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Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things / by Lafcadio Hearn ; with an introduction by Oscar Lewis.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PS1917 .K8 1932 Mausner copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs--Fiction.
- Manners and customs.
- Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Cloth bindings (Binding) -- Japan -- Tokyo -- 1932.
- Japanese sewing (Binding) -- Japan -- Tokyo -- 1932.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 238 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Shimbi Shoin, Ltd., 1932.
- Contents:
- Kwaidan: The story of Mimi-nashi-Hōïchi ; Oshidori ; The story of O-Tei ; Ubazakura ; Diplomacy ; Of a mirror and a bell ; Jikininki ; Mujina ; Rokuro-kubi ; A dead secret ; Yuki-onna ; The story of Aoyagi ; Jiuroku-zakura ; The dream of Akinosuké ; Riki-baka ; Himawari ; Hōrai
- Insect studies: Butterflies ; Mosquitoes ; Ants.
- Notes:
- "Of this edition ... illustrated by Yasumasa Fujita, fifteen hundred copies have been made ... Signed by [Yasumasa Fujita]"--Colophon.
- Illustrated lining-papers.
- Bound in boards covered with dull gold Japanese brocade, silk-sewn in Japanese style; enclosed in wrap case of heavy Japanese silk with mounted printed label and ivory tab fastenings.
- Local Notes:
- Mausner Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by the estate of Milton A. Mausner.
- Mausner Collection copy: wrap case damaged.
- Mausner Collection copy is no. 61 of a limited ed. of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator.
- Cited in:
- Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 31
- Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, no. 31
- OCLC:
- 2324277
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