Eberhard Wolfram Introduction (3 results)
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]
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 19.18
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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 ]
- Hardcover
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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£ 19.95
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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.
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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£ 226.33
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Hardcover. 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).
