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The Nightless City : or, The " History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
by De Becker, J.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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About This Item
Yokahama 1899. Gilt titled brown cloth. 12mo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour ( some fold- out ) and monochrome plates. The delicious depiction of 19th century Japanese prostitution, noted for its staggering coloured plates. Front cover detaching, rear cover starting with obvious prior repairs, 2 plates paginated incorrectly, Bottom half of Title Page ( just below copyright notice on verso ) has obviously been repaired/replaced with paper pastedown, Prologue - pages I and II was obviously, at sometime, trimmed short with loss of text which has been replaced with a paper pastedown inscribed in ink with the missing text. This transcription also runs over to the top of the TOC - page III. The is also a similar pastedown to the 3rd paragraph of page I with 5 words of text transcribed in ink.. Usual edgewear to one folding plate trimmed long ( not affecting image ) and edgewear to one monochrome plate trimmed - long resulting in crease to caption. Offset and darkening to Kappore No.1. Whew ...got all that.? This is, in short, a Good to Very Good copy of the extremely rare 1st Edition - with all plates present in bright and relatively crisp condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4148
- Title
- The Nightless City : or, The " History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku
- Author
- De Becker, J.E
- Format/Binding
- Gilt titled brown cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Yokahama
- Date Published
- 1899.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
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- TOC
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Verso
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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