Freya Stark, Signed (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Letter from the author loosely inserted. [9], 310 pages ; 24 cm. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition.Signed by author. Text, binding Good. Cover boards F-G. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Inscribed to previous owner and signed by the author. Fair to Good. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with an area of faint discoloration on front cover. Spine a little sunned. Though present, some pages are loose at the front of the book -- from the half-title page up to page 1 of the text, and then again from pages 3 - 18. A few pages with significantly uneven bottom edges from when the uncut edges were separated. Second impression (1951). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover; 8vo; 230 pages. Signed by Stark in pencil on the ffep, alongside an inscription in French dated 1/1/1982. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Rubbed edges. Lightly bumped corners. Off-white but bright and clean interior. In a green and bnlue design jacket with white titles. Rubbed edges. NPC. Lightly sunned. VG/VG. Yes. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Uber-scarce in this state and condition, being both First Editions and signed. An unlovely but still sturdy, clean and unmarked set of three fine surveys of ancient and modern Greece by the beloved Dame Freya Stark, the inveterate traveler, and each being SIGNED by her, inscribed warmly by the influential classicist Peter Morris Green in Methymna in 1963. Mottled blue cloth over boards covers, sunned to light brown at spines. lightly toned interiors, split of front pastedown to one volume, else tightly bound and sturdy. Gilt-stamped lettering to front cover. Her biography shows that Stark journeyed through Greece, Turkey, and Syria in 1951, and these three volumes were first published in 1954, 1956 and 1958 in matching covers. Methymna was an ancient and historically significant town on the Greek island of Lesbos. Alexander's Path (1958), 283 pp.; The Lycian Shore (1956), 204 pp.; Ionia (1954), 263 pp. Drawings in the texts by Stark herself, and title page wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, dozens of them.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Signed by Author.

Fine in marbled paper covered cloth backed boards with leather spine (bound by Zaehnsdorf) in plain slightly dusty slipcase (as issued). 25p + 121 full page Photographs accompanied by text including tipped - in frontispiece of photograph of Stark. 1st edition of this handsome production limited to 500 copies which is signed by Freya Stark, this being Number 462. ISBN 0950078204.

Oblong 4to., First Edition, with mounted portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, and numerous fine full-page plates throughout; marbled boards, tan morocco back BY ZAEHNSDORF lettered in gilt, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, EACH NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY No. 181). Binding by Zaehnsdorf.

First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 341. Numerous black and white photographs. Title-page wood-engraving by Reynolds Stone. Double page map. Buckram covers. The second title in Stark's autobiographical sequence. Several mentions of T.E. Lawrence.Loosely inserted is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the author and addressed to Lady Juliet Huxley: about twenty words hoping for a meeting in Asolo. The postcard is franked 31 May 1984. The recipient was the wife or Sir Julian Huxley.Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with just a hint of rubbing to the edges.

All volumes published by John Murray, London. All first editions, first impressions. All green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt facsimile signature to front boar. Each 9ins x 6ins. Traveller's Prelude, published 1950 - mainly red dustwrapper. xii, (ii), 346pp plus double page map on green paper and 24pp plates. Inscribed and signed by the author to the half-title page. Rear panel of dustwrapper browned. Small area of loss to top of dustwrapper has been very skillfully repaired. Beyond Euphrates (Autobiography 1928-1933), published 1951 - pale blue dustwrapper xiii (iii), 341pp plus double page map on green paper and 40pp plates. The Coast of Incense (Autobiography 1933-1939), published 1953 - green dustwrapper xiii, (iii), 287pp plus single page map on green paper and 40pp plates. . Dust in the Lion's Paw (Autobiography 1939-1946), published 1961 - yellow dustwrapper xii, 297pp plus 16pp plates. Inscribed and signed by the author to the half title-page. All books in near fine condition with VG dustwrappers - not price clipped. Signed copies are very rare.

