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1 Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha Downer, Lesley Broadway Books New York, New York, USA 2001 Hard Cover Good, Good First Edition 0767904893 / 9780767904896 Ex-Library BI6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title pageplus the book is very slightly shelf cocked plus there is one dogeared page plus there is a light bump to the top left corner of the front board. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some light fading along the spine, the left and right edges of the front, and the top edge of the back.A book about the geisha and their functions as "art people" in Japanese Culture. The author weaves together portraits of modern geisha with the romantic legends and colorful historical tales of geisha of the past. Glossary, endnotes, 288p. SCW12949  Price: 7.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart