STARK, FREYA - ‘A WINTER IN ARABIA’
STARK, FREYA - ‘A WINTER IN ARABIA’
first edition, published by John Murray, London, 1940, blue cloth bound with unclipped dustwrapper, inside cover with Perran Wood bookplate; together with four other Freya Stark titles - 'Alexander's Path' (first, 1958), 'Riding To The Tigris' (first, 1959), 'Rome on the Euphrates' (first, 1966) and 'Ionia, A Quest' (fourth, 1969), all published by John Murray, with dustwrappers (5)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
STARK, FREYA - ‘A WINTER IN ARABIA’
first edition, published by John Murray, London, 1940, blue cloth bound with unclipped dustwrapper, inside cover with Perran Wood bookplate; together with four other Freya Stark titles - 'Alexander's Path' (first, 1958), 'Riding To The Tigris' (first, 1959), 'Rome on the Euphrates' (first, 1966) and 'Ionia, A Quest' (fourth, 1969), all published by John Murray, with dustwrappers (5)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
