HEARN, Lafcadio.

KWAIDAN. Limited Editions Club Edition.

      GHOSTLY: ISSUED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 NUMBERED COPIES Tokyo 1932, Shimbi Shoin. Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club. Water marked "Kwaidan," slipcase, ivory clips top gilt, 2 color woodcuts. LIMITED EDITION 1500 COPIES With an introduction by Oscar Lewis, preface by Lafcadio Hearn. With stories: Kwaidan: Story of Mimi-nashi-hoichi; Oshidori; The Story of O-tei; Ubazakura; Diplomacy; Of a Mirror and a Bell; Jikininki; Mujina; Rokuro-kubi; A Dead Secret; Yuki-Onna; The Story of Aoyagi; Jiu-Roku-Zakura; The Dream of Akinosuke; Riki-Baka; Hi-Mawari; Horai. Insect Studies: Butterflies; Mosquitoes; Ants. Truly lovely work, which became the subject of the celebrated ghostly Japanese film "Kwaidan." Introduction by Oscar Lewis. * This is the Limited Editions Club issue, it was printed by the celebrated Shimbi Shoin in Tokyo, and is bound Japanese style with stitched spine, and in a folding Chitsu cloth case with ivory clasps. * This edition has two lovely color woodcut prints illustrated by Yasumasu Fujita, one is a double-page-folding, the other a single page color print. Also contains 5 monotones and 14 black & white illustrations. The deckle edge paper of each page is nicely water marked "Kwaidan," in the lower corner, a special touch ! Beautifully printed, with a lovely colophon as the last page. * LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 1500 ONLY COPIES, signed and cinnabar sealed with the artist's seal or Hanko chop. At the top of the colophon is also another chop of Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese name seal "Koizumi Yakumo." Lovely paper title label on the covers, the back cover has another matching paper label with copy number and the publisher's name. Beautifully executed ! * Color scans can be sent by email.Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2008 Rare Oriental Book Co.