RIDING TO THE TIGRIS by Stark, Freya - 1959

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Good Hardcover w/ Good Dustjacket; tan spine with black lettering; DJ has discoloration and some minor creasing to top edge and lower corners; boards show some fading and minor shelf wear at corners but are otherwise clean; binding tight; text block clean; some scattered highlighting and underlining; fold-out map at back; b/w photographs; 108 pp. 1346878. FP New Rockville Stock.

NY:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. First American edition. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (age toning about the edges) dust jacket. .

London:: John Murray,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. First British edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket. .

John Murray , 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x6x1. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and scuffed. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. 11/14/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: John Murray, 1959. Spine a little faded; dustwrapper price clipped and frayed at edges. Bookseller's label from Kingston's, Rhodesia. Illustrated with photographs, fold out map. Bibliography. Title page decoration by Reynolds Stone.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

John Murray, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. the jacket is shelf rubbed and chipped. ownership inscription. a few markings. binding is sure and intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London:: John Murray,, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. DJ: spine sunned, head & tail edges faded, discoloured, and slightly chipped, price clipped. Head edge sunned. Text clean, bright, and unmarked. Gilt lettering to spine and cover bright and clean.

John Murray, London, 1959. 1st edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Op. Prev. owner's inscr. Board edges slightly rubbed/faded. Otherwise vg condition in lightly scuffed, edge-worn dj. 114 pp. Illus w/ approx. 40 b&w photos taken by the author.

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1959], First American edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, dj (lightly soiled at edge), fine in vg dj. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 113 pp, numerous illustrations from the author's photos, folding color map, wood engraving by Reynolds Stone, index. . The author, probably the first Western woman to make the journey, travelled from Lake Van on the high Turkish plateau, through the desolate and mountainous Hakkiari, down to the Tigris River, mainly alone on horseback. Robinson 28: "The grand old lady of travellers". A picture of this book is available on request by email.

John Murray, 1959. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a tightly bound copy in a re-priced lightly age-toned dust jacket that has foxing to the rear panel, Minor toning and spotting, free of marking. Illustrated, xi + 113pp.