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The Life of an Amorous Man
by Saikaku Ihara
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (+), some toning to edges, silver foil to stamped lettering shows some cracking, tight binding, light soiling, else cl/Good jacket, showing 5.00 publisher price but clipped to bottom front flap, major sunning to spine and top of jacket, moderate c
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, Co, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover octavo, purple cloth decoratively blindstamped to top board with silver stamped lettering to spine, 233 pp. Very Good (+), some toning to edges, silver foil to stamped lettering shows some cracking, tight binding, light soiling, else clean./Good jacket, showing 5.00 publisher price but clipped to bottom front flap, major sunning to spine and top of jacket, moderate chipping especially near perimeters of spine.. Illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata. First translated and illustrated edition of the 1682 transgressive Japanese classic; the tale of a hedonistic daijin (man of wealth) who bring us through his amorous coming of age to its maturation. Controversial for not shying away from homosexuality and other taboos of the times, this beautiful edition brought Ihara's classic work of the Genkoru period "pleasure dirstricts" for modern appreciation, and it has stayed more or less in print and circulation since.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 696
- Title
- The Life of an Amorous Man
- Author
- Saikaku Ihara
- Illustrator
- Illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover octavo, purple cloth decoratively blindstamped to top board with silver stamped lettering to spine, 233 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (+), some toning to edges, silver foil to stamped lettering shows some cracking, tight binding, light soiling, else cl
- Jacket Condition
- Good jacket, showing 5.00 publisher price but clipped to bottom front flap, major sunning to spine and top of jacket, moderate c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle, Co
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Sexuality, Erotica, Japanese
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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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...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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