GEMILANG 172: Asia, Southeastasia and the Far East (Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam). (2013)
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ASSELT, G. VAN, Achttien jaren onder de Bataks. First edn.
Rotterdam, Daamen, [....]. 1906 sm.8°. orig. cloth, gilt lettered front boards and spine. (vii), 275pp. frontisp.(author's portr.), ills. on 23 plates, incl. portrs. and some depict. Batak-ethnographica, some text-ills, incl. a portrait, full-p. sketch-map,
Account of a dutch protestant missionary who worked for 18 years among the Batak of N.Sumatra. Not only describing his missionary experiences and progress converting the Batak to christianity, but also extensive notes on the controversy between christianity and Batak paganism, life-cycle, means of subsistence, pagan ceremonies, his contact with witch-doctors, &c...Nice copy in orig. publ. cloth. Scarce.
See also our other catalogues:
- GEMILANG 153: ISLAM IN Southeast Asia (2013).
- GEMILANG 159: Missiology in Southeast Asia and Oceania (2013).
- GEMILANG 173: Sumatera/Sumatra (incl. Enggano, Nias, Mentawei) (2013).
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EUR 125.00
Book nr.: 37955
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ASSID, De eeuwige Cirkel. Leven en Strijd van de Indianen en Marronsin Suriname. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Den Haag, Van der Laan & Co., 1946 Original clothbacked boards, large coloured illustration on front cover. 211pp. Coloured frontispiece tipped-kin. Captioned mjonochrome illustrations on 20 plates of which many featuring ethnographical objects , some monochrome illustrations in text after drawings by Marana, photographs by G.J. Hamer, double page sketch map, double-page maps of Surinam on endpapers of which one with illustrations, chronological name-list of Governors of Surinam, history in chronology, subject index, list of Surinam products (minerals, jungle products, agriculture, table of illustrations, table of contents.
Dutch language survey about the dutch territory of Surinam (Guyanas) and more specific into the jungle tribes of Indians and West-African run-away black slaves better know as "Marrons"" : traditiona life-cycle (birth, marriage, death and burial, initiation rites, kinship relations), cultural anthropology and ethnography, language (Sranan Tongo), swidden agriculture. Also includes author's recollections about a stay with circus Sarrasani. Still of interest. Good copy. (Covers a bit soiled, spine a bit dull, contents brownung, NO signs of brittleness however).
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- GEMILANG 135: THE CARIBBEAN & SURINAM. (2013).
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EUR 40.00
Book nr.: 52746
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ASSUMBURG, H. VAN(= Cornelis Johannes Maria Fens), Tournée. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Nijkerk, Callenbach, [....], 1952 Original cloth.Large cover illustration, title on spine, dustjacket. 208pp. Full-page track-map.
Dutch language novel in which a tour of duty throuth the Jungle of the Dutch territory of New Guinea by a civil servant is narrated, after personal experiences. From Hollandia to Punda. Fine copy, WITH dustjacket.
See also our other catalogues:
- GEMILANG 158: FACT AND FICTION ON INDONESIA: Juveniles, Diaries & Novels related to The Dutch East Indies (2013).
- GEMILANG 155: OCEANIA:(Irian Jaya, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Polynesia) (2013).
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EUR 25.00
Book nr.: 51981
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