Arthur Waley Foreword (14 results)
The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry [Paperback] Waley, Arthur and Owen, Stephen
- Softcover
Seller: RUSH HOUR BUSINESS, worcester, MA, U.S.A.RUSH HOUR BUSINESS
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. clean used copy sunning to pages ,no markings/stains or stickers. fast shipping with tracking number.
Published by Grove Pr., NY, 1960
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Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: vg-. Mass market paperback WP-5. 89pp including index; white cover is a bit discolored, soiled; b/w il on front cover. Paperback.
Chinese Footbending The History of a Curious Erotic Custom
Levy, Howard S. ; Foreword by Arthur Waley; Introductionn by Wolfram Eberhard
Published by Walton Rawls, New York, 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ is faded, discolored, and worn along the top edge. Bookcover and endpages have some minor foxing.
The Lotus Lovers: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Footbinding in China (Chinese Erotic and Sexual Classics)
Howard S. Levy; Arthur Waley [Foreword]; Wolfram Eberhard [Introduction]
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- First Edition
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very good+ hardcover with very good dust jacket, from a private home collection. 1st printing with full number line (1st edition). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Unclipped DJ has light rubbing, faint sunning to spine.…Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom
Levy, Howard S. [Foreword by Arthur Waley, Introduction by Wolfram Eberhard ]
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Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of the hard cover edition in a very good (not price-clipped) dust-jacket. Faint underlining in pencil on approx. two dozen pages, else unmarked ;the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy.
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- First Edition
Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.Gates Past Books Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Boston/Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1992. A New, Unread copy. This is a facsimile edition of the work originally published in London by John Murray in 1950. First Facsimile Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover,Cloth,Gilt Stamping. New/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo -… over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Prometheus Books edition. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1992. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. A clean, square, tight copy. Cover has bump to one corner [but NO pages are affected]. NO owner's name o…r bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with about 100 photos and line drawings. Introduction by Wolfram Eberhard. The first book in English to fully explore this 1000 year-old Chinese custom, LOTUS LOVERS examines the origins of the practice; efforts by missionaries and others to extinguish it; the peculiar sexual fascination that the tiny foot, and the resultant "Willow Walk" held for many Chinese men; the physiological effects of foot binding; etc. Includes interviews with women whose feet were bound in childhood, and their firsthand accounts of the suffering it caused. Also has translations from Chinese erotic literature extolling the beauty of the "Golden Lotus" -- a poetic metaphor for the tiny bound foot. This is the first Prometheus printing, with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page, but it is actually a reprint of a book originally published in 1966. Contains a Foreword and ten chapters, e.g. Origin and Presence; Emancipation Movements; Lotus Lovers; Wondrousness of the Lotus; Secret Chronicle of the Lotus Interest; Reckless and Cruel Treatment of the Drunken Lotus; The Tiny Foot in Truth and Fiction; Painful History of the Lotus Hooks; Ladies of the Bound-Foot Era; etc. + Two appendices. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black leatherette, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "Footbinding for women in China was a curious, painful custom that deformed the foot and kept it from growing more than a few inches in length.". First Prometheus Books edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 352pp.
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Seller: Librairie Sheehy (Theologia Books), La Charite sur Loire, FranceLibrairie Sheehy (Theologia Books)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. 352pp, b/w illustrations. Book.
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
Published by Grove Press Inc. 0, New York
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Seller: Librairie Sheehy (Theologia Books), La Charite sur Loire, FranceLibrairie Sheehy (Theologia Books)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good used hardback copy in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. 210pp, foldout map at rear. Book.
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
Published by Bell Publishing Company, New York, 1967
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Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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-. B…ook.
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Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1940
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- First Edition
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United KingdomPsychoBabel & Skoob Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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 tea…rs 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.
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Chinese Footbinding - The History Of A Curious Erotic Custom
Levy, Howard S.; Waley, Arthur (Foreword); Eberhard, Wolfram (Introduction)
Published by John Weatherhill, Inc., Tokyo, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 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. Illustrated by Harley, Mary Jane (illustrator).
