LEONOWENS, Anna Harriette

The English Governess at the Siamese Court. Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok

London, The Folio Society, 1980 (first thus).

Octavo, 234 pages plus 16 illustrations from engravings from photographs presented to the author by the King of Siam.

Cloth with a title label mounted (slightly askew) on the front cover; a near-fine copy with the slipcase slightly cracked at the corners.

Introduction by Robin Duke. Anna Harriette Leonowens (1831-1915), British writer and governess employed by King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam [now Thailand] for the instruction of his children, including his son and successor, Prince Chulalongkorn' (Britannica).

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