 sketch-maps & diagrams, tables in text & full-p., bibliography, index. 70.00
¶ Incl. extensive notes on Chinese settlements. Fine copy.142 LEEUW, H. DE, Ank en Hans in de Rimboe. Bewerkt door A.A. Robertson-Klaar. Orig.edn.Amsterdam, [1935]., orig. lettered pict.cloth. 188pp. frontisp.(plate), many text-ills, sketch-map, pict. endpapers and design of binding all by [K. Wiese], [4]pp. of publ. list at end. BUUR, I.J., 0610. 70.00
¶ Story of a boy and a girl (brother & sister), staying on a Rubber-Estate on Sumatra, and their adventures, incl. a description of a Chinese New Year Parade in the Campong, a wayang-kulit performance and some kancil-stories as told by an old Javanese. Good copy. (bds. somewh. faded, esp. on spine).143 LEOPOLD, L., De gezondheidstoestand der Arbeiders bij de Steenkolen-mijnen van Poeloe Laoet. Amsterdam, 1915. orig. wraps. (vii), 236pp. ills. on a plate, fold. sketch-map with legenda, num. tabs. & graphs in text and full-p., bibliogr. [''Kolon. Instituut te Amsterdam", Meded. No. V., Afdeeling Tropische Hygiëne No. 2]. 45.00
¶ An important study on medicare of, mainly chinese contract-coolies of the colleries at Poeloe Laoet, Makasssar Strait, off the coast S.E. Borneo, covering the period 1911-1914; incl. extensive notes on the influence of sickness & health on the production of coal. (somewh. dog-eared copy).144 LEYS, J.K., By Creek and Jungle. Orig.edn. London,Partridge, [....], 1909. sm.thick 8°. orig.pict.col. gilt lettered red publ.cloth, pict. & gilt lettered spine.[3], 300; 32pp.(publ.catalogue). Frontisp., 5 other plates all after drawings by GEO SOPHER. 215.00
¶ Juvenile, for the greater part set in Borneo, incl. references to the "headhunters"and the chinese population. Fine copy in orig. publ. cloth. (dedicatin in Ms. on verso of upper boards, first blanks a little browning).145 LIEM LI, SHAN-HU, LIEM-SE, MU-SUN, LIAO-SEN, Kamus Singkatan Bahasa Indonesia (Tjionhoa). First edn.Djakarta,Jajasan Kebudajan Sadar, 1962. 12°. Original wraps., 125, 3pp. Pref. in chinese characters, not transcribed. 265.00
¶ Glossary indonesian-chinese. Good copy. Very rare.146 LIM, (MR. & MRS.) Pertjakapan Sehari-Hari dalam Bahasa Tionghoa. Tjet. kedoea (2nd. edn.).Djakarta,Nan Yan Press, 1957. sm. 8°. 55pp. stapled. 80.00
¶ An important excercise-book for chinese in Indonesia, how to master modern Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia). Texts in Bahasa & in chinese charcters. Rare.147 LIM, J., Sold for Silver. An autobiography. Reprinted. London, Collins, 1959. Small 8°, cloth. 255pp. frontisp.(author's portr.). RIOD, 141. 45.00
¶ The life of Miss Lim, 1st chinese Matron of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital in Singapore (1948), incl. her recollections on her stay as a young woman in the japanese internment-camp for women: Padang Mission-complex (Central Sumatra), her forced role as a prostitute for the japanese and her escape.148 LIM CHONG HUM, Java. First Reader.[for the Bandoeng-English School].Bandoeng-Batavia, 1934. sm.8°. orig.clothbacked pict. boards. 64pp. many photogr. ills. and drawings by author. 295.00
¶ Reader for chinese children on Java, prepared by the Headmaster of the Bandong-English School, with as main character a chinese Boy Chin Hua. All ills. depict. well-to-do Indonesian Chinese in a variety of sceneries. Very Rare.(bds. heavily soiled & shaved, some Ms.chinese characters on first blank, contents good, all in all a somewh. dull copy).149 LIM HAP HAI, Budak Cinta Budak Racun. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1980-1981, 1979. tog. 20 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by YANES. Stapled. 205.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.150 LIN YU TANG, Miss Tu. Orig.edn.Melbourne-London-Toronto,Heinemann, 1950. sm.8°. orig. light blue cloth, small vignette on upper boards, dustjacket. 124pp. 65.00
¶ "Novel, based on an old Chinese popular legend, retold by the author. According to the earliest known written versions, the Ching Shih T'ung Yen, by Feng Menglung, the incident happened about the year 1595".(cf. author's note on verso of title-page). A good copy. (fore-rim with some light foxing, some light fraying to extremities of dustjacket).151 LINCK, O., Sumatra. Landet for Maend. Folkeliv-Dyreliv Fremtidsmuligheder. Kobenhavn-Oslo, 1927. sm. 8°/ lettered wrps, col.illustr. on upper cover. 188pp. ills. on 15 photo-plates by author. 45.00
¶ Author was employed on a coconut-plantation in Northern-Sumatra(Batak-country). He describes country & people of N.Sumatra, incl. i.a. notes on the Chinese population. He also visited the Island of Nias. Fine, uncut copy.152 LIP, E., Chinese temple architecture in Singapore. Singapore, 1983. Large 8°, original pictorial coloured limp glossy wraps., (8) (list of contents, list of ills., foreword, pref., note on romanization), 114pp., many coloured ills. & plates, plain text-ills., some after drawings, plans of temples, extensive bibliography, list of Chinese temples in Singapore, full-p. sketch-map, index. Mint copy. 70.00
153 LYNCH, H. [J. van Helvert], De Detective in de Rimboe. First edn.'s-Hertogenbosch,Malmberg, [....], 1942. Orig. pict. cloth. 203pp. text-ills after drawings by J. Lutz, short glossary. BUUR, I.J., 0788. 45.00
¶ Juvenile, being the adventures of a private investigator among the Busang & Apo Kayan; searching for the daughter of a rich Chinese at Singkawan, sold as a slave to a Dayak Headman in Central Borneo (Apo Kayan). (bds. shaved.)154 [M.D.G.], Sarawak and its People. A book for primary schools. Reprinted.Kucing,s.d. [circa], 1955. Small 8°, cloth, pictorial coloured dj., 143pp., coloured front. (riverside Kuching), 3 other coloured plates after watercolours by Paul Anding, 4 coloured full-p. divisional maps, coloured maps on endpapers, many plain text-ills., decorative endpieces, tables & graphs in text, list of words explained. 115.00
