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Durham, Edith [Mary].
The Burden of the Balkans.
Publisher: Edward Arnold, London;
Date of Publication: 1905
Stock Code: 15422
First edition. Octavo, pp., xii, 331, [1], 8 of publisher’s advertisements, plus tissue-guard frontispiece, 7 plates, 21 in-text illustrations, and a folding map. Collated and complete. Publisher’s original crimson cloth; titled in black to spine and upper board; vignette of freedom fighter in black to upper board; white end-papers. Spine a little sunned; boards slightly darkened; shelf-wear to extremities; binding otherwise strong and square. Very occasional light spotting to contents. A very good copy. An account of the politics and people of the Balkans at the fin de siècle, by a British anthropologist who travelled extensively in the region. Durham began her travels in the Balkans at the turn of the twentieth century, travelling on horseback onto untracked routes in the Albanian mountains. She advocated tirelessly for the Albanian cause, founding the Anglo-Albanian society and writing frequently on the plight of the Albanian people. £250.00