Freya Stark – The Valleys of the Assassins – 1934

A first printing of this classic piece of travel writing by the acclaimed author and photographer Freya Stark, set in the mountainous Luristan region between present-day Iran and Iraq.

Features numerous B&W photographs of landscapes, sites and people, as well as two colour fold-out maps.

Stark went to further acclaim with her three books on Yemen, researched in the late 1930s, and later wrote numerous memoirs and travel titles on other countries.

First edition, first impression, published by John Murray in 1934. Hardback, no jacket, bound in green cloth. In good condition. Some marks and stains to rear board and spine. Clean inside with no writing.