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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (SIGNED by Artist)
by Lafcadio Hearn; Introduction by Oscar Lewis; Illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Limited Editions Club / The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd., 1932. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with string-ties over spine, which is the fold end of the combined signatures; boards are covered in tan with with a cloud pattern; top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers; a few color illustrations; others are single color; limited edition 1393/1500; signed in Japanese script by Yasumasa Fujita. Book is in very good pus condition with a little loss of cloth to fore edges and bottom edges of boards and a little to the spine corners; very slight toning/foxing to endpapers; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in poor condition: in pieces but complete; toning to title panels; some old scotch tape and a little peeling..
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131193
- Title
- Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (SIGNED by Artist)
- Author
- Lafcadio Hearn; Introduction by Oscar Lewis; Illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club / The Shimbi Shoin, Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
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Books returnable within 5 days if you are not satisfied.
About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
Biblio member since 2005
Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.