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Balsan F.: “Les surprises du Koordistan, voyages et aventures.” Paris 1940
First and only edition. In 8vo 22x16cm, original colored paper covers upper cover detached and frayed, text slightly browned, complete 296p., several plates with photos and a folding map, overall good
The remote areas of Eastern Anatolia and Kurdistan were still a little known savage area during the 1930s. Balsan, a French journalist and writer penetrated to this uncommon world of the Kurdish tribes in the 1930s. A unique travel account for an area, just after the extermination of its Christian population. Many fine photos of contemporary life and customs.