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GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS: Studies Of Hand And Soul In The Far East.
by HEARN, Lafcadio
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- Hardcover
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Boston [1897], Houghton. Blue cloth,gold stamped front cover & spine titles,looks like a Japanese style stitched binding, top edge gilt, 296p., covers a bit spotted on spine & back, contents brilliantly clean, binding solid, later edition. . *** **** *** . . ONE OF HEARN'S EARLIEST & MOST ICONIC BOOKS . . . ON BUDDHISM IN JAPAN . . . WITH ELEVEN STUNNING ESSAYS & SHORT STORIES . . * This iconic & classic work consists of eleven Hearn stories, based on his observations, study and travel research in Japan. Superb essays on Kyoto the heart of Japanese Buddhism, Buddhist themes, folk-lore, beliefs, superstitions, religion and other bizarre and other fascinating examples. . *** Contents: . A LIVING GOD . OUT OF THE STREET . NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYOTO . DUST . ABOUT FACES IN JAPANESE ART . NINGYO-NO--HAKA . IN OSAKA . BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG . NIRVANA . THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGORO . WITHIN THE CIRCLE . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BINDING & CONDITION: Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with cover designs like a Japanese stitched book in gold lines with gold titles on front and spine, top edge gilt, other edges trimmed. . When present this came with a dust jacket with the identical cover gold stamping, similar to a stitched Japanese book. . The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION was a Limited Edition of 1750 copies and has 1897 on the title page, other, later editions only have 1897 on the verso of the title page. . *** REFERENCES: . P. D. Perkins: LAFCADIO HEARN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS, p.30. . * BAL 7929 . * .
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- Title
- GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS: Studies Of Hand And Soul In The Far East.
- Author
- HEARN, Lafcadio
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Lafcadio Hearn: By/about, His Writings, Translations & Manuscripts; Japanese Literature: Fiction, Novels, Languistics, Culture, Theatre &c; Japanese Folk Art; Japanese Social Science, History, Law, Economics & Eclectic Item; ; Japanese Music;
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An Art & Intellectual Property Co. Since 1967* * * * *SINCE 1967, THE PAST FIFTY-YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PURVEYORS OF FINE & RARE BOOKS ON ALL ASPECTS FAR EASTERN, ASIAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURES, COUNTRIES & SUBJECTS.Specialties include but are not limited to: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM, INDO-CHINE, CAMBODIA, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, CANTON, MACAO AREAS. LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts, Collections, Obscure Items, Japanese Cirimen-bon [Crepe Paper Books], LIBRARIES PURCHASED, APPRASIAL FOR ANY REASON. MEMBERS OF THE ABAA & ILAB SINCE JUNE 1973
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