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Harem: The World Behind the Veil
by Croutier, Alev Lytle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0896599035
- ISBN 13
- 9780896599031
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Abbeville Press, 1991. Cloth, 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Orientalism in Western culture. "'I was born in an old house.that was once the harem of a pasha. During my childhood slaves and odalisques lived there with us.' So begins the history of one of the strangest institutions any culture has ever developed. Drawing on first-hand accounts and memoirs, Harem explores life in the world's harems from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. This exotic volume is richly illustrated with extravagant works by European artists and exquisite Turkish woodcuts, gem-like Persian miniatures, and historic photographs. / Born in Turkey, Alev Lytle Croutier is a screenwriter and documentary producer." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 072007
- Title
- Harem: The World Behind the Veil
- Author
- Croutier, Alev Lytle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0896599035
- ISBN 13
- 9780896599031
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Genre & Subject / Erotic; Middle Eastern / Arabic & Persian; Genre & Subject / Orientalism;
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- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....