Harem Life
London: Noel Douglas, 1931.
First edition. (Issued same year as the American edition, priority unknown.) 335 pp. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with navy cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with small triangular chip in top of front panel, lightly edge worn, spine a little toned and rubbed, unclipped. Uncommon in the British edition, especially in jacket. A memoir of marriage to the ruler of Egypt and Sudan, Abbas II, and life in the royal harem. The author converted to Islam and changed her name from Marianna Török to Princess Djavidan Hanum. Item #140941476
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