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The Nightless City, or The History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
by Anonymous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Maruya, Yokohama, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ANONYMOUS [Joseph Ernest de Becker]. The Nightless City, or The History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku, Yokohama: Maruya & Co., 1899. Octavo, first edition, pp. v, 441, xix (appendix), 3 (sheet music), red cloth boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering, stamped gilt and black image of two ladies of the night on front cover, 20 plates including 5 folding color prints on japan, other color plates, 2 double-page photogravures, text in English. Includes two pages of sheet music to the Kappore Dance. One halftone plate is loose, but present. The author, who identifies himself only as "an English student of sociology," covers practices of a long-standing red-light district under government control. Scarce, especially in attractive condition. Condition of this book: Very good with a chip at the top edge of the front cover, else minor wear at extremities. Split in rear pastedown exposes webbing, but hinge is sound. Bright, attractive copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is loose but fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Japan; 19th century; Erotica. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54286. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54286
- Title
- The Nightless City, or The History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maruya
- Place of Publication
- Yokohama
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; Japan; 19th century; Erotica. Anonymous The Nightless City, or The History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
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- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- First Edition
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- Plate
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