House of the 10,000 Pleasures: A Modern Study of the Geisha and of the Streetwalker of Japan
by Harris, Sara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers, edges and jacket foxed. Jacket tattered and soiled.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: W. H. Allen. Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers, edges and jacket foxed. Jacket . tattered and soiled.. 1962. Hardcover. "In the fascinating and revealing study of the geisha and of the street-walker of Japan, Sara Harris explores a strange and remarkable world. By following the lives of two women - Tsiyu-Giku, the leading geisha of Kyoto, and Kofumi Levine, once a pan-pan of the streets, the reader is introduced to the highly structured society of Japan with its contradictions and inconsistencies." (front jacket blurb). Photo frontispiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36559
- Title
- House of the 10,000 Pleasures: A Modern Study of the Geisha and of the Streetwalker of Japan
- Author
- Harris, Sara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Endpapers, edges and jacket foxed. Jacket tattered and soiled.
- Publisher
- W. H. Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Geishas, Japanese Culture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
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- Foxed
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