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Pramoedya Ananta Toer was the preeminent author of resistance-liberation and post-independence literature in Indonesia. His novel Keluarga gerilja chronicles the tragic consequences of divided political sympathies in a Javanese family during the Indonesian Revolution against Dutch rule.

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International book history: first edition of Kaas by Elsschot and illustrated by Cantre (both Flemish Belgian), published by Van Kampen in Amsterdam, sold by bookstore Deli Courant (Medan, Indonesia) and inscribed by a previous owner of Batavia (now Djakarta)

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