The Nightless City. Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku" - Price Estimate: $200

Sale 688: Rare Books & Manuscripts - Alcoholics Anonymous - Miniature Books (#688) 11/21/2019 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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De Becker's The Nightless City, 2nd Ed.

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$156

Estimate:

$200 - $300

Title:

The Nightless City. Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku"

Author:

De Becker, Joseph Ernest

Place:

Yokohama

Publisher:

Max Nössler

Date:

[c.1905]

Description:

xvi, 386, [3] pp. Illustrated with a color folding map, a folding plan, a color folding plate, and other plates and illustrations, some in color. 24.4x18.5 cm (9½x7¼"), publisher's pictorial cloth stamped and lettered in gilt, . "Second Revised Edition."

Attractive edition of De Becker's landmark study of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku prostitution quarter of Tokyo.

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Condition:

Rubbing with some fraying at ends of somewhat leaning spine, light soiling and edgewear; hinges cracked, front free endpaper excised; about very good.

Item number:

309949

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