KWAIDAN: STORIES AND STUDIES OF STRANGE THINGS
by Lafcadio Hearn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. The author was a lecturer on English literature in the Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan (1896-1903), and an Honorary Member of the Japan Society, London. 240 pages, illustrated frontis and 1 other illustration - these 17 stories feature several Japanese ghost stories and also includes a brief, non-fiction study of insects (butterflies, mosquitoes, ants). Hearn is credited with introducing Japanese culture and literature to the West. Hard cover book with light edge wear, inked name on flyleaf, moderate scuff marks on both pastedowns..
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Details
- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103688
- Title
- KWAIDAN: STORIES AND STUDIES OF STRANGE THINGS
- Author
- Lafcadio Hearn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- kwaidan, strange stories, insect stories, japanese literature, japanese culture, japan society member, imperial university in tokyo japan, ghost stories
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About the Seller
UHR Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hollis Center, Maine
About UHR Books
A large collection of about 45,000 books, one third of which are in the medical area.
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