The Scarlet Thread

First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners badly bruised, not price clipped (£12.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 497pp. The story of an English family in Palestine at the beginning of the century which traces their involvement in the struggle of Arabs and Jews to free Palestine from Ottoman rule, dedicated to the author's grandfather Captain Shalom Dulitski. Marilyn Davies (1944-2014), known as Mandy Rice Davies, was a Welsh born model and author, best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963. In 1966 she married an Israeli businessman, Rafi Shauli and moved to Israel. The couple had one daughter together and Rice Davies converted to Judaism. She also opened nightclubs and restaurants in Tel Aviv. Quite scarce in this first impression.