The Merry Drinkers
de Kitagawa Utamaro
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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Warwick, New York, United States
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Sei Sei Doh, Japan, 1980. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. [SHUNGA] Utamaro, Kitagawa. The Merry Drinkers, Japan: Sei Sei Doh, 1980. Octavo, Volume 2 of a 2-book Shunga series that also included The Gifted Venus, pp. 9, 2, 27 painting reproductions (most double-p.), 8 (Japanese text). Cloth boards, illustrated cardboard slipcase. First nine pages are a translation in English of the original Japanese text that went with the Utamaro paintings, which illustrate the bawdy Asian tale we know as "The Merry Drinkers." Then come the paintings, then the Japanese text. The English translation, by the Australian Peter Dale, is graphic and sometimes crude, in keeping with the tone of The Merry Drinkers. Rough but high-quality stock -- leaves are uncut but there is no reason to cut them as the verso areas are blank. Near fine in very good slipcase. Leaves clean and tight. Size: Octavo (standard book size). unpaginated. One volume of the 2-volume set. Text is in multiple languages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Erotica; Japan; 18th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50312. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 50312
- Título
- The Merry Drinkers
- Autor
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (in Slipcase)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Edition Unstated
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Sei Sei Doh
- Lugar de publicación
- Japan
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Palabras clave
- BZDB17 shunga japanese Erotica; Japan; 18th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Kitagawa Utamaro The Merry Drinkers
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Warwick, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Leaves
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
