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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1073

Japanese Fairy Tales. By Lafcadio Hearn. Five-book set. T. Hasegawa & Art Printer. Tokyo. The Boy Who Drew Cats. Ca. 1925; The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling. 1937 reprint; Chin Chin Kobakama. 1925; The Goblin Spider. 1925; The Fountain of Youth. 1925. Each book: silk stab ties, spine covered, crepe paper in folded sheets. Wrap-around cover. Born on the Ionian Greek Island of Lefkada, Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was the son of Irish Surgeon-Major Charles Bush Hearn, who served with the occupying British forces, and a Kytheran-Greek mother Rosa Antoniou Kassimatis. He is best known for his books on Japan - most notably legends and ghost stories, and his writings about the city of New Orleans, where he stayed for 10 years. A Fine set, colorful and lovely.

Sold for
$500

Sale 342 Notices
The new estimate of this lot is $500-600.