- 88
Hunter, George W., translator.
Estimate
1,800 - 2,400 GBP
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Description
- Mohammedan "Narratives of the Prophets". Sinkiang: China Inland Mission, 1916
Ibid. Examples of the various Turki dialects. Sin[kiang]: China Inland Mission, 1918, title in manuscript (as usual)
Together 2 volumes, each limited to about 100 copies, 4to (approx. 220 x 180mm.), mimeographed Turki text with English translation, original wrappers, housed in two modern half morocco book-style boxes
Together 2 volumes, each limited to about 100 copies, 4to (approx. 220 x 180mm.), mimeographed Turki text with English translation, original wrappers, housed in two modern half morocco book-style boxes
Catalogue Note
Good copies of two very rare works printed on a small mimeograph in Chinese Turkestan. Hunter, a legendary explorer-missionary, spent fifty-seven years in the region, including thirteen months in a Soviet secret police cell.