8vo. 479-498 pp., plus 8 black and white photographic plates. Original tan wrappers titled in black. Together with autograph letter signed, 1 p. on one leaf, 210 x 146 mm. An exceedingly scarce offprint by Freya Stark which provides a detailed account of her important travels with archaeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888-1985) and the discoveries made in the Hadhramaut in 1937-38. Together with a signed manuscript letter from Stark to the cellist Sheridan Russell. - Stark was one of the first modern Europeans to explore much of the Middle East, including the Arabian Peninsula. After the famous Thompson expedition described herein, Stark would go on to spend the duration of WWII travelling in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Southern Arabia, having offered her services to the British Ministry of Information who sent her to persuade government officials and local dignitaries to join, or continue supporting, the Allied cause. - The present volume is of no little importance: Gertrude Thompson was a foremost archaeologist and, like Stark, one of the few women in a field dominated by men. The expedition was successful in undertaking the first systemic excavations in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen, though Stark and Thompson famously clashed, and Stark returned home earlier than Thompson to give lectures on the pre-Islamic inscriptions she and Thompson had discovered, and which Stark had photographed. This volume comprises the content of these lectures, along with photographic plates reproducing Stark's inscription photos. - The letter, written in March 1977, indicates that Stark intended to return from a later Euphrates expedition by July and meet with her friend. It reads: "Fine, dearest Sheridan, I have written 25/7 in my little book, & hope to be back from Euphrates by then - Lovely. Terribly busy! Yours, Freya". - In excellent condition.

Twelve illustrations by E.N. Prescott, 8.5 x 5.5", red cloth, paper labels on cover and spine. Covers have soiling and spotting, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine cocked, spine label sunned with a chipped corner, pencil notes and erasures on front endpapers, toning to endpapers and first/last few pages, front inner hinge cracked, frontis loose, three plates detached else good. Presentation copy inscribed to archaeologist Seton Lloyd and his sculptor and artist wife Margery Fitzwilliams-Hyde on the ffep with a contemporary photograph of the author in Arabic dress. Freya Stark made a great impression on the up-and-coming Lloyd who eventually found his niche in Baghdad, being appointed Archaeological Advisor to the Directorate of Antiquities in Iraq in 1939 and helped to establish the Iraq Museum. Stark's book constitutes a series of sketches intended "to give a picture of daily life" in the city where she had moved to in 1929. SCARCE BOOK, EVEN MORE SCARCE SIGNED. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "FOR SETON AND HYDIE, FROM FREYA".

Octavo journal off-print, pp., [2], 294-305, plus 1 full-colour map of the region, and 5 photographic plates. Publisher's blue paper wrappers, titled to upper cover, colophon to lower cover. Author's inscription in blue ink to upper cover reads 'I have found some more copies - // Greetings to you from Freya Stark.' Covers faded to edges, binding staples rusted. Spots of foxing to edges of contents, not affecting text or plates. A very good copy. Freya Stark (1893?-1993) was one of the most significant travellers of the twentieth century. She travelled extensively in Persia, Arabia, Kurdistan, Yemen, Egypt, India, Palestine, Libya, Afghanistan, Nepal, and, of interest to this volume, Asia Minor. Stark spent much of her career working with British intelligence as a propagandist, which allowed to her pursue her archaeological and geographical studies across near- and middle East. Stark wrote this volume as a result of three years of travels throughout Turkey, and combines historical discussion with accounts of Stark's travels and travails through the region. ODNB.

