Verlag: Marlboro Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0810160234 ISBN 13: 9780810160231
Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Verlag: Marlboro Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 0910395810 ISBN 13: 9780910395816
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
paperback. Zustand: Good.
Verlag: John Murray, 1939
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1939. Cheap Edition. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild water droplets to pages throughout. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and foxing to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Moderate water stains to rear board.
Verlag: John Murray, 1946
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1946. Reprinted. 157 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. The wraps are a bit worn and marked. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: John Murray, 1937
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
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Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. the book is much scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. a few inscriptions. some repairs to the binding. a rather fair condition copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: E. P. Dutton, New York, 1938
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 269 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good dust jacket. Beige and orange spine with orange and black text. Dust jacket has chipping and tearing to edges of spine and both covers, sunning to spine, and significant edge and shelf wear. Textblock has foxing to edges and to some pages. Shelved ND-E. 1377916. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: Guild Books, London, 1947
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed, slight fraying at tail cap, prev. owner's details in pencil to first leaf, else clean & unmarked); pp. i-viii, 9-176, with 4 illustrations. A very good copy.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1937
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
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Hard Cover. Zustand: G-. No Jacket. First UK. 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.
Verlag: E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1938
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. First edition. Octavo; 1st edition; G; Hardcover; Spine, purple with gold print; Boards in purple cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, slight peripheral toning, else clean and strong; Text block has blue tinted top edge, bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; Illustrated with 57 photographs by the author and drawings by E.N. Prescott; xiv, 269 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1344168. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: The Albatross, 1938
Anbieter: Sigrun Wuertele buchgenie_de, Altenburg, Deutschland
Zustand: Gut - gebraucht. Taschenbuch 239 S. Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Gebrauchsspuren, gelegentliche Eintragungen, Foto und cover nicht identisch Zustand: 3, Gut - gebraucht, Taschenbuch The Albatross , 1938 239 S. , Baghdad sketches. Freya Stark, Freya Stark.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1939
Anbieter: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australien
Boards. Cheap Edition. 8vo, cloth boards, b&w plates, b&w illus, map, pp xiv, 269. Good in poor d.j. (chipped and foxed to rear, covered in plastic). Related ephemera loosely inserted (numerous obituaries).
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Text remains clean and bright. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: London: John Murray, 1937
Anbieter: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. E. N. PRESCOTT (illustrator). First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 9" x 5¾" (1 kg); (xiv) 269pp; Illustrated by E. N. PRESCOTT; Includes: Sketches; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Maps (1); Frontispiece; Title page vignette; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199989|| Condition: Very Good. Binding slightly dull. Previous owners' name to the first blank.
Verlag: John Murray London, 1937
Anbieter: Sigrun Wuertele buchgenie_de, Altenburg, Deutschland
Zustand: Gut - gebraucht. Gebundene Ausgabe Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Ex libris, Einband mit starken Gebrauchsspuren, daher habe ich einen eigenen Schutzumschlag angebracht. Sehr gute Fotos. Zustand: 3, Gut - gebraucht, Gebundene Ausgabe John Murray London , 1937 , Baghdad Sketches, Freya Stark.
Verlag: London: John Murray, 1937, 1937
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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[Iraqi Travel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 269 [3]. With 25 double-sided black and white photographic plates, a photographic frontispiece, and the green folding sketch map. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature stamped to upper. Typographic bookplate of Jessie Strachan to front fly-leaf, quoting Milton. Spotting and toning to edges and endpapers, with a little light spotting throughout. Some toning and light wear to cloth. Very good. A marvellous first book, originally printed in Baghdad in 1932, by one of the greatest female travellers of the twentieth century.
Verlag: Baghdad The Times Press 1932, 1932
Anbieter: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
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FIRST EDITION. 8vo., red cloth bound hardback with paper title labels to spine and upper board; 132pp, with 12 b/w plates (frontispiece misbound at pp1). Ink gift inscription to ffep: 'Philip de Laszlo from Hilda Ernest June 4th 1933'. (Philip de Laszlo, portrait painter to royalty and aristocracy). Plate at pp54 becoming loose, small handling mark to pp55. Faint tape shadows to front and rear pastedowns, a few small handling and splash marks to boards, ink marks to rear board, light scuffing to spine ends, paper labels a little grubby. Overall a GOOD+ COPY. (Shelf 9) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1932
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition. 12 plates. 8vo. Original red cloth, paper label to spine and upper board; spine label browned and chipped (with 'B' of Baghdad missing), covers slightly dusty, corners a little bumped, otherwise remarkably fresh. Some light spotting to edges of textblock, interior clean and bright. A very good copy. [viii], 132pp. Baghdad, The Times Press, A very good copy of Stark's first book. An English edition didn't appear until 1937. Stark enjoyed a worldly upbringing in Paris and Italy before returning to England to train as a nurse. She later learned Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies, and would become one of the greatest female travellers of the twentieth century. ?In 1929 she moved to Baghdad, where she went slumming in Arab clothing and was an outsider among priggish British expatriates? (ODNB). During this time she made two journeys into the mountains of western Iran. The first took her to Luristan, which lies between Harsin and Khorramabad. Her second trip was to Ilam and the Kabirkuh mountains. The War Office made maps based on the information she brought back and her profile in the expat community rose as a result. Jane Robinson, in her work Wayward Women, describes Stark thus, ?In all her journeys she has been able to distill and communicate a rich philosophy of travel and to illustrate the art of travelling in time as well as place. She carries the past with her . always teaching and learning at the same time. She is, quite simply, a classic.? Each chapter of Baghdad Sketches evidences her potential as a travel writer. The last two, pertaining to the Yezidis and Kuwait respectively, are especially gem-like in finish and beauty. Howgego, S61; Robinson, Wayward Women, pp 28-30; Arcadian Library 15448.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1937
Anbieter: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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London, John Murray, [1937]. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt, in original dust-jacket (retaining price); pp. xiv, 269; one sketch map, photographic illustrations, illustrations to text; edges of the cloth a little darkened, wrapper with loss at head and tail of spine, a little offsetting from endpapers; gift inscription, dated 1937, to front fly-leaf; a very good copy of an increasingly rare Freya Stark title. First edition, incorporating and expanding on Freya Stark's contributions to the Baghdad Times, originally published in Baghdad, a book with 132 pages. With Stark's accompanying and evocative photographs, these sketches provide a window on to a now lost world, called by the publishers 'the most romantic city in the world' (blurb on front flap).