Freya Stark – The Minaret of Djam – First Edition 1970

The final book by the renowned writer and traveller Freya Stark, recounting a journey Afghanistan in the late 1960s.

Stark was best-known for her pioneering series of books on southern Arabia in the 1930s and 1940s, but also wrote works on Iraq, Persia and parts of Europe.

With numerous full-page black-and-white photographs by the author.

First edition, first impression, published in 1970 by John Murray in London. Hardback, with the original unclipped jacket. In very good condition indeed. Small previous owner’s name to inside front cover.