¶ Supplies a wealth of still very useful information, incl. on the Chinese of Sarawak, people, climate, means of subsistence, history, etc. Originally published under the Colombo Plan Authority. Fine copy. Scarce. (dj. frayed.)155 MACDONALD, M., Borneo People. 1st. London, 1956. Large 8°, cloth, pictorial coloured dj., 376pp., ills. on 15 photo plates. 45.00
¶ Description of a stay among the Iban, Kayan & Kenya Dayaks (:Sarawak) & i.a. notes on the role and position of the Chinese in Sarawak. Near fine copy.156 MACGOWAN, J., A Manual of the Amoy Colloquial. Fourth edn.Amoy,Kulangseu: printed at Chui Keng Tong, 1898. later clothbacked marbled boards. (iii), [1](index, verso blank), 216pp. 385.00
¶ An important and rare manual, compiled by the Rev. Macgowan of the L.M.S.(London Missionary Society), incl. a dictionary of some of the principal verbs and adjectivesn in the Amoy Dialect. Incl. chinese character-printing, with transcriptions. Good copy. (bds. somewh.shaved, fr.inner and lower inner joints reinforced with a red cloth strip, some superficial browning of paper).157 MACIVER, D. & M.C. MACKENZIE, A Chinese-English Dictionary Hakka-Dialect as spoken in Kwang-Tung Province. Revised and Rearranged with many additional terms and phrases [by M.C.Mackenzie]. New edn.Shanghai,Presbyterian Mission Press, 1926. large thick 8°. orig.calfbacked boards, title in gilt lettering on spine.[6], 1142pp. Correction-slip tipped-in. 1,110.00
¶ This Hakka glossary is not only important for the knowledge of the dialect as spoken in Kwantung Province, but also for the kowledge of the dialect as spoken by the chinese immigrants from this province, who worked a.o. as coolies in dutch colonial Indonesia on the Tin-winning Islands of Bangka and Billiton. Van der Stadt's "Hakka Woordenboek"(Hakka glossary)leans heavily on the first edn. of this classical work, 1905. A good copy. Rare. (some light rubbing to spine and extremities of boards, ex-lib. stamp on recte of first blank and in corner ot ti.-p.).158 MACIVER, D., An English-Chinese Dictionary in the Vernacular of the Hakka People in the Canton Province.Shanghai,American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1902. large thick 8°. full orig. calf., title in gilt lettering on upper boards.(ix)1221pp. Errata, Ms. notes in ink in a very neat hand on recte of first blank. 1,110.00
¶ This Hakka dictionary, composed by an english presbyterian missionary, is not only important for the knowledge of the dialect as spoken in Canton (Kwantung) Province, but also for the kowledge of the dialect as spoken by the chinese immigrants from this province, who worked a.o. as coolies in dutch colonial Indonesia on the Tin-winning Islands of Bangka and Billiton, and elsewhere. Van der Stadt's "Hakka Woordenboek"(Hakka glossary)leans heavily on the first edn. of this classical work, 1905. A good copy. Rare. (some light rubbing to spine and extremities of boards, ex-lib. stamp on verso of upper boards).159 MACKIE, J.A. (editor), The Chinese in Indonesia. Five Essays. First edn. Melbourne, 1976. Cloth, dustjacket. (x), 282pp., extensive notes, bibliography, glossary, index. 125.00
¶ Collection of 5 essays on the subject: Prelim. Survey by J.A.C. Mackie & Ch.A. Coppel; Ch.A. Coppel, Patterns of Chinese Political activities in Indonesia; J.A.C. Mackie, Anti-Chinese outbreaks in Indonesia, 1959-68; K.D. Thomas & J. Panglaykim, The Chinese in the South Sumatran Rubber Industry: A study in Economic Nationalism; Wang Gungwu, Are Indonesian Chinese Unique?. Fine copy.160 MACMILLAN BROWN, J., The Dutch East. Sketches and Pictures. First edn.London,Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, 1914. Cloth, (xvi), 222pp., front., ills. on 50 plates, being good & clear field-photos of mainly anthropological & ethnographical nature, incl. some photos depicting scenes from the last war in Bali, native soldiers (Ambonese) leaving Amboina for Ceram during 1904 Expedition, etc. 205.00
¶ Excellent eye-witness report of a long stay in the N.E.I.: Java, Dutch Borneo (:), a description of Balikpapan, the oleopolis of the East, extensive description of the Sangihe Islands, Gulf of Tomini, the Chinese at Menado & on the Moluccas (Amboina, Kei-Islands, Halmaheira, etc.), further the author discusses Java and Australia and New Zealand's claims in the area, the impact of oil-exploration in various areas and the impact on both the indonesian population and on the relations of dutch administration with Australia and New Zealand. Good copy. (Corners somewh. bumped, some occas. foxing throughout.)161 MAEDA, Kiyoshige, Alor Janggus. A Chinese community in Malaya. Kyoto, 1967. Small 8°, original cloth, in matching boards slip-case, (ix), 142pp., ills. on 8 plain & coloured plates, 3 full-p. sketch-maps, some text-figures, many tables in text & full-p. (incl. a census of Alor Janggus Chinese) (: appendix). ["Reports on research in Southeast Asia", social science series S-1]. 125.00
¶ Investigation into Alor Janggus, a portion of the Kampong Padang Lalang (Kedah State). FINE COPY.162 MAURITS (P.A. Daum, 1850-1898), H. van Brakel, Ing. B.O.W. Oorspronkelijke roman. Amsterdam,"De Engelbewaarder", 1976. sm. 8°. orig. pict. limp wrs. 176pp. ["De Engelbewaarder", 3]. 35.00
¶ Novel with as main character an engineer with the dutch colonial Civil Engineering Works (B.O.W.), corrupted by a Chinese contractor, owing to his gambling addiction.163 MEANS, G.P., Malaysian Politics. 1st. London, 1970. Cloth, dj., 447 pp., tables & diagrams in text & full-p., extensive bibliography, index. 115.00
¶ A.o." The Malays, the Chinese, the Indians & others, Malaysian Communist Party, Radical Nationalists, the Emergency, 1st Federal Elections, etc. Fine copy. Scarce.164 MEIJBOOM-ITALIAANDER, JOS., Connie en haar Stiefzusje. Orig. & only edn.Amsterdam,"De Gulden Ster", [1927]., large 8°. orig.pict.col. cloth. hftitle.(verso blank). 238pp. 4 plates after drawings by Pol Dom. BUUR, I.J., 0422. 70.00