First Edition. (STARK, Freya) LA VALLE, Francesco, editor. Freya Stark in Asolo. Asolo: Magnifica Comunita Pedemontana del Piave al Brenta, 1984. Octavo, original pictorial paper wrappers. $950.First edition of this richly photo-illustrated work about Middle Eastern traveler and photographer Freya Stark's life in Asolo, Italy, signed on the half title by Freya Stark with a stamp affirming that Stark signed it for an event in Asolo in the year of publication. Text in English and Italian.This bilingual (English-Italian) book was produced as a tribute to Middle Eastern traveler Freya Stark's life in Asolo, Italy, which she claimed as her home for many years. Published slightly after Stark's 91st birthday, this book includes pictures of Stark's friends and Stark's travels, as well as essays by Francesco La Valle (the editor of this work and president of the local community) and the Italian travel writer Cino Boccazzi. According to her Italian admirers, Stark was "among the last of those illustrious foreigners who loved this area so much that they chose it as their second home" (p. 41). This copy is signed by Freya Stark and bears a stamp just above her signature confirming that she signed it in the year of publication for the event celebrating her in Asolo. Laid in is a typed letter from Dr. William Gunn to Asolo community president Francesco La Valle thanking him for an invitation to "the ceremonies of Homage to Freya Stark" in Asolo and confirming that he plans to attend with his wife. Stark was close friends with Gunn and his wife, Jean, during her later years. Dr. Gunn was the founder of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine, former Director of Emergency Humanitarian Operations for the WHO, and author of nearly two dozen monographs on humanitarian relief.Interior quite nice, only light wear to extremities of wrappers. A near-fine signed copy. Signed.

First Edition. STARK, Freya. The Zodiac Arch. (London): John Murray, (1968). Octavo, original teal cloth, original dust jacket. $1000.First edition of this diverse collection of essays on history, philosophy, the arts, and travel, inscribed on the title page by Freya Stark to her close friends, Jean and Bill Gunn: "by [printed: 'Freya Stark'] to dear Jean and Bill. With love from Freya. Geneva 1985."This collection of essays by Middle Eastern traveler Freya Stark touches on topics ranging from poetry to history to (of course) life as a traveler. structured this collection as a series of short essays/meditations on her life. Essay titles include: "Persian Legends"; "Travels for Solitude"; "Tidiness"; and "On Travelling with a Notebook," among many others. This copy is inscribed to Jean and Bill Gunn, two of Stark's closest friends during the later years of her life. Dr. William Gunn was the founder of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine, former Director of Emergency Humanitarian Operations for the WHO, and author of nearly two dozen monographs on humanitarian relief.Book fine, price-clipped dust jacket near-fine with crease to front flap and only slight rubbing to extremities. A lovely inscribed copy with desirable provenance. Signed.

