Baghdad Sketches.

First Edition, First Impression. Published for the author in Baghdad where she had moved in 1929, and 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.” [ODNB]

8vo. Original red cloth, white paper title label to upper board and spine. 12 plates. A little browned as usual, spine label chipped, but overall very good.