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Lot 176

Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 - 800
Price Realized
$938
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[JAPANESE FAIRY TALES]. HEARN, Lafcaido, translator. 5 volumes, comprising: 


The Boy Who Drew Cats. -- The Old Woman Who Lost her Dumpling. -- Chin Chin Kobakama. -- The Fountain of Youth. -- The Goblin Spider.

Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, 8vo, all printed on crepe with original crepe wrappers stab-sewn (without folding case). All larger format 7 1/2 x 5 1/2-in. post-WWI printings, with various Hasegawa imprints.

[With:] 3 smaller format works with Nishinomiya imprints, on crepe, comprising: Motomaro. -- The Hare of Inaba. -- The Ogre's Arm.  


Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher

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