Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. [The complete autobiography of Freya Stark.] STARK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE
by STARK Freya
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Murray,, [1950-1961]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, backstrips lightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean set. With personal bookplate on front paste-down of third volume. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43715
- Title
- Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. [The complete autobiography of Freya Stark.] STARK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE
- Author
- STARK Freya
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray,
- Date Published
- [1950-1961]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, stark, freya stark, travel, exploration, middle east
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Buckram
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...