The coast of incense : autobiography (1933-1939) / Freya Stark
by Stark, Freya (1893-1993)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London : Murray, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Edition; 1st ed. Physical description; 287 p. : ill, map ; 23 cm. Contents; First journey to the south, 1933-1935 - Iraq revisited, 1935-1937 - The winter in Huraidha, 1937-1938 - Greece and Syria, the year of Munich, (1938-1939) - The War, 1939. Subjects; Stark, Freya (1893-1993). Stark, Freya (1893-1993) � Travel � Middle East. Women travelers � Biography. Women travelers � Middle East � Biography. Travel � Stark, Freya � (1893-) � biographies. Biography. Yemen � Description and travel. Middle East � Description and travel. Hadramawt (Yemen : Province) � Description and travel. Hadramaut (Arabia) � Description and travel. Arabian Peninsula � Description and travel. Near East � Description and travel. a ramawt (Yemen : Province) � Description and travel. Levant � Description and travel. Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 242441
- Title
- The coast of incense : autobiography (1933-1939) / Freya Stark
- Author
- Stark, Freya (1893-1993)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London : Murray
- Date Published
- 1953
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