Rosita Forbes — Conflict; Angora to Afghanistan

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work by English travel writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. The first edition of the work. In full blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 48 half tone plates. Collated, complete.A work by Rosita Forbes, an English travel writer, novelist and explorer. In 1920–1921 she was the first European woman to visit the Kufra Oasis in Libya, in a period when this was closed to Westerners.With a foreword by Sir Percy Skyres. Including chapters such as The New Turkey, Interludes in the Anderun, Jewish Communal Colonies, and The Devil-Worshippers of Kurdistan.  In cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with slight fading. Traces of removed sticker to front free endpaper. Very light spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with spotting to the front and rear. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .