Letters From Syria
Stark, Freya
£15.00
Letters From Syria
By Freya Stark
Paperback. Published by John Murray, London, 1948. Second edition (first ed.1942). 16mo. Approx size: 17.5cm H x 12.5cm W (7” H x 5”W). 168pp. Pale turquoise coloured covers with snowflake pattern, titles in black to the front and spine; Forward, Map & Index. Condition: All pages present; No inscriptions; Pages & edges are age tanned; No tears; Very minor rubbing to the outer extremities; Small chip to the spine; Paper covers a little tired. Overall condition: Very Good
Contents: 1. From Venice to Beirut; 2. Learning Arabic at Brumana; 3. First Visit to Damascus; 4 Brumana to Damascus and thence to Jerusalem; Postscipts from Asolo and Brumana.
“These letters, written on my first coming to Asia, were neatly and dreamlessly at rest in Sir John Murray’s cupboard when, between one blitz and another, the Publisher’s eye fell upon them. They were asked for and obtained: the dislocation of war between me and the printer made the sending of proofs impractical: Sir Sydney Cockerell has most kindly edited them and seen them through the Press.
When they appear, they will be scarcely more known to me than to their readers, for fourteen years have gone by since they were written. They describe that ‘first fine careless rapture’, the opening of the East to eyes that had never left Europe.”
Very Good Condition