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“...A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN
KURDISH, 194^
By D. N. MACKENZIE
IN compiling the Bibliographies of Southern Kurdish, 1920-36, and
1937-44, which appeared in earlier Journals of the Society,* C. J.
Edmonds possessed one great advantage. After his many years’ service
in Iraq, and his friendly interest in Kurdish life and letters, he constituted
almost an “ honorary copyright library ” in himself. In the circumstances
of the country, where most publishing is at the expense of the author and
consequently in limited edition, the value of this position to my pre-
decessor will be obvious. It ensured that practically every published work
in Kurdish passed through his hands. The present Bibliography, which
he has encouraged me to compile, can lay no claim to such com-
prehensiveness. It is largely the result of ransacking the dusty shelves of
Sulaimaniya’s three or four booksellers during a stay of a few months last
year. It has been possible to supplement the collection so made with
gifts from generous...”
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