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Balkans.- Woman traveller & scholar.- Near & Middle East Association Mrs. Margaret Hasluck...(who

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Balkans.- Woman traveller & scholar.- Near & Middle East Association. Mrs. Margaret Hasluck...(who has just returned from the Near East) will lecture on Witchcraft and Weather-Lore from the Balkans. Miss Sylvia Townsend Warner will preside, printed invitation card, typed name and address and postage stamp recto, creased, little marked, 115 x 135mm., Friday, 8th April, 1927.*** Margaret Hasluck (1885-1948), Scottish geographer, linguist, archaeologist, epigrapher, and writer. She undertook anthropological work in Macedonia, making her home in Elbasan for 13 years. She became something of a legend among the Albanians, and published numerous books and articles, including the first English-Albanian grammar. During WWI she carried out intelligence work for the British Government. Provenance: Charles Bell, Wallasey, Cheshire (typed address).

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Balkans.- Woman traveller & scholar.- Near & Middle East Association Mrs. Margaret Hasluck...(who

Name: Balkans.- Woman traveller & scholar.- Near & Middle East Association Mrs. Margaret Hasluck...(who
SKU: 177908526
Price: 100 GBP
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