Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket present, dust jacket has moderately heavy surface and extremity wear including a piece of 4 1/2” x 1 1/2” white tape/label affixed to the front surface, spine face surface is sun-faded, all extremities have tears and some small pieces missing, binding is complete and mostly solid but book does have a slight warp to it, book itself has grey cloth boards with surface and extremity wear, both sets of end papers have foxing to the page surfaces, front free end page has both blue ink and pencil marks, interior is clean but there’s a light age odor evident, all pages are present. Overall condition of the book and dust is Fair + - near Good condition. Please see photos for more information about the condition of the book and dust jacket. 8vo/octavo size at spine, 300 pages, contents page, foreword, epilogue, chronology section, bibliography section, index, list of illustrations pages, illustrated throughout with numerous b&w photos and art reproductions, published by Stein And Day Publishers, New York, NY, 1968 (1965), original English translation (from German) in 1967, translated from German by James Cleugh.
Book’s subtitled: “ A History Of Prostitution.” Originally written and published in German, this copy of the English translation does have its fair share of condition issues but is complete and readable, and very suitable for collecting and/or gifting. From the dust jacket flap notes: “ This is a remarkably comprehensive history of the oldest profession. It begins with the pagan sex market of Ancient Greece, and stresses the close connection of prostitution to everyday life in all countries at all times. The author focuses on aspects often ignored by conventional historians: the relations not only between harlots and ordinary citizens, but among diplomats, artists, and prosperous courtesans - with the resulting ramifications in national and international affairs. THE OLDEST PROFESSION is a scholarly, fully detailed history that includes a wealth of remarkable anecdotes and presents a a clear picture of the vicissitudes of prostitution…Lujo Bassermann is the pseudonym of a well known European journalist.”
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