The poem of the pillow: The Japanese methods by Gabriele Mandel - 1984T

Liber, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Liber. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (Japan, Sex Customs, Erotica) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Omega Books Limited, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Publication of 79 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small creases and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Fribourg: Liber. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0907853013 . Color illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine (two short closed tears) dust jacket. .

Fribourg: Liber, 1984. Early Illustrated Anthology. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Colored & B&W. 4to, black cloth over boards, orange endpapers, color illustrations throughout, Mylar-protected unclipped dust jacket with ccolorful Japanese lovers, 79 pages. The "pillow" or makura was a small wooden box with drawers used by women as a pillow in order to suspend their elaborate hairdos. "To pillow" is also a Japanese expression for having sexual intercourse. Early "pillow books" were adapted from Chinese texts and included information on hygiene. Later, they incorporated poems of commandments and included erotic images. The illustrations of sensual pleasure selected for this book have been extracted from examples by masters of Japanese erotic art. Often exaggerated, humorous, and fantastical, these collections of erotic images, exotic positions, and vigorous, unashamed love-making became huge best sellers. (As shunga, the penis (matsuke: lit. "mushroom") and… Read More

Omega Books, 1984T. hardcover. Like New. 1.7986 cent in x 27.3792 cent in x 22.1831 cent in.