Uzbek Texts from Afghan Turkestan. With Glossary.
Jarring, Gunnar
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Lund; Gleerups / Leipzig; Otto Harrassowitz, 1938. (Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N. F. Avd. 1, Bd. 34, Nr. 2). [v] + 246 pp. Original printed wrappers. The oversized wrappers are a bit chipped in outer and lower margins, and there is a tear in rear lower joint. The wrappers are slightly soiled. Contents are fine. This work contains 18 tales, 3 texts "of ethnological interest" (The marriage-customs of Turkestan / An explanation about the magicians / How to procure rain) and a small collection of proverbs, with Uzbek and English parallel text. Pages 167-235 contain an Uzbek-English Glossary. The texts were collected by Jarring in Afghanistan during October-December 1935. Inscribed by the author to librarian Björn Schylander on front wrapper. From the library of professor of Semitic Languages Bo Holmberg (1957-2024). Seller Inventory # 45836
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UZBEK TEXTS FROM AFGHAN TURKESTAN. With glossary.
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Harrassowitz, Gleerup, Lund, Liepzig, 1938
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Seller: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italy
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Un volume (25 cm) diV-246 pagine, a fogli ancora chiusi. In lingua inglese. Brossura editoriale cartacea con titolo alla copertina. Mancanza al margine posteriore. Nella collana della Linds Universitets Arsskrift. Ottime condizioni interne. Seller Inventory # 022128
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Uzbek Texts from Afghan Turkestan With Glossary
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by C W K Gleerup, Lund, Sweden/Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig, Germany. 1939. V, 246 pgs. Lund Universitets Arsskrift. N. F. Avd. 1. Bd 34, Nr 2. Bound in 3/4 green and silver cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Gunnar Valfrid Jarring (12 October 1907 29 May 2002) was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist. Jarring entered the Swedish diplomatic service and worked for the Swedish foreign service as attaché at their embassy in Ankara in 1940. He was head of Department B at the Swedish legation in Tehran in 1941 and acting chargé d'affaires in Tehran and Baghdad in 1945. Jarring served as acting first legation secretary in 1945 and acting legation counselor and acting chargé d'affaires in Addis Abeba in 1946. Jarring was then Swedish envoy to India in 1948 and to Ceylon in 1950 as well as to Iran, Iraq and Pakistan in 1951. He served as director (utrikesråd) and head of the Political Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm from 1952 to 1956 and as an expert in the United Nations General Assembly in 1955.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 70218
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