Three folding notecards, two with photographs of Turkey or the Houseboat on the Euphrates. 8vo and smaller. A nice clutch of autograph material from world travelling author Freya Stark, comprising Christmas or New Year's cards over several years, two with original photographs, and an inscribed offprint from one of Stark's notable journaeys through the Hadhramaut. Three cards: "Another fat book has just come whether you got to Afghanistan? I asked at the British Council but found no trace. I was very lucky & met some charming people who were crossing the centre in a Landrover & asked me to join. Am hoping to write a little book with pictures: wonderful country do look in here when next you come South Freya Stark" "This little Turkish hut is just what I feel like, recovering from 'flu' All good wishes. I do hope you like your new job? Freya Stark" [with a view of a ramshackle country hut in a Turkish landscape]. "I am glad to have news of you, though rather too feeblein the matter of writing letters just now myself. 2 far too razzle-dazzle months in London to recover from. But I thought you might like a memento of the Raft. It was wonderfully restful in spite of its adventures Best wishes for 1978 from Freya" [with a color photograph of a marsh rasft, titled in ink Euphrates 1977] And: Two Months in the Hadhramaut, Geographical Journal 87:2, Feb. 1936. Offprint, stitched in wrappers, later inscribed by the author beneath her printed name, "for John Richardson Xmas 1966". With a snapshot of Stark with parasol, and a copy of Alexander's Minor Campaigns in Turkey, Geographical Journal 122:3, Sept. 1956. Offprint, stapled wrappers. Offprints in blue wrappers. Fine Three folding notecards, two with photographs of Turkey or the Houseboat on the Euphrates. 8vo and smaller.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Single sheet, folded, inscribed, "'The last of the Wine' & youth & Age enjoying it together - I wish Cranborne & Asolo were nearer to each other! All good memories & wishes from Freya"; mounted facing, a real photograph, 104 x 157mm, of the sender on horseback, subscribed by her "Aleppo 1978". The recipients were Lord and Lady David Cecil; in the photograph Dame Freya is 85. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 325 x 251mm (very faintly creased), inscribed in ink by artist to sitter, "Rachel from Freya 1969". Rachel Cecil, daughter of the critic Sir Desmond MacCarthy and wife of Lord David Cecil, first Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at Oxford, is shown head-and-shoulders, lips slightly pursed; she gazes slightly to her left, with a long-suffering look. Both Freya Stark's parents painted; her father, Robert, studied at the Royal College of Art and was principally a sculptor; her mother, Flora (née Florence Stark, a cousin), exhibited at the Royal Academy. The National Portrait Gallery has photographs of Rachel Cecil by Lady Ottoline Morrell and Janet Stone. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 325 x 251mm (faintly creased), inscribed by artist to sitter, "David from Freya 1969". Oxford University's first Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature (one of the "Inklings") is shown head-and-shoulders; he gazes slightly to his left: a serious and thoughtful study. The Cecils stayed with Freya Stark for a fortnight in early October 1969. "They like to look at villas," she wrote to her friend Dulcie Deuchar, 12 October, from Montoria, "so that we have been lunching and dining at Malcontenta, Fanzolo, Maser, De Lord. In between we made a little two-day expedition to Aquileia, Grado, Udine, and Cividale, where, tucked away in a chapel, rather badly built by the barbarians, is a Lombard bas-relief of the ninth century which B.B. [Bernard Berenson] used to tell me was the most interesting monument in Northern Italy . . . David and Rachel are the pleasantest travelling companions . . . We are now going to Mantova, Sabbioneta and back by Parma or Verona." Both Stark's parents painted; her father, Robert, studied at the Royal College of Art and was principally a sculptor; her mother, Flora (née Florence Stark, a cousin), exhibited at the Royal Academy. Lord David Cecil was painted by Augustus John (1935, portrait now in the Tate), Henry Lamb (1930s) and Emma Sergeant (1982, National Portrait Gallery); the National Portrait Gallery has photographs of him by Cecil Beaton, Roger George Clark, Howard Coster, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Norman Parkinson, Bern Schwartz and Janet Stone. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. "STARK, Freya. Beyond Euphrates. Autobiography 1923-1933. London: John Murray, (1951). Octavo, original green cloth, original dust jacket. $950.First edition, first printing, of the self-contained second volume of Freya Stark's autobiographical trilogy, the sequel to Traveller's Prelude, inscribed by her on the half title: "By Freya Stark."This is the second autobiography by Middle Eastern traveler Freya Stark, written during her brief post-war marriage. A war nurse and mountaineer, Freya Stark used a period of convalescence from a stomach ulcer to train as a governess, studying at the School of Oriental Studies in London. "In 1927 Stark lived in Lebanon for several months and travelled through Syria with Buddicom She planned a journey to northern Persia after reading about the region at the British Museum. In 1929 she moved to Baghdad, where she went slumming in Arab clothing and was an outsider among priggish British expatriates. She gained acceptance after adventurous journeys to Lurestan and the Alamut district of Mazandaran, and the War Office made maps from her observations In 1933 Stark returned to London to receive accolades as a female traveller. She was awarded the Back grant from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and was the first woman to receive the Burton medal of the Royal Asiatic Society" (DNB). This is the second of three autobiographies by Freya Stark. With laid-in list of Stark's works, featuring underlining in a similar pen to the inscription.Book extremely good, with light soiling to cloth and mild toning to spine. Dust jacket very good only, with dampstaining, two large chips including to middle of spine, light wear to extremities, and several repairs visible on both sides.". Signed.

