Oct 12, 2006 - Sale 2088

Sale 2088 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(JAPANESE FAIRY TALES.) Hearn, Lafcadio. Japanese Fairy Tales. 5 volumes. Color woodblock illustrations printed on crepe paper. 8vo, original sewn crepe paper wrappers; publisher's board Chi- tsu box with faux bone clasps, joints split, soiled; books fine with original tissue paper covers. Larger format (7 1/2x5 3/8-inch, post-World War One printings. Tokyo: Hasegawa, early 1920s

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Hearn's celebrated series of story books. The titles include: 1. The Boy Who Drew Cats. 2. The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling. 3. Chin Chin Kobakama. 4. The Fountain of Youth. 5. The Goblin Spider.