Publicado por NY Dutton 1953., 1953
Librería: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, Estados Unidos de America
VG. Edge wear. Illustrated by Illus by Rupert Forrest.
Publicado por New English Library, London, 1962
Librería: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
Paperback 224 pages Anna, the heroine of 'The King and I', tells the true story of her life at an Oriental Court. "Anna Leonowens reveals all the shimmering beauty of the harem, and is equally convincing on its brutality. As with The Arabian Nights, her tales are exciting, but with the added depth imparted by her compassion and intelligence" - John O'London's Weekly. Bookshop stamp on half title page. Book in FAIR condition.
Publicado por Four Square, 1962
Librería: Cross-Country Booksellers, Champlain, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 224pp. MMPB Repr, orig pub 1873. Binding remains solid; no underlining or highlighting. "Anna, the heroine of The King and I, tells the true story of her life at an Oriental Court.".
Publicado por E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1953
Librería: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Rupert Forrest Ilustrador. First Edition. With the date on the title page and $3.75 on flap. The Court memoirs of the author of Anna and the King of Siam, with an introduction by Freya Stark. An unusually well preserved copy, clean, bright and unmarked in an archival Mylar jacket cover. Extremely scarce.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1953
Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Illustrated by Forrest, Rupert Ilustrador. Reprint. "In 1862, at the age of twenty-seven, Anna H. Leonowens became the governess of king Mongkut's children. In those days Siam was a little known, exotic, primitive country. The City of Veiled Women, - a city within a city, - had a population of nine thousand royal princesses, wives, concubines and servants completely dependent on every whim and passion of King Mongkut. This book reflects the shimmering beauty of the harem as well as its brutality. Girls were taken into the pleasure dome as children to be turned into actresses, dancers, musicians and singers. Theatrical triumphs were followed by beatings upon the feet and illicit affections with back lashings." - dust jacket. "It is, in my opinion, the most enthralling piece of literature of its kind that I have read since The Thousand and One Nights." - Dennis Gray Stoll. First reprint of the 1873 first edition. xiv, [2], 228 pp. Several black and white illustrations. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy copy of this fascinating work. ; Illustrations; 8vo.