privately Printed for The Library of Facetious Lore, 1927. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto in grass green cloth over orange paper covered boards, paper title lable on spine. Orange endpapers patterned in gilt. Illustrated with erotic drawings in black and white. One of 750 numbered copies only of which this is No. 651. Ming Dynasty erotic Chinese book that according to legend was written by Feng Chow Wang on paper soaked in poison which would interest its recipient because of its contect but ultimately kill him. Though this tale is a hoax, the book was one of those banned in the U.S. and copies were seized as late as 1928. A tight, bright near fine example, aprticularly scarce in he original binding. This copy shows very minor wear at the tips and a bit to the fore edge of the rear cover. A very collectible copy of a scarce title.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E13163
Title: The Adventures of Hsi Men Ching
Author: Feng Chow Wang; Chu Tsui-Jen (trans)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Limited ed
Publisher: privately Printed for The Library of Facetious Lore
Date Published: 1927
Keywords: erotica, sex, pornography, chinese, ming dynasty
Bookseller catalogs: Erotica;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...