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London, England: Quartet Books, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red boards with light edgewear and bumped spine ends and corners; minor waterstaining along lower edge of rear board (interior unaffected). Trace foxing to text block. Jacket has light edgewear and creasing; sunning along spine panel and upper edges; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Small sticker to ffep. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. 82 pages + color plates.
Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period by Byron, John - 1987
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Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period
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London: Quartet Books, 1987 Examines erotica of the Qing period and assess the part it plays within Chinese culture as a whole. Based on the author's collection of erotic art objects such as snuff bottles, opium & medicine containers made of porcelain, glass, and sliver, pewter, jade and amber. Also colour wood-block prints, porcelain figurines, glass paintings, hand-mirrors and amulets. The collection is mostly from the 19th & 20th centuries & range from the coy to the thrillingly explicit demonstrating that hedonism prevails under the Confucian mask. The author traces the history of Chinese erotica from its origins 2000 years ago to its suppression by the communist regime. Chapters cover the Mantas & Mandarins, courtesans & calamities, aesthetic origins, erotica, amusement and stimulation, cult of the golden lotus, opium and erotica, portrait of a Chinese paradise.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1987
- Keywords EROTICA SEXOLOGY ART HISTORY FOLKLORE ANTHROPOLOGY ETHNOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY SEXUALITY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ASIA ORIENTAL PAINTING SCULPTURE CHINA OPIUM CHINESE QING
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London: Quartet Books, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to, 82 pages, plus plates in color; red cloth
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London, Eng: Quartet Books, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. British First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket including one bump on top edge; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with both black and white and colour reproductions of paintings and ceramics..
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PORTRAIT OF A CHINESE PARADISE, EROTICA AND SEXUAL CUSTOMS OF THE LATE QING PERIOD
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London: Quartet Books, 1987. Hardcover. As New/as new. 8 x 11 in. Red paper boards. Large section of color plates. Condition is AS NEW ; I just took it out of the publisher's shrink wrap. DJ also AS NEW. Erotica. Stax.
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PORTRAIT OF A CHINESE PARADISE, EROTICA AND SEXUAL CUSTOMS OF THE LATE QING PERIOD
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Quartet Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0704326213 . 45 full page color plates plus text illustrations. ; Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, with mild sunning to spine area, otherwise a gently read book in excellent condition now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 10.4 X 8.5 X 1.2 inches .
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London: Quartet Books, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 27 cm; 82 pages and 45 full-page color plates. Cloth in dust jacket.
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Quartet Books, January 1987. Cloth . Very Good/Very Good. Quarto in jacket with sun lightened spine. Red cloth covered boards with black lettering. Flap is not clipped.
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