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Seller: LIVREAUTRESORSAS, LA BAZOCHE GOUET, France
Condition: 4. EDITION DE 1965. USURES D'USAGE DE LA COUVERTURE AVEC DES PLIS. LITTERATURE JAPONAISE. 296 PAGES. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE.
Published by Liveright, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871402149ISBN 13: 9780871402141
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. M. Kuwata (illustrator). New.
Published by Liveright, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871402149ISBN 13: 9780871402141
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. M. Kuwata (illustrator). New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Finely colored title & 12 colored tipped-in plates by Ryuichi Oana. 1 p.l., 160 pp., one leaf of colophon. Small folio, orig. yellow cloth with pictorial medallions inset into each cover, orig. glassine wrapper & slipcase. Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1928. First edition, posthumously published, of this beautiful book, a collection of fairy tales, including the famous story "Kumo no ito" ["The Spider's Thread"]. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story "In the Grove" which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa. Fine copy of an example of luxurious Japanese bookmaking.