SOME CHINESE GHOSTS (ML# 130.1, 225 Titles Listed on Inside of DJ, Autumn, 1934)

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RARE OLD BOOK: Brown Balloon Cloth with gold torchbearer leaping left on cover; Spine 7, with Kent Endpaper, 95 cents on front flap. Rare DJ: has 225 titles listed on inside; two chips on edges, one at top right corner; tanning on spine. STORY: A stylized retelling of ancient legends, was one of his earliest books, a foreshadowing of his later fascination with Asian themes. This collection of six stories reveals his deep fascination with the weird beauty of Chinese folk-tales; highly valued by experts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born in Greece to a Greek mother and an Irish father, a complex series of conflicts and events led to young Lafcadio Hearn being moved to Ireland, where he was abandoned first by his mother (leaving him in the care of her husband's aunt), then his father and finally by his father's aunt, who had been appointed his official guardian. At the age of 19 he was put on a boat to the United States, where he found a job as newspaper reporter, first in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later in New Orleans. From there he was sent as a correspondent, first to the French West Indies, where he stayed for two years, and then to Japan, where he would remain for the rest of his life. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF ExCELLENCE. N° de ref. del artículo 2293

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