Apr 24, 2008 - Sale 2143

Sale 2143 - Lot 81

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(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, rebacked, faded, some rubbing; ex-library, with stamps and label mounted to inside box. Larger format (7 1/2x5 3/4 inches) post World War One 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.