Bidspirit auction | Behind Turkish Lattices by Hester

Behind Turkish Lattices by Hester Donaldson Jenkins, illustr., in English, early 20th cen. - Behind Turkish Lattices by Hester Donaldson Jenkins, illustr., in English, early 20th cen. London & Glasgow, Collins, no date, 222 pp., illustrated by 7 b/w plates Early English reissue of this classic 1911 narrative (first published by Chatto & Windus) a feminine life in Turkey. Original red cloth stamped hard cover in gilt to spine, illustrated endpapers, 16 x 10.5 cm. Condition: light wear and rubbing to edges of cover, yellow / light brown paper. Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the Young Turks who seemed to promise new freedoms for Ottoman women.