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The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies Of The Exotic Orient (HARDBACK FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHERIDAN PRASSO)
by Prasso, Sheridan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 1586482149
- ISBN 13
- 9781586482145
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Public Affairs, 2005. VG+/VG+. First American Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHERIDAN PRASSO, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To -------/A fellow China/hand/Sheri'. Illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and a map. In Western fantasies, the Orient is the exotic, sensual, dangerous, decadent land of dreams - where submissive women cater to every desire, where compliant nations fall into line under Western dominance. The resulting misperceptions affect both Asians and Westerners today: in cross-cultural relationships, business negotiations, social transactions, and state-to-state relations. With Bibliography and Index. Bruising to head and tail of spine, and top corner of rear cover; else a very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.
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- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18064
- Title
- The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies Of The Exotic Orient (HARDBACK FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHERIDAN PRASSO)
- Author
- Prasso, Sheridan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1586482149
- ISBN 13
- 9781586482145
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Gender. Gender Studies. Women. Womens Studies. Female Studies. Womens Issues. Social Studies. Social History. History. Women In Society. Society. Sociology. Women In History. Women In Asia. Social Conditions. Stereotypes In Asian Wome
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology;
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About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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