Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period
by John Byron
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0704326213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704326217
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001348
- Title
- Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period
- Author
- John Byron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0704326213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704326217
- Publisher
- Quartet Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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