THE COAST OF INCENSE : Autobiography 1933 - 1939
by Stark, Freya
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
London, UK: John Murray, 1953. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Stated First Edition, 1953. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/None. Bookshop label to front cover verso. Upper text edge dyed green. Autobiography of British travel writer of Freya Madeleine Stark (1893 - 1993) famous for her experiences in the Middle East. Sequel to Beyond the Euphrates; this volume chronicles travels between 1933 - 1939 when she penetrates the hinterlands of southern Arabia. Illustrated with photos, the text is in 5 chapters: 1, First Journey to the South, 1933-1935; 2, Iraq Revisited, 1935-1937; 3, The Winter in Huraidha, 1937-1938; 4, Greece & Syria: The Year of Munich, 1938-1939; and, 5, The War, 1939. Fine copy less dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008842
- Title
- THE COAST OF INCENSE : Autobiography 1933 - 1939
- Author
- Stark, Freya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Autobiography/Memoir/Travel Narrative/Iraq/Baghdad
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