Das Schoene Maedchenvon Pao: Ein Chinesischer Roman...; Prachtausgabe mit Bildern von Bayros
by Bierbaum, Otto Julius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Munchen: Georg Muller, 1910. Limited Edition. full leather. Very good +. Bayros. (1910). Quarto (9" x 12.5"), navy quarto, elaborately gilt, with Chinese characters on the cover and gilt decorated spine. The heavy stock endpapers are bordered in gilt Grecian key, surrounding a Chinese figure framed in a Chinese border. Edges are untrimmed. 210, (3) pp., including table of contents and colophon page. The Beautiful Girl of Pao. a Chinese Novel... Superb Edition with Pictures by Bayros. limited to 600 copies, of which this is copy number 323. The page prior to the half-title bears a presentation from the publisher, Georg Muller, with the presentee's name partially removed. A somewhat erotic tale with commensurate illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19429
- Title
- Das Schoene Maedchenvon Pao: Ein Chinesischer Roman...; Prachtausgabe mit Bildern von Bayros
- Author
- Bierbaum, Otto Julius
- Illustrator
- Bayros
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Georg Muller
- Place of Publication
- Munchen
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Chinese Literature, Erotica; Illustrated, Fine Printing
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
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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....
- Gilt
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- Quarto
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- Edges
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- Colophon
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