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1) The Guild of Book Workers 75th Anniversary Exhibition
Borghese, Susanna, et al. (Guild of Book Workers)

The Guild of Book Workers 75th Anniversary Exhibition
NY The Guild of Book Workers, 1981. 1st ed., 1st ptg. 1500 copies. Softcover. VG/-. 8vo. Obl. 96pp. Illus. endpp. A beautiful collection of color and b/w photographs along w/ mini-biographies of the featured artists and descriptions of their books. Slight wear to extremeties; fading to spine, light scuffing to wraps. (more information)

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2) Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Hearn, Lafcadio

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Tokyo: The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd, 1932. 1st ed. thus. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is #474. Hardcover. NF/No dustjacket. 8vo. 238pp., Full colour plate, double-page color frontis., 20 full page b&w illus., col. w/ edition # and illustrator's sig. (Yasumasa Fujita). Boards are bound Japanese style in gold silk brocade, TEG. Boards show edge-wear on bottom edges and corners. Hearn's second to last book, a collection of "Kwaidan" ghost tales of Japan. Unfortunately there is no slipcase for this beautiful volume but it is "In archival plastic." (more information)

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