¶ Juvenile partly set on a Coffee Estate "Soeka Oentoeng", situated on a slope of Kawi-volcano, Eastern Java, with as main character a young girl of mixed french-indonesian blood, incl. i.a. notes on the Chinese of Malang. Author's only juvenile. (bds. slightly soiled, some occas. light marginal foxing, ex-libris pasted-on upper right corner of first blank).165 METZGER. L., La vie Littéraire à Kuala Lumpur dans les années '70; Ho Khai-Leong, Modern chinese Poetry in Malaysia; M. Saini-Lajoubert, Les grandes étapes de la littérature malaise moderne; J. Selvam, La littérature Tamoule de Malaysia...In: "Archipel", 19. Paris,Archipel, 1980. Square 8°. orig.wraps. 341pp., some sketch-maps. 55.00
¶ This isuue of "Archipel", contains a number of interesting essays on literature of various population-groups in Malaysia.166 MEULEMAN, H.J. (Jr.), Wim en Frans op Banka. Groningen, 1929. sm.8°. orig. lettered wraps, illustr. in centre of upper wrap. 175pp. Text-ills. after photos. and drawings by M. van Meeteren Brouwer. 45.00
¶ Reader in use with dutch primary school, suppl. much insight in daily life on Banka Tin-Island, incl. extensive notes on the Chinese Contract-Coolies labouring for the Billiton-Cy.Scarce. (lightly dog-eared).167 MOERMAN, J.(Jz.) In en om de Chineesche Kamp. First edn. Preface by J.Hardeman.Weltevreden, 1929. Small 4°. orig.limp wraps. 283, (iii) pp., 21 plates, 2 sketch-maps, text-ills., figures, music-scores & 2 chinese paper samples pasted-in. NAGELKERKE, 0650. 115.00
¶ Still important documentation on daily life, customs & beliefs, social organization & stratification, economic & political position of the chinese population in colonial Indonesia, with emphasis on the Chinese of Batavia. The general purpose of this study was, according to the preface, to supply more information to [dutch]teachers at primary & secondary school, in order to better understand the home-life and thoughts of their chinese pupils. Rare. (some offsetting, some staining in margins of plates, ow. good).168 MOERMAN, J.(Jz.), De Chineezen in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. Groningen-Batavia, 1933-34, 2 parts. Original wrappers. 53; 55pp., 2 coloured frontispieces, 1 other coloured plate, many plain text-ills., sketch-map. Nagelkerke, 0649. 55.00
¶ Good introd. on the Chinese population in in colonial Indonesia: life, socio-economic position, religion, language, cultural life, etc.169 MOERMAN Jz., J. (editor), Van Goden en Menschen. Oude verhalen uit een oud Land voor de hoogste klassen der Holl. Chineesche Scholen [in Nederlandsch Indië]. Orig. edn.Groningen,P. Noordhoff, 1931. 2 parts in one volume. small 8°. Orig. lettered boards, dustjacket with a large coloured illustration pasted-on front side.[1] (author's preface with on verso table of contents), 109; [1] (author's preface with table on contents on verso) 116pp. col. frontispiece to part 1, 7 other plates of which 5 coloured, all after drawings by Menno [van Meeteren Brouwer], full-page plan of Peking with key at tail, [2]pp. of publ. list at end of first part. 85.00
¶ A collection of tog. 28 myths and tales from old China, in use as a reader for 6th form of dutch-chinese primary school in dutch colonial Indonesia. Good to very good copy. (fr. inner joint of dustjacked repaired with tape).170 MOORE, J., The Land and People of Malaya and Singapore. 1st. London, 1957. Small 8°, cloth, (vii), 88pp., frontisp., 7 plates, full-p. sketch-map, appendix (chronology) & index. ["The Lands and Peoples", series]. 45.00
¶ Incl. a chapter on the Chinese of Malaysia & Singapore, Tin-mining, etc. Fine copy.171 N.N., Resolusi Tentang Beberapa Masalah dalam Sejarah Partai Sejak Perdi-Rinya Republik Rakyat Tiongkok. (Disahkan oleh Sidang Pleno Ke-6 Comite Central Ke XI Partai Komunis Tiongkok pada Tanggal 27 Juni 1981. Orig. Indonesian edn.S.L.,Suara Rakyat Indonesia, (....), 1981. sm.8°. orig. lettered wraps. 82pp. of cyclostyled text (recte/verso). 250.00
¶ Verbatim text of a resolution accepted at the 6th plenary meeting, XIth congress of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, published to inform the Chinese in Indonesia. Good copy. A rarity.(rims of lower wrap. frayed in places).172 NEDERBURGH, S.C., Opium-Smokkelhandel. Iets over een middel om zonder eenige kosten, verlies, of winstderving voor de Schatkist, en zonder eenig ander ernstig bezwaar of gevaar, den Opium-Smokkelhandel op Java en Madura zeer belangrijk te verminderen. 's-Gravenhage, Nijhoff, 1889. sm. 8°. orig. printed wraps. 22pp. tabs. in text, and full-p. on [6]pp. at end. ('bijlagen'). 125.00
¶ After a financial analysis of prices of Government-licensed imported Opium for resale through legally operating Opium-dealers, author recommends lower wholesale prices for dealers, in order to increase their profits, this all in order to reduce the problem of illegal opium trafficking on Java & Madura by chinese merchants. Fine copy.Scarce.173 NEWELL, W.H., Treacherous River. A Study of Rural Chinese in North Malaya. 1st. K.Lumpur, 1962. Cloth, (xxv), 233pp., ills. on 4 plates, 4 sketch-maps, full-p. & folded, many tables in text, full-p. & folded, diagrams, appendices (incl. Chinese surnames), index, abbrev., orthography. 170.00
¶ Excellent field-study on the Teochiu Social Organization of Treacherous River Village, Province Wellesley. Fine copy. (ex-lib. copy, withdrawal plate inside upper bds.)174 NIO JOE LAN De eigen onderwijsvoorziening der Chineezen. Offprint fr.:"Koloniale Studiën", No. 1-1939. Batavia,De Unie, 1939. orig. blind wraps. 28pp. Stapled. 115.00
