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KWAIDAN
by HEARN, Lafcadio
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Faint dampstain to the bottom corner of the pages for approximately the last third of the book, not affecting the text, plates,
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tokyo: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by The Shimbi Shoin, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint dampstain to the bottom corner of the pages for approximately the last third of the book, not affecting the text, plates, or the covers which are all clean. Near Fine in a Near Fine silk wrap-case with one ivory clasp detached but present and a short split along one back edge. Yasumasa Fujita. Small octavo (6" x 8-1/4") bound in boards covered with a rich golden Japanese brocade sewn with heavy blue silk and housed in a wrap-case made of heavy Japanese silk fastened with two ivory tabs. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita with 18 full-page illustrations printed by collotype from blocks of wood in varying colors and two illustrations in full color reproduced by the impressions of about fifty wood blocks, giving them the charm and decorative value of fine Japanese prints. Copy #505 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator, in Japanese, on the colophon page.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021499
- Title
- KWAIDAN
- Author
- HEARN, Lafcadio
- Illustrator
- Yasumasa Fujita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Faint dampstain to the bottom corner of the pages for approximately the last third of the book, not affecting the text, plates,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by The Shimbi Shoin
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Signed, Japanese Literature, Limited Editions Club, Fine Bindings, Fine Press, Lafcadio Hearn, Illustrated Books, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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