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Shadowings
by Hearn, Lafcadio
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Litttle, Brown & Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo. i-xii, 268 pages. Hearn's brilliant description on pages 225-232 of the physical and psychological feelings during a dream of flying is unparalleled. He believed that "all man's dreams of paradise, of a golden past age, or a perfect future, were born of the thin light vanishing sensations of dreams." 5 plates are inserted as called for in Blanck. BAL7935. Title page in black and orange. Blue cloth with top edges gilt. A near fine and very rare early dust jacket.
Synopsis
This a collection of Japanese folk tales about the supernatural, gleaned by Lafcadio Hearn during his life in Japan. At least one of these stories (the reconciliation) featured in the 1960's classic Japanese movie 'Kwaidan' (pronounced 'Kai-dan in modern Japanese).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029982
- Title
- Shadowings
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Litttle, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Dream State; Physical and Psychological Apects of Flying While Dreaming; Rare Early Dust Jacket First Edition, Lafacadio Hearn
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Fine
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