¶ Essay in order to promote education for the Chinese population in colonial Indonesia, by chinese schools, esp. in Batavia, strongly recomennde by the Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan Society. Scarce. (paper ex-lib. label at tail of spine).175 OH PING AN, WONG JOEN LIE, JOE SOEN PO & HASJIM MAHDAM, Kamus Baharu Bahasa Indonesia-Tionghoa. 6th edn.Djakarta,Tjahaja Agung, 1962. Thick 12°, original wraps., 547pp. 495.00
¶ Indonesian-chinese, glossary, incl. Dutch loan-words. The first edn. of this famous glossary has been published in 1933. Good copy. Very rare.176 OPIUM TRADE- J.H. ANTONISSEN & B.N. VAN DER VELDEN (compilers), Indië en het Opium. Een verzameling opstellen betreffende het Opiumvraagstuk, bijeengebracht en uitgegeven door de Nederlandsch-Indische Grootloge van de Internationale Orde van Goede Tempelieren (I.O.G.T.). Batavia, 1931. Small thick 8°, lettered wraps., 263, (ii)pp., tipped-in illustr., ills. on 2 plates, tables in text, 1 fold table, foot-notes, errata-slip bound=up at end. 80.00
¶ Collection of essays by various authors opposing dutch colonial - State-Monopoly on Opium-import & trade, incl. notes on illegal Opium-trafficking by Chinese in the N.E.I., an article on Islam & Opium-use, Artt. by a.o. Kwee Kek Beng, Nio Joe Lan, Tan Boen Sing. (edges foxed, ow. good)177 OUTER, M. DEN De Triade in de Indische Archipel. Een eerste verkenning van Functie en Betekenis van Geheim Genootschappen (CA. 1800-1940). Hamburg, 1989. large 8°. orig. pict. wraps with protective plastic sheet. 67, [6]pp. some text-ills. (seals in chinese, not transcribed), ext. bibliogr., 4 full-p. sketch-maps on 2 LL., 2pp. glossary of chinese names & terms (transcribed). 95.00
¶ Doctoral essay Amsterdam University, descr. the history & development of chinese secret societies in the N.E.I. Maps depict. the spread of so-called 'kongsi's' across various Indonesian Islands. MINT copy.178 PEELEN, G.J., Delistraat. Roman uit de Chineezenwijk van Katendrecht. Kampen,s.d. [circa], 1939. sm. 8° 191pp. 55.00
¶ Description of the chinese quarter at Rotterdam:"Katendrecht".179 PEPPELINKHUIZEN, C. - FRANS HAKS (et.al., contributors). Celestial Art. Original edition.S.I. [Amsterdam],s.n., 1997. Folio, original cloth, title in bold black type on front boards and spine, dustjacket. 30pp. of preface, introduction and general descriptive text in english wit coloured illustrations in text and on some plates, numerous very fine coloured plates, illustrations on plates, also illustrating original chinese opera costumes from the 1930s, with 3 leaves being original chinese paper samplers, acknowledgements. 150.00
¶ A beautiful illustrated review which is a diverse response to a body of Chinese Art collected [by Leo Haks] in Singapore in the 1970s and '80s, a type of art that had been ignored as such. Plates illustrate fine chinese paper costumes. A very fine copy.180 PURCELL, V., The Chinese in Southeast Asia. 1st. London-N.Y.-Toronto, 1951. Small very thick 8°, original cloth, dj., (xxxvii), 801pp., many tables in text, extensive bibliography, index, 2 folded sketch-maps at end of vol. 250.00
¶ A vast work supplying ample information on the subject, a classical work of still great value. Rare. Good copy. (ex-lib. stamp on title-p. & on recto.)181 PURCELL, V., The Chinese in Southeast Asia. 2nd revised edn. London-K.Lumpur-Hong Kong, 1962. Cloth, (xvi), 623pp., tables in text & full-p., 2 sketch-maps at the end, extensive bibliography, index. (lib-stamp on foot of title-p., fr. inner joint somewh. shaky, ow. a good copy.) 215.00
¶ A vast work supplying ample information on the subject. (lib.-stamp on foot of title-p., fr. inner joint somewh. shaky, ow. a good copy.)182 PURCELL, V., The Chinese in modern Malaya. Second revised edition.Singapore, Eastern University Press/Donald Moore, 1960. Small 8°., orig. wrappers, stapled. 67pp., sketch-map on lower outer wrappper, table of contents, publ. list on recte of lower outer wrapper. ["Backtround to Malaya", series, 9]. 125.00
¶ From the earliest times to 1941, the Chinese Position Revolutionized, 1942-1955. A concise but well documented expert essay. Good copy.183 REES, W.A. VAN, De Bandjermasinsche Krijg van 1859-1863. First edn. Arnhem, Thieme, 1865. 2 vols. in 1. orig. clothbacked boards, XII, 346; VIII, 417pp., 2 frontisps.-lithographed portrs., 10 very fine chromolithographed plates of which 2 double-p., 1 coloured plate showing so-called "Tjap's" (or: seals of the headmen), 1 very large folded map showing the operational areas. 850.00
¶ An account on the so-called Banjermassin-war, being the suppression of the chinese revolt Westcoast Borneo. Not only the military aspects are dealt with, but also much information is supplied on the chinese community, secret societies, political organization,&c...Very rare & complete. (1 chromolithogr. slightly damaged, folded map with a tear, clumsily repaired with sellotape.)184 ROBERTSON, F., De Triaden. Transl. fr. the orig. english (Triangle of Death) by W. van Kemenade. Amsterdam, 1978. sm. 8°. orig. pict. col. wraps. 190pp. ills. on 6 plates. 25.00
¶ Rather superficial research into chinese criminal societies, the so-called 'triads', especially in connection with drug-trafficking. Pocket-edn.185 ROO DE LA FAILLE, P. DE, De chineesche raad te Batavia en het door dit College beheerde Fonds. Extr.fr.:"BKI", vol. 80.['s-Gravenhage],Nijhoff, 1924. Later wraps. page 302-324. Extensive footnotes. 25.00
¶ Essay on the chinese council of Batavia, structure and finance. Partly unopened copy. Good.186 RUSCONI, J., Sja'ir Kempeni Welanda Berperang Dengan Tjina. Orig. thesis [Utrecht university]. Wageningen, 1935. orig. wraps. 209pp., short bibliography. 125.00
