Some Chinese Ghosts.

£275 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first edition of this collection of Chinese folktales translated into English by the writer and academic Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). 'One of the scarcer of Hearn's book, since a large part of the first edition was destroyed by his publishers' (Perkins). First edition, first printing; 8vo (18.5 x 13 cm); publisher's tan cloth, Chinese mask to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, top-edge stained red, a little rubbed and stained, hinge split at title but holding, the odd internal stain; [4], 195, [1]pp. Perkins pp12-13.

• Binding: Hardcover

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