Eastern Love ( Three Volume Set ); Containing the Lessons of a Bawd, the Harlot's Breviary, the Book of Women, the Education of Wives, the Young Wives' Tale, Tales of Fez, the Loves of Radha and Krishna, etc...
New York, NY: Horace Liveright, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover, three volumes, large octavoes, 350pp & 390pp & 356pp. Gilt embellished parchment spine with decorated brown cloth boards. Top edge tinted. 16 color illustrations by Franz Felix. Edition limited to 1500 hand-numbered copies. A collection of tales, usually with erotic elements, from Asian literature. Broad in its scope - some of the titles include: "The Lessons of a Bawd," "The Harlot's Breviary," "The Book of Women," "The Education of Wives," "The Young Wive's Tale" "Tales of Fex," "The Loves of Radha and Krishna," etc. etc. and it includes a selection of Japanese folk-tales which have recently been republished under the title 'Gay Tales of the Samurai.' Spines slightly darkened, very light rubbing to boards and edges, pages lightly browned - otherwise a solid and bright unmarked set in near Fine condition. Additional shipping may apply to this multi-volume set. Item #13912
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