Crossroads of the Java Sea.
de [INDONESIA]. DE LEEUW, Hendrik
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1931]. 8vo. xiii, [5], 350 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, many text illustrations & ornament by Alexander King. Quarter mustard-coloured cloth over batik illustrated boards, black lettering on spine, black embroidered bookmark bound-in (minor shelfwear, light rubbing), w/ d.j. Art Deco pictorial cover art by J.L. Orrick (minor chipping head of spine, 1 small tear at fore-edge, light darkening, and very slight sunning), still VG/VG- copy. First edition of the author’s first book on travels through Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes (Sulawesi), and Bali between the Wars. His deep knowledge of speaking and reading English, French, German, Spanish, Malay & Javanese, allow De Leeuw to incorporate many first hand anthropological observations, and discussions of social history, customs, architecture, and other Indonesian achievements. Very scarce in the original dustjacket.
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- 56673
- Título
- Crossroads of the Java Sea.
- Autor
- [INDONESIA]. DE LEEUW, Hendrik
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- [1931].
- Palabras clave
- Java Sea, Travel, Illustrated Books, Alexander King, Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia, Hendrik de Leeuw, Pictorial Maps, Cover Art, art Deco, J.L. Orrick
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
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