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Akoglu, Xenophon (Xenos Xenitas). Apo te zoe tou Pontu. Laographika Kotyoron (graece). Athens, Xenos, 1939. Circa 25 x 18 cm. 532 pp., 1 large folding map and 1 folding panorama, some images in the text Illustrated original softcover.


- Important study on the traditions of the Greeks in Kotyora which is today a part of Turkey (Ordu or Altinordu). Akoglu describes local traditions, popular beliefs and customs etc, he is also quite critical of his compatriots and does not try to paint an idealized picture of what their life had been. He also cites local poetry and gives folk songs with their melodies.


- Title with a dedication from 1940 to an important Greek musicologist.


- Outside darkened and rubbed, inside clean, uncut and unopened.


- In modern Greek throughout.

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