Baghdad Sketches
by Stark, Freya
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1937 8vo. original green cloth gilt (some water damage to boards and endpapers, some general marks & spots, one plate loosening; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xiv, 270 (last blank), with 57 photographs by the author, 10 drawings by E.N.Prescott & an illustrated map. A reading copy. The true first edition of this, Stark's earliest work, was published by the Baghdad Times in 1932.. First UK. Hard Cover. G-/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013049
- Title
- Baghdad Sketches
- Author
- Stark, Freya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First UK
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Freya Stark Baghdad Sketches Iraq Middle East Women Travellers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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