LADY HESTER STANHOPE: Queen of the Desert.
Pp. xiv+226, 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in silver, small bump to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, the backstrip a trifle foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, fore-edges of leaves faintly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1990. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated March 24th, 1990) on the title page. 'Hester Stanhope became the first of the great lady travellers for whom Britain is so famous, a legend throughout the Near East, who entranced kings and tribesmen alike. Her horsemanship was spectacular, her courage absolute; one of the first Europeans - often the very first - to travel in the desert, she went wherever she liked, facing despots, beggars and brigands with fearless charm' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179589
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