The present work is a copy of the first edition of East is West by traveller and writer Freya Stark, detailing her experiences in the Middle East during the Second World War. Stark (1893-1993) spent the duration of the Second World War travelling from Egypt to Iraq and from Syria to Southern Arabia. She had offered her services to the British Ministry of Information and was sent to the Middle East to persuade government officials, among others, to join, or keep on supporting, the allied cause. In order to spread allied propaganda
The present work is recommended to readers for being multifaceted and having been written "with the freedom of the independent and adventurous traveller but also with the authority of an official of the Diplomatic Corps" (inside of the dustjacket). Stark's writings are accompanied by many images of her own photographs, taken during her travels of the landscapes and peoples she encountered.
Dust jacket is slightly soiled, binding shows some minor signs of wear, slight browning throughout. Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, S61; Macro 2111; Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 460; Smith, The Yemens, 95. cf. "Freya Stark". Encyclopaedia Britannica.