Oct 14, 2010 - Sale 2225

Sale 2225 - Lot 258

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?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; as new in rice paper overslips; publisher's board Chi-tsu box with faux bone clasps, a touch of soiling, otherwise unusually nice. Larger format (7 1/2x5 3/4 inches) post-World War I printings, distributed by Macrae-Smith in Philadelphia. Tokyo: Hasegawa, early 1920s

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Hearn's celebrated series of story books. The titles include The Boy Who Drew Cats, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling, Chin Chin Kobakama, The Fountain of Youth, and The Goblin Spider.