Freya Stark — Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933

London, John Murray, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of the second work in Freya Stark's illustrated autobiographical travel quartet. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with numerous illustrations over 22 plates, and a map. Collated, complete.A work by Freya Stark, a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabs known to travel through the southern Arabian Desert in modern times.This volume is the second work of her autobiographical quartet, and documents the start of her Eastern travels in 1928 through 1933, undetered by an illness which threatened her life.Through letters and snatches of her diary, she describes Baghdad, life in a harem in Damascus, journeys in Persia and a treasure hunt in Luristan. In addition, she visited England and Canada, all the while maintaining her residence in Italy. In publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is generally smart, with loss to top and bottom edge, with chipping and closed tears to top edge, and light sunning to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.