Jou Pu Tuan: A Seventeenth Century Erotic Novel.
Grove Press, 1963. Hardcover. 2nd printing, very good + hardcover shows light bit of caving to spine, touch of bumping to corners, name and date at top of front pastedown and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows mild toning, bit of rubbing and edgewear that includes closed tears, wrinkling, small open chips and scotch tape mends at both front and reverse. 376 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this reprinting od the noted work that "according to the best information...is a novel of the Ming period, first published in 1634 and written by Li Yu, the famous dramatist, novelist and essayist." Translated by Richard Martin from the German version by Dr. Franz Kuhn. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Item #31470
Price: $14.00