STARK, Freya. Seen in the Hadhramaut. London: John Murray. 1938.
Small 4to. Original blue cloth with illustrated dust-wrapper (price-clipped); pp. xxiii, 199; one single-page map printed on blue paper, numerous black and white illustrations from photographs by the author, printed in photogravure, stylishly printed on strong off-white paper; lower panel of wrapper a little spotted, minimal marginal abrasures to wrapper, light darkening to cloth, offsetting to endpapers, gift inscription, dated 1941 to front fly-leaf, the best-preserved copy of this book we have seen for a long time.
First edition. A beautifully illustrated work, with views taken in the Hadhramaut of the cities and its inhabitants, each illustration accompanied by Stark's descriptions full of her admiration for the country and the people.
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