¶ On the massacre of the Chinese at Batavia (1740) & the subsequent Central Javanese War aginst Tjakraningrat of Madura. Original texts, translations & commentaries. Scarce. (somewh. dog-eared copy.)187 RUSH, J.R., Opium to Java. Revenue farming and Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Indonesia, 1860-1910. 1st. edn. Ithaca & London, 1990. cloth, pict. dj. (x), 281pp. some text-ills, glossary & Opium-weights, bibliogr., index. 0.00
¶ One of the few studies on the subject. Very fine copy.188 SALMON, Cl. & D. LOMBARD, Les Chinois de Jakarta. Temples et Vie collective/The Chinese of Jakarta. Temples and communal life. 2nd. impression.Paris, 1980. large 8°. Orig.stiff printed wraps. (lxxviii) (preface, historical survey in english), 358pp. 34 ills. on 5 plates out-of-text, 9 plans and maps of chinese temples, full-p. and in text, extensive bibliogr. ["Études Insulindiennes Archipel", 1]. 275.00
¶ A major contribution to the field, describing and discussing 72 chinese temples at Jakarta: names, layout and furnishings, annexes and outbuildings, iconography, &c...Fine copy.189 SARAWAK INFORMATION SERVICE - INFORMATION on Sarawak. Kuching,s.d. [circa], 1960. sm. 8°. orig. decor. wraps. in Dayak art-style.178pp. num. tabs. in text and full-p., 2 fold. sketch-maps, 1 coloured, with legenda, appendices XIV (:details of Sarawak aerodomes, chinese food(sample dishes) alsi in chinese characters, wardrobe requirements for men, air mail postage rates, bibliography, &c...). With additions & corrections - December 1960 loosely inserted, [2]pp. (on rectos only). 80.00
¶ Supplies ample information on the subject. Fine copy.190 SCHROVEN, B.H. Schetsen van Nederlandsch-Indië. With an introd. by P.J. Veth. Orig. edn.Tiel,Mijs, 1887. Original printed wraps., 320pp., register. NOT in BUUR, PD. 145.00
¶ Personal observations & sketches from country & population of Indonesia, incl. of the Chinese, the Arabs & the Japanese, supplies a good insight in daily life, customs & beliefs, colonial administration, social stratification, etc. (tail-ends somewh. damaged, somewh. dog-eared.)191 SHUTTLEWORTH, Ch., Hutan Rimba (Safaris in the Malayan Jungle). First edn.Singapore, 1963. Small 8°, cloth, pictorial coloured dustjacket. 167pp., portr., ills. on 10 plates. 75.00
¶ Incl. notes on Malaya's Pagan past and the Straits Chinese. Nice copy.192 SIN MING HUI ORGANIZATION INDONESIA - HOSPITAL/RUMAH SAKIT SIN MING HUI Sin Ming Hui Hospital/Rumah Sakit Sin Ming Hui. (title on front wrapper). Preface by Sudiro [Ministry for Social Affairs R.I.] and [the late] Nasir St. Bagindo. First edn.Djakarta,s.d. [circa], 1950. Oblong 8°. orig.wraps. 32, 11pp., ills. & plates, a plan of the hospital & a diagramme of the Sing Ming Hui (New Light) Association., 225.00
¶ Informative brochure, published by the [chinese] Sin Ming Hui Association ("New Light Association"), on her social activities amongst the poor and deprived of Jakarta, incl. information on her hospital. Overall text in Bahasa Indonesia, captions also in chinese, incl. a summary in chinese characters, not transcribed. Rare.193 SINGAPORE (STATE OF)- Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the System of Contract Labour in Singapore. Singapore, s.d. [circa], 1960. Rexine, 128pp., tables in text & full-p. & folded, 2 folded sketch-maps at the end, lists of names, glossary Chinese (incl. characters)-English. 70.00
¶ Supplies a wealth of first hand information, mainly on chinese contract-labour. Fine copy.194 SISWONO YUDO HUSODO, Warga Baru. (Kasus Cina di Indonesia). 3rd.printing.Jakarta,Yayasan Padamu Negeri, 1986. sm.8°. orig.col. wraps. (x),162pp. 40.00
¶ On the Penarakan-Chinese of modern Indonesia. Very fine copy.195 SOLICH, E.J., Die Überseeschinesen in Südostasien. First edn.Frankfurt am Main - Berlin, 1960. orig. wraps. (viii), 112pp. full-p. sketch-map at the end, index. ["Schriften des Instits für Asienkunde in Hamburg", Bd. VII]. 80.00
¶ Study on the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. (ex-lib. stamp at tail of title-p.)196 SOMERS, M.F. Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia.Ithaca, 1964. sm.4°. orig.wraps. 56pp. stapled. ["Interim Report Series Mod. Indonesia Project, Cornell University."] 55.00
¶ Excellent study. Scarce. (staples rusty.)197 SRIWIDJONO, Memburu Iblis(Lanjutan Pendekar Penyebar Maut). Orig. edn. Solo,"Gema", 1983-1984, tog. 37 parts (of 15). 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. With many ills. after drawings by author. Stapled. 215.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. (pt. 1 missing).198 SRIWIDJONO, Pendekar Penyebar malut. Orig. edn.Solo,"Gema", 1979-1980, tog. 44 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part 64pp. Ills. after drawings by SRIWIDJONO & YANES. Stapled. 385.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.199 STADT, P.A. VAN DER Hakka-Woordenboek. First edn. Batavia, 1912. Slim 8°, cloth, (xxxi), 412pp., errata, short list of sources consulted.(:Schaank, Mac Iver, Dyer & Giles). 430.00
¶ Important & rare glossary Hakka-Dutch (Chinese characters & romanized), composed for dutch colonial civil servants on Bangka & Billiton by a former civil servant for Chinese affairs in colonial Indonesia. (cloth somewh. bubbled on extremities.)200 STRACHAN, J. Explorations and Adventures in New Guinea. FIRST EDN. London, 1888. Small thick 8°, cloth, (xv), 300pp., frontisp. (portr.), 9 steel-engraved plates, 3 folded coloured maps. 430.00
¶ Exploration of PNG, incl. notes on Chinese shopkeepers of Dobo. (bds. discol. & sl. spotted).201 STRAUB, M., Kindersterfte ter Oostkust van Sumatra. Amsterdam, 1928. orig. black-lined wraps. 194pp. ills. on 2 plates o.o.t., num. tabs. in text and full-p., footnotes. "Kon. Vereen. Kolon. Instituut Amsterdam, Meded. no. XXIV, Afd. Tropische Hygiëne No. 15'' 70.00
