SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. US.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Abbeville Press* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers with French folded flaps, some shelf wear to edges including some de-lamination at top front. No creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no tanning, beautifully presented, slightly dusty, seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: B/w and colour photos & plates throughout.* Pages: 206 pp. text. xviii pp. Chronology, bibliography, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description :- This book offers an insight into the harem and harem life, focusing on the famed Seraglio of Topkapi Palace. The author uses her first-hand experience to describe the absolute rule of the sultans, the slave markets and the eunuchs. The book is illustrated with paintings by Delacroix, Ingres and Renoir, Turkish woodcuts, Persian miniatures, photographs and film stills. A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. U.S. edition, 1st. impression, reduced by some slight cover wear to VG*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4551
Title: Harem: The World Behind the Veil
Author: Croutier, Alev Lytle
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG+/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 1558591591
ISBN 13: 9781558591592
Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,
Place of Publication: US 224
Date Published: 1993-07-12
Size: 25.1 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm

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