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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 402 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine and lower left corner of back cover.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Poor. 402 pp. Heavily used book in poor quality. Back cover is missing. Spine is damaged. An Ex-University-Library (Barnard College, Columbia University, New York)-Book with all the usual and standard signs (stamps, stickers,envelope,etc.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Literary Works, this is an English translation of works by Japanese writer Saikaku (1642-1693) from the feudal era in 17th-century Japan, which offer rare insights into the "gay quarters" or "towns of pleasure" that were part & parcel of bourgeois culture. In 403 pages with Index, profuse pen-&ink illustrations, map endpapers, this is First Edition, first printing, in English from 1963. Hardcover has rust silk-covered boards with a black/red inset image of a Japanese woman of pleasure to front board, black lettering to spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean & crisp, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & completely unmarked save for gift inscription dated 1963 inside front cover. Protective slipcase made of sturdy cardboard is solid & secure, with tanning/light soil & creasing to extremities; paper label intact. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders placed Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …