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Chinese Footbinding - The History Of A Curious Erotic Custom
by Levy, Howard S.; Waley, Arthur (Foreword); Eberhard, Wolfram (Introduction)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Poor dust jacket
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About This Item
Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc.. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1966. First Asian Edition. Hardcover. "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 .
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 524j1174
- Title
- Chinese Footbinding - The History Of A Curious Erotic Custom
- Author
- Levy, Howard S.; Waley, Arthur (Foreword); Eberhard, Wolfram (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Harley, Mary Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Asian Edition
- Publisher
- John Weatherhill, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Footbinding, Chinese Footbinding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Erotica and Sexuality; Women's Issues;
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