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GREAT BORDELLOS OF THE WORLD : An Illustrated History
de Murphy, Emmett
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0704323958
- ISBN 13
- 9780704323957
- Librería
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Quartet Books, 1983. 254pp., colour and b/white art and photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on, Plain blue cloth boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Turkish Bath, 1892, by Jean- Auguste- Dominique Ingres) dustjacket mildly edge-creased and surface scuffed. From the jacket flap: "Bordellos have existed and often flourished in most societies over the last three thousand years . . . This book describes them all: from the devout temple prostitutes to the girls provided to solace the soldiers patrolling the Great Wall of China; from the superlatively intelligent hetaerae of Classical Greece to the poverty-stricken denizens of Gin Lane . . . " Includes Index. Book weight approx. 1.66 KG. * Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012081
- Título
- GREAT BORDELLOS OF THE WORLD : An Illustrated History
- Autor
- Murphy, Emmett
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0704323958
- ISBN 13
- 9780704323957
- Editorial
- Quartet Books
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1983
- Palabras clave
- HISTORY, BORDELLOS, PROSTITUTION
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Social History;
Términos de venta
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Sobre el vendedor
Diversity Books, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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