Item #34235 Letters from Shimane and Kyushu. Lafcadio Hearn.

Letters from Shimane and Kyushu

Kyoto: The Sunward Press, 1934. Limited edition (1 of 100 copies). Hardcover. 71 pp. Quarto [27 cm]; mulberry silk boards with a paper title label on the spine and a grey bird design on the front board. In a tan stiff card slipcase with decorative gilt stamped flecks. Minimal wear to the extremities. Small bookseller's label adhered to the rear pastedown. Extra spine label tipped in at the limitation page by the publisher. The slipcas lightly bumped at corners. Near fine book in very good slipcase. Item #34235

The Letters first appeared in Japan Weekly Mail. This edition gathers them all together and was privately printed in an edition of 100 copies for Dr. Sanki Ichikawa, this is number 79 of 100. Cover and internal illustrations by Keisuke Serizawa.

Price: $2,500.00

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