Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1970
ISBN 10: 0804806535 ISBN 13: 9780804806534
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (china, eunuchs, officials and employees ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Zustand: Good. Good condition. 1970 printing. (China, Politics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Verlag: Tuttle Publishing,, 1000
Anbieter: Antiquariat Knacke, Berlin, Deutschland
Sprache: Englisch 176 Seiten. OriginalKarton. Guter Zustand!
Anbieter: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, Frankreich
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 176 pp, back cover and pp. 157-176 torn and perforated at the bottom left corners Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy order.
Anbieter: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australien
18.0 x 12.0cms 176pp very good hardback & dustwrapper This book presents 'the sordid and often macabre details of an amazing system which finally was cut off for good on November 5 1924 whne Hsuan T'ung Ti the last emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty ws driven out of the Tsu Chin palace'. The system had endured for over 2000 years and through 25 dynasties.
Anbieter: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, USA
Rutland [1992], Tuttle. Red stiff wrs., very good, 176p., Translated by Charles Pomeroy. Covers the artificial 3rd sex, provenance of eunuchs, in the palace, residents of women's quarters, eunuchs in the Han & T'ang dynasties, etc. With an appendix on "Why There Were No Eunuchs in Japan" and "Eunuch-like Men in Modern Times." A most detailed monograph, covers the system that endured for over 2000 years and through 25 dynasties. The methods of castration,high valuation placed upon the Pao or "treasure" [ie the severed parts], to be advanced in rank, or to produ- ce a substitute which was permissible. These parts were also buried after death, hoping to be restored to full masculin- ty in after life. Restoratives & aphrodisiacs are also well covered.
Anbieter: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, USA
Rutland [1993], Tuttle. Red stiff wrs., very good, 176p., Translated by Charles Pomeroy. Covers the artificial 3rd sex, provenance of eunuchs, in the palace, residents of women's quarters, eunuchs in the Han & T'ang dynasties, etc. With an appendix on "Why There Were No Eunuchs in Japan" and "Eunuch-like Men in Modern Times." A most detailed monograph, covers the system that endured for over 2000 years and through 25 dynasties. The methods of castration,high valuation placed upon the Pao or "treasure" [ie the severed parts], to be advanced in rank, or to produ- ce a substitute which was permissible. These parts were also buried after death, hoping to be restored to full masculin- ty in after life. Restoratives & aphrodisiacs are also well covered.
Anbieter: RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, USA
Rutland [1970], Tuttle. Purple cloth, very good, dj., 176p., Translated by Charles Pomeroy. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. SCARCE Covers the artificial 3rd sex, provenance of eunuchs, in the palace, residents of women's quarters, eunuchs in the Han & T'ang dynasties, etc. With an appendix on "Why There Were No Eunuchs in Japan" and "Eunuch-like Men in Modern Times." A most detailed monograph, covers the system that endured for over 2000 years and through 25 dynasties. The methods of castration,high valuation placed upon the Pao or "treasure" [ie the severed parts], to be advanced in rank, or to produ- ce a substitute which was permissible. These parts were also buried after death, hoping to be restored to full masculin- ty in after life. Restoratives & aphrodisiacs are also well covered.