Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (SIGNED by Artist)
by Lafcadio Hearn; Introduction by Oscar Lewis; Illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Limited Editions Club / The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd., 1932. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with string-ties over spine, which is the fold end of the combined signatures; boards are covered in tan with with a cloud pattern; top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers; a few color illustrations; others are single color; limited edition 1393/1500; signed in Japanese script by Yasumasa Fujita. Book is in very good pus condition with a little loss of cloth to fore edges and bottom edges of boards and a little to the spine corners; very slight toning/foxing to endpapers; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in poor condition: in pieces but complete; toning to title panels; some old scotch tape and a little peeling..
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131193
- Title
- Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (SIGNED by Artist)
- Author
- Lafcadio Hearn; Introduction by Oscar Lewis; Illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club / The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Signed Books;
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- Cloth
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