Stark, Freya — The Lycian Shore; Ionia; Alexander's Path

London, England , John Murray, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in this state and condition, being both First Editions and signed. An unlovely but still sturdy, clean and unmarked set of three fine surveys of ancient and modern Greece by the beloved Dame Freya Stark, the inveterate traveler, and each being SIGNED by her, inscribed warmly by the influential classicist Peter Morris Green in Methymna in 1963. Mottled blue cloth over boards covers, sunned to light brown at spines. lightly toned interiors, split of front pastedown to one volume, else tightly bound and sturdy. Gilt-stamped lettering to front cover. Her biography shows that Stark journeyed through Greece, Turkey, and Syria in 1951, and these three volumes were first published in 1954, 1956 and 1958 in matching covers. Methymna was an ancient and historically significant town on the Greek island of Lesbos. Alexander's Path (1958), 283 pp.; The Lycian Shore (1956), 204 pp.; Ionia (1954), 263 pp. Drawings in the texts by Stark herself, and title page wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, dozens of them.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Good