¶ An important study on death-rates & medicare for young chinese coolie-children at East-Coast Sumatra Estates. (wraps. lightly soiled & dog-eared, tiny ex-lib. stamp on title-p.).202 SURABAYA CHINESE- Volksleven in het Oosten. [Soerabaia],s.d. [circa], 1925. 2 leaves of typo-script (carbon-copy), on rectos only, A-4 sized describing Chinese traders, merchants and street-sellers in 'old' Surabaya (lower-Surabaya). 40.00
203 SURYADINATA, L., Prominent Indonesian Chinese in the twentieth Century. A preliminary survey.Athens, 1972. Small 4°, pictorial wraps., 62pp., printed on rectos only. Extensive list of names (transcribed & in chinese characters), appendix (list of important, mainly peranakan, chinese in Indonesia), list of abbrev., extensive glossary. ["Papers in Intern. Studies Southeast Asia", Series No. 23]. (Ohio-Univ.) 95.00
204 TEA CONSUMPTION PROMOTION - Kunt U Thee zetten?(text on upper wrap.).Rotterdam-Amsterdam,J. & A.C. van Rossum, s.d.[circa], 1930. oblong 12°. orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. [12]pp. Many sepia-coloured ills. printed within text, concise price-list at end. ADDED: 3 small original late 19th century col. lithographed advertising-cards, each sized 12x9cms., presented by the Amsterdam Tea-dealers and distributors "Snell Associates", versos of 2 cards blank, 1 card with retail-prices per 1/2 kg., all three depict. chinese sceneries in connection with Tea, of which 1 depict. a chinese tea-dealer behind his counter, and one small rectangular red-coloured original late 19th century woodcut, 10x4.5cm., depict. a tea-sipping japanese Geisha. (Scans available on request). 150.00
¶ A charming & attractive booklet, publ. by a dutch Tea-dealers firm J. & A.C. van Rossum (Rotterdam & Amsterdam), promoting the tea-consumption in the Netherlands. After a concise history of tea and tea-cultivation, directions follow on how to make a decent cup of tea. With the 4 extra enclosures a very nice collection of advertising-art in very good condition. Rare.205 THATCHER, D. & R. CROSS, Pai Naa. The story of NONA BAKER. London, 1959. Cloth, dustjacket. 184pp., frontisp. (portr. of Nona Baker), ills. & a sketch-map on 2 other plates. 45.00
¶ The story of Nona Baker, among the chinese Communist guerillas, fighting the Japanese occupying forces in Malaysia. Fine copy.206 TIN-YKE-CHAR (Hsieh Ting-yu), The Hakka Chinese-Their Origin & Folktales. With translation by C.H. Kwock(Kuo Ch'ang-ch'en).San Francisco,Jade Mountain Press, 1969. sm.slim 8°. orig.cloth, title in gilt lettering on upper boards and spine, with dj. (vi), 69pp. footnotes, appendix (table of events), bibliogr. 50.00
¶ After the historical introduction, a collection ot tog. 35 Hakka Folksongs is presented: text in chinese characters, with transcription. The Hakka-Chinese, a much neglected and discriminated minority Group of Chinese in Southern-Chine (Fu'kien District), are well-konw for their language the Hakka-Chinese and for their migration to other Asian countries, especially to colonial Indonesia where many of them laboured on the Tin-mining Islands Bangka and Billiton. Good copy. Scarce.207 TJOE BENG SIANG, Butek Enghiong(Pendekar Tanpa Tandingan). Orig. edn.Djakarta,"Analisa", 1979. tog. 5 parts. 12°. orig.pict.col. wraps. Each part c.90pp. Ills. after drawings. Stapled. 70.00
¶ A popular chinese adventure-story (silat) as published for the Indonesian Chinese population. Fine set. Scarce.208 TOFT, M., De smokkelaars van Singapore. Alkmaar, c., 1930. Pictorial hfcloth, matching dj., 167pp., frontisp., 3 other plates. Transl. from the Danish by N. Boelen-Ranneft, design of the binding & dj. all after drawings by Han Hendriks. 35.00
¶ Crime-fiction set in Singapore with as theme illegal opium-trade & trafficking by Chinese criminals; strongly stereotyping the Chinese of Singapore as criminals, opium-addicts, sly and unrialable...209 VANVUGT, E., Wettig Opium. 350 jaar nederlandse Opiumhandel in de Indische Archipel. Preface by W.F. Wertheim. First edn.Haarlem, 1985. Thick small 8°, pictorial stiff glossy wraps., 414pp. Ills. on 16 plates (: facs.), 2 sketch-maps on endpapers, many full-p. tables, some graphs, extensive foot-notes, a chonological survey. 75.00
¶ Modern study on the history, development, importance and impact of the official Opium-trade in dutch colonial Indonesia, under V.O.C.-charter, the Cultivation-system, dutch colonial administration after 1815, the problem of illegal opium-trafficking and dealing by chinese merchants, &c...Very fine copy.210 VELDEN, B.N. VAN DER, De Opiumregie in Nederlands-Indië. Een beschouwing. Batavia, IOGT, 1937. Small 8°, wraps., 117pp. 245.00
¶ Dutch language essay describing the history and administration of the dutch Government monopoly of Opium and Opiumtrade, opium sale lease to chinese merchants, public opium-dens and profits. Published by IOGT (Internationale Orde der Goede Tempelieren); strongly opposing the Opium-Monopoly of the colonial indonesian Government, advocating total ban to [official] trade and lease of opium. Publication also inculdes information on illegal opium trafficking by chinese merchants, peddling of opium, danger to public indigenous health, illegal opium-dens, effect on local indigenous society. Rare.211 VELDHUYSEN, F., Hoa-Kiao. Chinezen in Indonesië. Amsterdam, 1948. 12°, original wraps., 77pp. ["Zwaluw-editie", 6]. NAGELKERKE, 1033. 40.00
¶ Informative booklet on the Chinese population in dutch colonial Indonesia, before and after the pacific-war.212 VELTER, J.M., Männer im Urwald. Ein Forscherschicksal auf Borneo. Köln, Hermann Schaffstein, 1937. Small 8°, lettered cloth, 194pp., text-ills. after drawings & design of the binding by F. LOEHR. 80.00
¶ Juvenile set in BORNEO (Brunei, Sarawak), incl. much information on the Dayaks & on the Chinese population of Borneo. GOOD COPY. Printed in Gothic characters.213 VERMEULEN, Joh.Th., De Chineezen te Batavia en de Troebelen van 1740. Orig. thesis (Leyden University).Leiden, 1938. orig. wraps. 160pp. Plan of Batavia, facsim. after an original engraving, registers. 350.00
