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Lafcadio Hearn.. Barbarous Barbers and Other Stories.. The Hokuseido Press,, 1939.
Price: US$109.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edited by Ichiro Nishizaki. First ed. 8vo. viii, 319pp. Original cloth, slightly stained. Dust jacket.
Seller: The Isseido Booksellers, ABAJ, ILAB, Tokyo, Japan
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 319pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Olive green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and bamboo design on the spine. Very good. The spine is heavily rolled, and the spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped. There is a bookseller's tiny label on the front free endsheet. There is a 1 inch long closed tear at the head of the title page. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with very light soiling. The spine of the jacket is subtly faded. The edges are a little chipped, and have a couple of small closed tears. There is a faint erased pencil notation on the front inside flap. Includes essays and sketches written while Lafcadio Hearn wrote for the Cincinnati and New Orleans newspapers.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$527.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All 5 vol. are very good or better, with only minor bumping to extremities. ( one vol. has some mottling to the back cover ). Green cloth, gilt stamped spines, embossed back cover. This complete set comprises . Barbarous Barbers & Other Stories / Oriental Articles / Buying Christmas toys & Other Essays / The New Radiance & Other Scientific Sketches / and Literary Essays. All 5 books are inscribed by Nishizaki on the front endpapers. Scarce thus. These may incur extra postage charge.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada