Stark, Freya

Letters from Syria

London: John Murray, 1946.

Hardcover. Near fine. Third printing. 194 pp + 24 b/w plates. Index, sketch map. Original turquoise cloth stamped in gilt. One small ink mark on spine, else a fine copy. No dust jacket. Stark traveled to Brumana via Brindisi, then visited Damascus, where she lived in a native household. From there she traveled "through the wild Jebel Druse country to Transjordania and on to Jerusalem."

Item #22216

Price: $20.00