¶ A very important and one of the few studies researching into the origins and political-administrative implications of the notorious massacre of the Chinese at Batavia, 1740 under the then Governor-General H[endrik] Zwaardecroon, incl. i.a. notes on the subsequent ransacking of the so-called "Chineesche Kamp", or chinese quarters of Batavia. Very rare.214 VLEMING, J.L. (Jr.), Het chinesche zakenleven in Nederlandsch-Indië. Weltevreden, Volkslectuur, 1926. large 8°. orig. boards. (xi), 287pp. plates & sketch-maps, text-ills., facsims. of chinese 'tjaps' & characters. ["Volkslectuur', no. 730]. NAGELKERKE, 0177. 160.00
¶ Extensive study (by an inland revenue inspector) of chinese business-life in the N.E.I.: the use of chinese brands and personal names, the 'tjap' in chinese business, kongsi's & corporations, Chinese money-lending & family-funding and an extensive review of chinese business-life in various parts of the N.E.I, their economic position, taxation & tax-evasion, &c...An excellent study. (bds. somewh. rubbed & shaved).215 VRIES, J.J. DE (compiler), Jaarboek van Batavia en Omstreken 1927. (All publ.).Batavia-Leiden,Kolff, 1928. large 4°. orig. gilt lettered & decor. cloth, title & illustr. in gilt on spine. (xiv), 646pp.col. frontisp., illustrated title-page, Num. plates, text-ills, portrs., diagrammes & tables in text, fold. register with as annexe a plan of Batavia with legenda, another fold. plan of Batavia with legenda (walking-map), advertism. throughout of which illustrated (hotels, local firms & suppliers). registers. 215.00
¶ Supplies a wealth of still useful information on Batavia Municipality and her immediate surroundings: Batavia in ancient times, as the civil administrative centre, local firms & institutions (Police, law-courts, bureau for statistics, &c...), Municipal administration, education & instruction, postal-services, various religions (christianity, Islam, paganism), incl. extensive parts on the chinese quarter, the "Chineesche Kamp", their important economic and political position, their customs and religious beliefs, &c...All Published. Scarce. (bds. shaved on extremities, corners & spine-ends damaged, some occas. tiny spotting on boards, contents fine).216 VRIES, W.P. DE, Midan de Dajak. Een oorspronkelijk verhaal uit de binnenlanden van Borneo. Amsterdam, "Vivat", [....], 1903. Small 8°, pictorial coloured cloth, 157pp., ills. on 8 plates after drawings by L. Groen. BUUR, I.J., 0207. 80.00
¶ Juvenile, set in the dutch territory of Borneo, with as main character a young Dayak 'Midan", the servant of an officer & their voyage by steamer up Sambas-river. Information is supplied on the Chinese at Montrado, labouring the goldmines; on the Chinese rebellion of 2 June 1853 and the subsequent suppression; on Kenyah-Dayak life-cycles; notes on Hadji's upsetting the Malay population against the Dayaks, etc.217 WAGENVOORT, M., Nederlandsch-Indische menschen en dingen. Orig. edn.Amsterdam,Becht, 1910. sq.8°. orig. printed wraps. 241pp. [3]pp. of publ. list at end. BUUR, PD, 738. 70.00
¶ A collection of tog. 8 essays/stories, type-casting a.o. the dutch civil colonial administration, the so-called "Vreemde Oosterlingen"(chinese & arabs), the eurasian & indigenous societies...Interesting.218 WARD, Fred.(=W.G.G. Jansen), Los van de Arakduivel. First edn. Maastricht,Schenk, [....], 1947. Small 8°, pictorial boards, 160pp. with drawings by J. de Visser. BUUR, I.J., 0855 35.00
¶ Story, written in Palembang-prison 1942, as told by a teacher: a Scout-master tells of his adventures. He cares for a chinese orphan ("Fred"), forced by his stepfather (under hypnosis) to trafficking and burglary. After a police-action the boy is placed in a R.C. orphanage where he meets another chinese boy-scout.219 WEN SI T'AO (OEN SEK TAO) Kamus Besar Tionghoa-Indonesia. First edn.[Djakarta], 1951. 2 vols. Slim small thick 8°. orig. printed wraps. (24) partly Chinese text), (6), 1069, (1), 44pp. 650.00
¶ Very rare glossary Chinese-Indonesian, for the chinese of Indonesia, printed in chinese characters, transcribed into bahasa Indonesia.220 WERUMEUS BUNING, A. Een Kijkje in Java. First edn. Ouderkerk, De Graauw, 1888. sm.8°. orig.clothbacked marbled boards. 31pp. ["Mij. tot Nut v.h. Algemeen, Volksgeschriften" no. 1]. BUUR, PD, 325. 65.00
¶ A 'popular', but still very interesting eye-witness description of 19th century colonial Java and the indigenous population, incl. i.a. notes on the chinese and their role in society. Rare.221 WERUMEUS BUNING, A. In en om de kampong. Oost-Indische Schetsen. First edn.Rotterdam,s.d. [....], 1897. sm. 8°, orig. pictorial & decorated publ. cloth, pictorial spine with gilt lettering on upper boards and spine. (IV), 386, (2)pp. (list of contents). BUUR, PD, 467 115.00
¶ Collection of 'sketches', being keen personal observations of the local indigenous population, of colonial Indonesia (:) Java & the javanese (housing, dress, food), the Dayak-people, the Moluccas, on the Buginese, the chinese, alfurese on Sulawesi, etc.). (bds. somewh. faded, but still very attractive)222 WI KIM NYO, Tiger gehen Nebenher. Roman.Zürich, 1962. Small thick 8°, cloth, pictorial coloured dj., 308pp. 35.00
¶ Novel partly set on a tobacco-state on Sumatra (Deli), with as main characters 2 eurasian girls & their Chinese friend. Fine copy.223 WILLIAMS, L.E., Overseas Chinese Nationalism. The Genesis of the Pan-Chinese movement in Indonesia, 1900-1916. Glencoe, 1960. cloth. (xiv), 235pp. list of abbrev. used, short glossary, bibliogr.,index. 45.00
¶ An excellent study.(traces of sellotape-removal on inside upper & lower covers, cancellation stamp on hftitle and on title,some occas. underlinings).224 WILLIAMS, L.E. The future of the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Orig. edn. New York-Toronto-Sydney, 1966. sm. 8°, cloth, pictorial dj., (viii), 143pp., some tables in text, bibliography, index, list of publications used. "The United States and China in World Affairs" series. 80.00
