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BEYOND EUPHRATES: Autobiography 1928-1933

BEYOND EUPHRATES: Autobiography 1928-1933 - 1951

by Stark, Freya

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London: John Murray, 1951. Pp. xvi+342(last blank), 40 plates, 2 text illustrations and several small wood engraved tailpiece decorations, the title page decoration printed in green, double page map printed in dark green on light green stiff paper, index; tall demy 8vo; green cloth, lettered in gilt; uncut; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back flap almost detached, backstrip slightly faded and with small chip at head; free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; John Murray, London, 1951. First edition. *Second volume of autobiography; a sequel to Traveller's Prelude. 'This volume covers the period of her early travels. . . . her life in Baghdad, her journeys in Persia, the borders of the Caspian and Syria and her "treasure-hunt" in Luristan' [wrapper blurb]. Includes numerous extracts from letters Stark wrote during her travels. The decorations are by Reynolds Stone; the sketch map is by H. W. Hawes.
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