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Valide / Barbara Chase-Riboud.

LIBRA PS3553.H336 V34 1986
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LIBRA - Rare PS3553.H336 V34 1986 Banks copy
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LIBRA - Special PS3553.H336 V34 1986 copy 2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chase-Riboud, Barbara.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée, 1776-1817--Fiction.
Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée.
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808--Fiction.
Selim.
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839--Fiction.
Mahmud.
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839.
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808.
Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée, 1776-1817.
Women.
West Indians.
History.
Turkey--History--Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789--Fiction.
Turkey.
Turkey--History--Selim III, 1789-1808--Fiction.
Turkey--History--Mahmud II, 1808-1839--Fiction.
West Indians--Turkey--Fiction.
Kidnapping victims--Fiction.
Kidnapping victims.
Women--Turkey--Fiction.
Harems--Fiction.
Harems.
Genre:
Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
429 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : plan ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1986.
Contents:
Prologue. Valide Sultane 1814
Book I. The Argus 1781
Book II. St. Petersburg 1781
Book III. Topkapi 1781-1787
Book IV. Crimea 1787
Book V. Ramadan 1789
Book VI. Tatch-ul-Mestourat 1808
Book VII. Valide Sultane 1814
Epilogue. Başhoca 1839.
Notes:
"Book Design by Vicki Hartman."
"Jacket painting: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique 'Odalisque with Slave,' 1840."
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has dustjacket retained.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
Other Format:
Online version: Chase-Riboud, Barbara. Valide.
ISBN:
0688043348 :
9780688043346
OCLC:
13329935

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