Sold by RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since June 19, 1997
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Tokyo 1920, Hokuseido. Blue cloth,gold stamped spine titles, bamboo design & front cover with Hearn heron Mon,10.5 x 18.1 cm., Hearn frontis, 401p., 7p. b. w. photos, very bright, clean & solid,B.Fellers signed copy.3RD PTG OF FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . R A R E PRE-1923 EARTHQUAKE EDITION . . . KOIZUMI YAKUMO BUN SHU DAI IPPEN . . . LAFCADIO HEARN WORKS . . . R A R E VOLUME 1 OF THE SERIES: "DIARIES AND LETTERS" . * RARE TRUE & OBSCURE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 1920. . Text in English is on the left-hand side of the pages and the matching Japanese texts is on the right-hand side of the pages. . This important and most obscure work was compiled, written & translated by one of Hearn's most brilliant Japanese students, R. Tanabe. . It contains the following in both full English & their Japanese translations: . 1. "FROM THE DIARY OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER," . Matsue, Sept. 2, 1890 -Dec. 23, 1891. . 2. "Kyushu Students." . 3. "Letters: . a. "To Ochai . b. To Basil Hall Chamberlain, Kumamoto June 1896. . *** WITH 13 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS: . There are 13 early photos in this volume. Two of Hearn in the frontispiece. . Some of Hearn's letter replies and letters addressed to Hearn from his friends and also his best student, R. Tanabe. . Photos of Hearn's Matsue home library, study and book collection. . Photos of Hearn's various Japanese students, Kumamoto class photo with Hearn shown seated in the front row, 2nd from the right and school building photos. . *** Showing R. Tanabe's true dedication to Hearn, he created this series of 'Hearn Memorial Translations,' originally planned as a six volume set, containing the following separately published titles: . 1. DIARIES AND LETTERS 2. IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN 3. LETTERS FROM TOKYO 4. INSECT LITERATURE 5. KOKORO 6. SEA LITERATURE . In addition to the above were . 7. 8. ISLAND VOYAGES 9. KWAIDAN . This series have been out of print and the plates destroyed in the great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. There have been no reprints since the reprinting's prior to 1923. . *** A RARE BOOK & SERIES: This series was completely wiped out in the 1923 Kanto earthquake, no plates or copies remained in the publisher's warehouse. Copies are currently obscure and seldom found. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . ============================================================ *** THE BELOW APPLIES ONLY TO THE BONNER FELLERS SIGNED & DATED COPY: . WHO WAS BONNER FELLERS: . Fellers was a military attaché in Tokyo prior to World War II, and had tracked down the Koizumi family, including Lafcadio Hearn's wife and son, Kazuo Koizumi. He struck up a close friendship with the family. Fellers had been a student of Lafcadio Hearn's writings, and in 1934-35, after being very impressed with Hearn's insights about the Japanese character. . Brigadier General Fellers had joined MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Command in Australia in late 1943, after having worked for a year in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor of the CIA. . Fellers maintained a very close relationship with Lafcadio Hearn's first son, Kazuo Koizumi prior to the War. After the war, Kazuo gave Fellers many signed presentation copies of his own books. Immediately after the war as soon as he was able to return to the Koizumi [Hearn] family home in Tokyo, he brought food and other gifts. . Nancy Jane Fellers, daughter of Bonner F. Fellers also developed a close relationship with Kazuo Hearn, Lafcadio Hearn's eldest son. In 1957, Nancy edited the stunning book by Kazuo Koizumi. See our inventory for a SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION, see our website for a copy for sale, use our book number 842828. . What makes this copy RARE, UNIQUE and highly COLLECTABLE is the inscription on the top of the first fly leaf reading: "FELLERS Tokyo June 6, 1930." Obviously Fellers bought this quaint little book while acting as the military attaché at the American embassy, Tokyo. This may have been one of his earlier acquisitions by Hear.
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