Freya Stark – The Southern Gates of Arabia – 1936

Freya Stark’s pioneering journey through the ancient incense routes of the Hadhramaut area of Yemen. A travel classic, part of three books by the author on the same region in the 1930s.

“In 1935 Miss Stark travelled by herself into South Arabia to the Hadhramaut – a country still partly unexplored and unmapped….by living with the people of the Hadhramaut and by travelling with them, Miss Stark achieved much that would otherwise have been impossible.”

With numerous B&W photos throughout.

Hardback, first edition, second printing, published in May 1936 by John Murray in London. In good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and author’s name to front board. No jacket. Some staining and marks to front board. Small bookseller sticker to inside front cover. Binding tight and square.