Hearn, Lafcadio; Ichiro Nishizaki, ed. — Oriental Articles

Tokyo, Japan, The Hokuseido Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarcely available to the trade in this First Edition state. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in an olive-green linen cloth, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Stamped silver lettering to spine and with gorgeous little bamboo flourishes there, too. Top-stained handsomely in blue. Six faint marks of tape residue along spine edges and covers. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed at front free endsheet, another at title page, and tariff sheet affixed at rear endpaper. Extensive (and helpful!) pencil marginalia on the contents pages, noting the dates of original publication). Age-toning to text. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and multiple tape repairs backing the closed tears and some chipping to edges, with toning to spine and creasing thereof at bottom. "Koizumi Yakumo," Britain-born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn in 1850 of Greek-Irish descent, was a writer who worked in the United States for several newspapers before moving to Japan and in essence becoming Japanese, dying there in 1904. Remarkably well-versed in Japanese culture, especially its myths and legends, these collected articles include musings about Islam and Hinduism, Buddhism, religion, slavery, Confucianism, and militarism, collected by Mr. Albert Mordell. viii + 260 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,