First Edition. "(STARK, Freya) REYNOLDS, Stone, Reynolds Stone Engravings. London: John Murray, (1977). Tall quarto (7-1/2 by 11-1/2 inches), original navy cloth, original dust jacket. $1500.First trade edition, British issue, of this richly illustrated book about the work of famous British engraver Reynolds Stone, whose engravings were used in the books of Middle East traveler Freya Stark, inscribed by Stark to the founder of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine: "For Bill from another lover of Books and Journeys. Freya Stark. Geneva 14/4/1983. PP 40 and 134," with signed annotations on the listed pages identifying particular engravings reading: "Perseus in the Wind. Freya Stark" and "Riding to the Tigris, Ionia, Alexander's Path, The Lycian Shore. Freya Stark," with a typed presentation slip on "Books from John Murray" stationery, reading: "FOR COLLECTION. Signore Gunn From: Dame Freya Stark."This work details the engravings of Alan Reynolds Stone, a famous self-taught engraver, designer, typographer, and painter. Stone was both talented and prolific, completing such diverse projects as Royal Arms for the Queen's coronation; the clock logo for The Times; the 5- and 10-pound banknotes; and carvings commemorating Winston Churchill and T.S. Eliot. Here, hundreds of Reynolds engravings are presented with brief notes about their uses. Stone wrote the Introduction to this book. Published simultaneously with an American trade issue and a signed limited edition of only 150 copies. This work is inscribed and annotated from Freya Stark to Dr. William Gunn, with a typed presentation slip from Stark to Gunn. Freya Stark was a war nurse and mountaineer who used a period of convalescence from a stomach ulcer to make plans for her future. She decided to use that time to train as a governess, studying at the School of Oriental Studies in London. "In 1927 Stark lived in Lebanon for several months and travelled through Syria with Buddicom She planned a journey to northern Persia after reading about the region at the British Museum. In 1929 she moved to Baghdad, where she went slumming in Arab clothing and was an outsider among priggish British expatriates. She gained acceptance after adventurous journeys to Lurestan and the Alamut district of Mazandaran, and the War Office made maps from her observations In 1933 Stark returned to London to receive accolades as a female traveller. She was awarded the Back grant from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and was the first woman to receive the Burton medal of the Royal Asiatic Society" (DNB). Stark was a great admirer of both Reynolds Stone and his wood engravings. He contributed devices and vignettes to many of her books and even designed her personal bookplate. In this copy, Stark has annotated and signed two sets of Stone engravings used in her books. Dr. William Gunn, the inscribee, was founder of the European Centre for Disaster medicine, former Director of Emergency Humanitarian Operations for the WHO, and author of nearly two dozen monographs on humanitarian relief. Gunn and Stark became close friends toward the end of Stark's life.Book fine, dust jacket with light wear to extremities and a few tape repairs along edges. A near-fine inscribed copy with interesting provenance.". Signed.

First Edition. "(YEMEN) STARK, Freya. Seen in the Hadhramaut. London: John Murray, (1938). Quarto, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. $2800.First edition of this travel memoir detailing a British woman's journey through Yemen, with 130 plates after photographs by the author, inscribed by her on the half title: "By Freya Stark."Freya Stark's narrative of her journey to Hadramautpart of modern-day Yemenis notable for its striking photographs of the region. A war nurse and mountaineer, Freya Stark used a period of convalescence from a stomach ulcer to train as a governess, studying at the School of Oriental Studies in London. "In 1927 Stark lived in Lebanon for several months and travelled through Syria with Buddicom She planned a journey to northern Persia after reading about the region at the British Museum. In 1929 she moved to Baghdad, where she went slumming in Arab clothing and was an outsider among priggish British expatriates. She gained acceptance after adventurous journeys to Lurestan and the Alamut district of Mazandaran, and the War Office made maps from her observations In 1933 Stark returned to London to receive accolades as a female traveller. She was awarded the Back grant from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and was the first woman to receive the Burton medal of the Royal Asiatic Society" (DNB). "Freya Stark writes beautiful, rousing travel prose" (Forum). Published simultaneously with a signed limited edition of only 25 copies. Book very nearly fine, with only mild toning to cloth extremities. Dust jacket extremely good, with only faint staining, light wear to extremities, and a few tape repairs to verso. A most desirable signed copy.". Signed.