Stark's book constitutes a series of sketches intended 'to give a picture of daily life' in the city where she had moved to in 1929. Freya Stark made a great impression on the up-and-coming Lloyd who eventually found his niche in Baghdad, being appointed Archaeological Advisor to the Directorate of Antiquities in Iraq in 1939 and helped to establish the Iraq Museum. Presentation copy inscribed to archaeologist Seton Lloyd and his sculptor and artist wife Margery Fitzwilliams-Hyde on the ffep with a contemporary photograph of the author in Arabic dress. Covers have soiling and spotting, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, spine cocked, spine label sunned with a chipped corner, pencil notes and erasures on front endpapers, toning to endpapers and first/last few pages, front inner hinge cracked, frontis loose, three plates detached else good. Prescott, 8.5 x 5.5', red cloth, paper labels on cover and spine.

Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20. Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. Very nice copy of this uncommon First Edition: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. Contains maps, black and white sketches and black and white photographs of the daily life of Baghdad in 1931. Previous owners dedication on front endpaper, head and foot of spine slight roll, slight corner knock, endpapers foxed as is book block - seen when book is closed. Green cloth hard boards, gilt lettering to spine, no dust jacket. 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg.

Baghdad Sketches by Freya Stark