Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hearn, Lafcadio. Kotto Being Curios with Sundry Cobwebs. Macmillan, 1902.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some slight wear on edges of covers and at head and foot of spine; a water stain on back cover, owner signature on back of frontispiece. A sound copy
Seller: Friends of Middletown Thrall Library, Inc., Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
HEARN, LAFCADIO. Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs. Macmillan 1902, 1902.
Price: US$55.02 + shipping
Description: first edition, small octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, black rule to front board and embossed design, frontispiece, viii + 251pp + 2pp, illus, VG (light wear and fading to boards, wear to page edges, light tanning, small closed tear to lower prelim page edge, ink owner's name to half title page)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Hearn, Lafcadio. Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, With Sundry Cobwebs. Macmillan, NY, 1902.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Frontis, 251pp, [2] ads. Extremities a bit rown with some minor fraying at the spine ends, else very good in publisher's drab cloth decorated in gilt. Estelle Doheny collection bookplate on front pastedown. BAL 7938.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Lafcadio Hearn. Kotto: Being Japanese Curios with Sundry Cobwebs. The Macmillan Co, New York, 1902.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, olive green decorative cloth binding with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, corners lightly rubbed, owner's bookplate, storis, illustrated with Japanese prints, 251 pages
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York:The Macmillan Company. 1902. 1st edition, 1st state with design on title page upside down. vii+251pp+2pp ads. Illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. Hardcover. Decorated green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges, spine ends and edge points. Top page edges gilt but rubbed. Internally pages clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Photograph frontispiece has discolored pages adjacent to it, including title page. Otherwise a very good, clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Kotto, Being Japanese Curios with Sundry Cobwebs. MacMillan, New York, 1902.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Woodcuts and lithographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages; 1902 MacMillan. HC 1st edition, 1st state. In publisher's decorative pictorial olive green cloth. Pictorial elements to cover and spine in gold, black and forest green. Single black rule border to cover board. 1st issue/state with pictorial overlay on title page misprinted upside down. Generally neat and sound with mild shelf soiling to boards and light foxing to the recto of the frontis photo illustration. Top edge gilt; untrimmed front edge with some several pages opened a little roughly. Prior owner's large engraved pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, partailly atop a small morocco bookplate. An unexplained small ink stamp to the rear pastedown - "General Literature" - but otherwise clean and unmarked. Light crimping to cloth at crwon of the spine; one or two mild gaps between signature in the internals. Illustrated with woodcut impressions in-text and lithographs on glossy stock. Uncommon 1st state. VG-
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition. Olive cloth covered boards with gold text and green, black and gold graphics on front panel and spine. Edges at head and tail of board spine are chipped and frayed. All board edges are rubbed. Fore-edge corners are turned in, and rubbed with a small amount of fraying. Top of page edges are gilt; side and lower edges are untrimmed. Lovely illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
HEARN, Lafcadio.. Kotto. Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs.. Macmillan, New York, 1902.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: vii, 251 [2, ads] pp. With Illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth. First edition, first state. Bumped at the lower corners and extremities of spine; otherwise a very attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Lafcadio Hearn. KOTTO. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bound in olive cloth with a very decorative front board and spine. Board edges are shelf rubbed with a tiny corner of board peeking out. Top edge gilt though dust dulled a bit, rest untrimmed. Cleaning spot on front board. 251pp plus ads .
Seller: Charles Thomas Bookseller, Stratham, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii-x] [1-2] 3-251 [252: blank] [253-254: ads], three inserted plates, illustrations in the text by Genjiro Yeto, title page printed in red and black, illustrations in text printed in orange, original pictorial olive cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, black and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Title leaf is integral part of first gathering and the background is printed upside down. This collection of literary sketches includes nine "old stories" selected from "old Japanese books, to illustrate some strange beliefs." Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-438. BAL 7938 (noted state 1). Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#80600)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Lafcadio Hearn. Kotto. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1902.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, first printing complete with 22 large wood engraving by Genjiro Yeto, each matched with a smaller version. Tilte page engraving upside down. Mutlipe additional engravings, illustractions, and photographs. Bound in brown cloth over boards. Front cover is framed and contains the title, author, and illustration of a peacock in gilding and color. Corners remain sharp. Some rubbing at corners, hinge, and edges. Top edge gilded, other edges uncut and toned. Frontispiece photograph present with rice paper guard. Pages are very clean and clear with only slight toning to interior.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Green T-grain cloth blocked in black, light green and gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with drawings printed in red, and the title page in red and black. Neat ink name of former owner on front free endpaper. Trace of edge wear else a fine copy. First state, with the inverted border. BAL 1938. .
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Lafcadio Hearn; Genjiro Yeto. Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs. Macmillan, 1902.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition, only minor shelf wear on the top and bottom of the spine, page before cover page has separated but intact. Minor browning of outside of pages, inside pages are intact, binding is gently read and tight.
Seller: Amusespot, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. KOTTO. Macmillan, 1902.
Price: US$203.00 + shipping
Description: KOTTO, Macmillan, 1902, 1st ed. (first issue), lower corners gently bumped, else just about fine in wonderful pictorial stamped cloth.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 251 + adv. leaf. Bound in olive cloth stamped in green and gilt. Untrimmed. A near fine copy. Perkins pp. 45-46; BAL 7938. A lovely copy of this classic book of Japanese legends, stories and tales from Japan This collection of includes nine"old stories" selected from "old Japanese books, to illustrate some strange beliefs. First Edition, second issue with the background material on the title page printed correctly.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
LAFCADIO HEARN. KOTTO BEING JAPANESE CURIOS, WITH SUNDRY COBWEBS. N.Y. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1902.
Price: US$398.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: COLLECTED BY LAFCADIO HEARN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GENJIRO YETO. First Edition, first state. original olive-green cloth,spine and front cover decorated in gilt,green and black, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. vii 251pp.,2pp.advts. The background illustration of title-page printed upside down. extremities rubbed and slightly worn,edges lightly foxed, four japanese character stamps in purple on dedication page,else text clean and crisp, A VERY GOOD COPY 20.5x14.5cm
Seller: Kitazawa Bookstore, ABAJ/ILAB, Tokyo, Japan