HEARN, Lafcadio
Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
With an introduction by Oscar Lewis.
Stock Code 121773
Tokyo, Shimbi Shoin. ltd, 1932.
Limited edition bound in Japanese brocade
A fascinating exemplar of the Greek-Irish author's most celebrated collection of ghost stories.Limited edition, signed by the artist, number 164 of 1,500 copies on watermarked ragged paper; illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Yasumasa Fujita including two frontispieces in colour printed from woodblock, tissue-guard dividing title-page, minor blemishes to small number of pages pp42-43 & pp57-59; publisher's green silk lined case with two ivory-clasps, titles to front board and to spine, patterned brocade upper board with black lettering, expertly sown, gilt top-edge, others untrimmed, minor split along hinges to spine of outer case, near fine condition; [xvi], [4], 238pp, [2].
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