Seen in the Hadhramaut. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 'BLUE' ISSUE IN DUSTWRAPPER
by STARK Freya
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray, [1938]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, Blue Issue, title in red and black, with numerous fine photographs (tinted in sepia) by the author throughout, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, near contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Virtually 'near fine' copy of the author's fourth book. This copy is an unspecified later issue of the first edition, bound in blue rather than oatmeal cloth. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38118
- Title
- Seen in the Hadhramaut. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 'BLUE' ISSUE IN DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- STARK Freya
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- [1938]
- Keywords
- travel, stark, freya stark, middle east, hadhramaut
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- Dustwrapper
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