Add this copy of The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by J Mercurio Books Maps & Prints rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Tuttle Publishing.
Add this copy of The Nightless City (the History of the Yoshiwara to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Flips Fine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Greensboro, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket w/ just slightest fading to spine. 12mo 7 3/8"x 4 3/4" red silk-covered boards w/ gilt lettering on spine; red & white striped headbands; cream, textured endpapers; 386 pgs w/ foreword by Terence Barrow, 2 folding maps & 44 plates; illus dust jacket w/ $6.60 sticker on front flap, 12 titles listed on back; reprints the 'Fifth Edition, Revised' (orig pub in 1899 anonymously); a notorious history of Tokyo's red-light district; printed in Japan.
Add this copy of The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara to cart. $72.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Tuttle Publishing.
Add this copy of The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara to cart. $129.95, very good condition, Sold by AJA Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Venice, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Tuttle Publishing.
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-1. Stated First Tuttle Edition Published 1971, first printing with no additional printings noted, in near fine/ very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of shelf wear, and is clipped, but no protected by a mylar cover. The book is in near like new condition with no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
Add this copy of The Nightless City Or the History of the Yoshiwara to cart. $1,000.00, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1899 by Z. P. Maruya & Co.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. Z. P. Maruya & Co., Yokohama, Japan. 1899. V, 441, xix, pgs. Illustrated with twenty plates including nine chromolithographs, of which seven are folding and many textual illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in red decorated cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A classic and early study of Japanese prostitution. The most exhaustive and in-depth study of Tokyo's ancient prostitution headquaters. Profously illustrated. Supported with factual charts, tables and statistics. -This contorversial and comprehensive work describes the "REd Light" district of Tokyo and its organizations, manners, ceremonies as well as its medical aspects and legal constraints. The author was an English lawyer who came to Japan in 1887. He assumed Japanese nationality and after a few years set up legal practices in Yokohama and Kobe. EB; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 386 pages.
