From James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since May 29, 1998
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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. Seller Inventory # 315284
Bibliographic Details
Title: Three Autograph Notes, signed ("Freya" or "...
Publisher: [Asolo
Publication Date: 1977
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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