An early edition of the autobiography of Freya Stark, the acclaimed travel writer and explorer who authored numerous books on Arabia in the 1930s and 1940s. This was the first in three volumes of memoirs, and covers the period up to the late 1920s. Published by John Murray in 1951, the second impression of the first edition. Hardback, bound in green cloth. Book in very good condition. Jacket in fair condition with various tears and missing areas to extremities, as shown in pictures. Previous owner’s name.