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Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d, circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated, twelve folded-over leaves, including cover. Larger format, 7.5 by 5.25 inches, or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women, with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers, and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge.
Japanese Fairy Tales (in 5 Books) by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn
by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese Fairy Tales (in 5 Books)
by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn
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- Paperback
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Philadelphia (Tokyo): Macrae-Smith Company (T. Hasegawa). Original wraps. Near Fine. Part of the wonderful "Japanese Fairy Tale" series, originally published (in a smaller format) by T. Hasegawa of Tokyo in very late 19th/early 20th century and here presented for an American audience in its larger format by the Macrae-Smith Company of Philadelphia. These 5 self-contained fairy tales have in common the sure translations of the great Lafcadio Hearn. They're also neatly contained in Macrae-Smith's printed blue cloth chemise (which shows very light rubbing and foxing at the front panel), with ivory clasps. All 5 of the fairy tales are vibrant and near-pristine in their ribbon-tied crepe paper, with rich illustrations from colored woodblocks. All of the volumes appear to be original printings in this American format and they most likely date from the 1895-1930. The 5 volumes are: "The Boy Who Drew Cats"; "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling"; "The Goblin Spider"; "The Fountain of Youth"; and "Chin Chin Kobakama"
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Bookseller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Format/Binding Original wraps
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Macrae-Smith Company (T. Hasegawa)
- Place of Publication Philadelphia (Tokyo)
- Keywords rare mythology, rare Japanese mythology, rare Japanese fairy tales, rare Lafcadio Hearn, rare Lafcadio Hearn translations
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Chin Chin Kobakama. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25
by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn. Story by Suzuki Kason or Arai Yoshimune (uncredited)
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New York, New York, United States
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£161.86
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The Goblin Spider (Japanese Fairy Tales: Second Series, No. 1)
by Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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£323.72
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Tokyo: T. Hasagawa, 1930. Wraps. Near Fine. A lovely example of this uncommon offering in the "Japanese Fairy Tales" series, published by T. Hasegawa of Tokyo, circa 1930. Clean, bright and Near Fine to Fine in its string-tied terrycloth, with nicely-reproduced color woodblocks thruout. 64mo, text rendered into English by the great Lafcadio Hearn.
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£323.72