A story about a sultan/ prince or exotic, wealthy man – who is looking for a wife. He tries a lot of different ones; one is an American who arrives dressed in pants. He hates this! In fact he finds fault with each. He casts them all off.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
I’m guessing it’s the seldom seen The Five Wives of Silverbeard (1977), originally written in Italian by Adela Turin, Francesca Cantarelli, & Nella Bosnia . Lucky I own it, or I’d never have guessed! Original title: Le 5 mogli di Barbabrizzolata .”Silverbeard’s concept of perfect spouse differs greatly from that of his five wives.” At least two arrive on elephants, but one arrives in a plane – and is dressed in 1920s American fashion. He gets tired of one wife, another wife changes and outgrows him, and all the wives end up in a separate palace with their pets, books and instruments, and form a traveling orchestra and comedy troupe. You can see the cover of the book in Google Images – if you search on the authors’ names. It’s illustrated in bright colors – as is the rest of the book.