Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period
by Byron, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0704326213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704326217
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Eliabooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31081
- Title
- Portrait of a Chinese Paradise: Erotica and Sexual Customs of the Late Qing Period
- Author
- Byron, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0704326213
- ISBN 13
- 9780704326217
- Publisher
- Quartet Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0704326213
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- Tight
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- New
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- Remainder Mark
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