Shunga; Images of Spring; Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art
by Grosbois, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 158pp. White gilt decorated cloth in original dj. Slipcase. Some creasing to dj. Spine of dj sunned and slightly stained. One small tear to bottom edge of dj. Discoloration to slipcase. Small tear to bottom part of slipcase. Frontispiece tissue-guarded. "This is a book of what the Japanese call SHUNGA, "Images of Spring": erotic, sensual pictures that form a part of the treasury of Japanese art". Illustrated with tipped-in color plates and b/w plates. 6 of the color plates are small fold -outs. Overall very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11681
- Title
- Shunga; Images of Spring; Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art
- Author
- Grosbois, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Nagel Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Geneva
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- sexuality, sensuality, history
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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