¶ An excellent survey. Fine copy. (name on 1st blank.)225 WILLMOTT, D.E. The National Status of the Chinese in Indonesia, 1900-1958. Ithaca, 1961. sm. 4°. orig.wraps. (vi), 88pp., stapled. ["Interim Report Series/Modern Indonesia Project"]. NAGELKERKE, 1096. An excellent report. 70.00
226 WRIGHT, A. & O.T. BREAKSPEAR (eds.), Twentieth century Impressions of Netherlands India. Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and resources. London-Durban-Perth-Rangoon..., 1909. Large thick 4°, full brown grained morocco, large gilt-tooled coat-of-arms in centre of front boards, narrow 3-barred gilt line border, gilt lettered & tooled spine in 6 compartments, red marbled endpapers, 606pp., numerous plates, text-ills., portrs., head-pieces, etc., full-p. sketch-map, indexes. Printed on glossy paper. 1,250.00
¶ A beautiful review of dutch colonial Indonesia, incl. extensive parts on the chinese population and their socio-economic position, political influence, daily life, customs and belief, kinship, language...Fine copy. (some tiny ex-lib. stamps on hftitle & title).227 WU TEH-YAO & W.P. FENN, Chinese schools and the Education of Chinese Malayans. The report of a mission invited by the Federation Government to study the problems of the education of Chinese in Malaya.Kuala Lumpur, 1951. Clothbacked wraps., 98pp. of xerox, as published, tables in text. ["Wu-Fen Report"]. 160.00
¶ A rare report. (title-label pasted on upper wrap., ex-lib. stamp on 1st blank.)228 WUBBEN, H.J.J., "Chineezen en ander Aziatisch ongedierte". Lotgevallen van Chinese immigranten in Nederland, 1911-1940.Zutphen,De Walburg Pers, 1986. Orig. stiff glossy pict.col. wrappers, illustration after an original photograph on front boards. 184pp. Many text-ills. after original photographs, some facsim. ills. after original documents, list of printed sources and archivalia consulted, notes to chapters at end, table of contents. 125.00
¶ One of the few studies on chinese immigration into the Netherlands, 1911-1940 (:) the arrival of chinese sailors, settlement and growth of chinese communities, the fight for a lively-hood, official administration and chinese seamen, chinese and crime, labour-union policy and communism, the pre-war economic depression and the deplorable position of the chinese, dutch civil administration and the chinese 'problem', racial discrimination and her impact. After F. van Heek's study, publ. 1936 one of the few, if any modern studies on the subject. Very good copy.229 WULFF, K., Ueber das Verhältnis des Malayo-Polynesischen zum Indochinesischen. Köbenhavn, 1942. Wraps., 156pp. ["Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab", Hist-filolog. Medd. XXVII, 2." 125.00
¶ Important essay on the link between Malayo-Polynesian and Indochinese languages. Danish text-edn. Scarce.230 YONG, P.M.H., A Dream of Freedom. The Early Sarawak Chines. Orig. edn.Petaling Jaya,Pelanduk, 1991. Square 8°, original coloured and partly illustrated glossy boards. 131pp. Many sepia-tinted illustrations in text and full-page, being facsims. after old photographs and drawings, some facsim. sketch-maps in text, portraits on plates and one in colour, biography with portrait to author, table of Sarawak State Cabinet 1987, indicating percentage of ministers of Chinese descent with an additional full-page note on facing page and their portraits on 2pp., footnotes, references, acknowledgements, table of contents. 125.00
¶ Describes chinese cultural tradition, the search of a New Life [in Sarawak], mining pioneers of Kalimantan, settling in Sarawak, the Twelve Kongsi, the Revolt, the chinese in National life to-day, including a major chronology of Periods and aSarawak chronology. Fine copy.231 ZEIJL, W.J. VAN, Mijn Vriend de Chinees. First edn. Hoenderloo, [....], 1959. Pict. limp wraps., [70]pp., ills. & portrs. on 4 plates, publ. presentation-letter, dated 13 april 1959. 70.00
¶ Reviews some 40 years of dutch protestant missionary labour among the chinese population in the Netherlands (mainly Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem...), incl. i.a. notes on the chinese in Indonesia. Very fine copy.232 ZIMMERMAN, A. [= C. KIJDSMEIJR, Jr.], Wang Long Hop. Een Indische Recherche-geschiedenis. 2e druk. Amsterdam-Batavia,, Kolff, [....], 1936. orig. pict. col.wrps. 204pp. BUUR, PD, 1313. 95.00
¶ Detective story with as main characters Chinese Opium-traffickers, set in and around Batavia, with strong anti-chinese tendency. Good copy. Rare. (particle of dj. at head of spine gone, skilfully replaced by blank paper).233 ZONDERVAN, H., Bangka en zijne Bewoners. Bergen-op-Zoom, [the author], 1894. Large 8°. orig. clothbacked boards. 129pp. of typo-script (carbon-copy) on rectos only, tables in text. 430.00
¶ Very early account on the Tin-Island of Bangka, the author describes the geographical & geological features of the Island, tin-deposits & exploitation, notes on the original population of Bangka (taken from other sources, and after own observation), extensive notes on Chinese contract-coolies and their society, etc. Good copy. Rare.234 ZONDERVAN, H., Land en Volk van "Onze Oost", in het bijzonder van Java. Zalt-Bommel,, Van de Garde, [....], 1909. sm. 8°. orig. decor. cloth. 256pp. many text-ills. of which some full-p., num. tabs. in text and full-p., col. fold. map at end with legenda, errata-leave. 135.00
¶ A general descr. of country and population of colonial Indonesia, focused however on Java: geography, administration, religion and customs, ceremonies, daily life of the indigenous population and the so-called "Vreemde Oosterlingen": the chinese amd arabs, incl. statistical data. Fine copy. Rare.