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November 2006 Fine Art & Antiques Auction

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730. "Kwaidan. Stories and studies of strange things" by Lafcadio Hearn

Tokyo: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Shimbi Shoin, Ltd, Tokyo, 1932. 238 pages and double-page color frontispiece, color plate, and 20 full-page black-and-white illustrations in text. Illustrated lining-papers. Bound in boards covered with dull gold Japanese brocade, silk-sewn in Japanese style; enclosed in wrap case of heavy Japanese silk with mounted printed label; ivory tab fastenings. Colophon: "Of this edition illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita, fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of the Limited editions club This copy is number 848 and signed by [the illustrator]." Introduction by Oscar Lewis. In glassine wraps, which is torn. Slip case in poor condition, book in very good condition.



150/300   Sold $184.00
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