Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things.

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Limited edition bound in Japanese brocade A fascinating exemplar of the Greek-Irish author's most celebrated collection of ghost stories. Limited edition, signed by the artist, number 164 of 1,500 copies on watermarked ragged paper; illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Yasumasa Fujita including two frontispieces in colour printed from woodblock, tissue-guard dividing title-page, minor blemishes to small number of pages pp42-43 pp57-59; publisher's green silk lined case with two ivory-clasps, titles to front board and to spine, patterned brocade upper board with black lettering, expertly sown, gilt top-edge, others untrimmed, minor split along hinges to spine of outer case, near fine condition; [xvi], [4], 238pp, [2].

• Binding: Hardcover

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