waley arthur foreword (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. 352pp, b/w illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Good used hardback copy in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. 210pp, foldout map at rear. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Hardcover; 8vo; 352 pages. Red/pink cloth hardcovers with black titles on spine. Lightly rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior, tightly-bound. In a red and white jacket, illustration on front. Heavily sunned spine. Fairly rubbed. In a mylar jacket. VG+/VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. First Edition. First edition hard cover in good condition, with a clipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. General shelf and handling wear, including notable shelfwear to dust jacket; heavy tanning, chipping and wear. Spine head and foot worn away, small open tears present, chips and nicks elsewhere. Some colour loss. Boards are lightly bowed, with spine head and foot worn and chipped, minor split to front hinge at spine point. Pageblock tanned and foxed, this leading into pastedowns and endpapers, with a fold-out map at rear also tanned. Within, pages are tightly bound, content unmarked. CN.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. Illustrated by Harley, Mary Jane (illustrator). First Asian Edition. "The first complete history in a Western language of a custom which seems utterly barbarous to the West, but which persisted for a thousand years in China." - dust jacket. "A history of probably the most singular way in which women made themselves attractive to men. Has much of the esoteric-erotic fascination of the convention." - Virginia Kirkus' Service. 352 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. Illustrated endpapers. Contents clean, tight and unmarked in original peach cloth. Moderate foxing to edges. Very heavy wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An uncommon issue of this disturbing but fascinating study.; Dust Jacket; Sm 4to.