Drop Dew First Signed Limited (2 results)

[Tokyo 1950, Hokuseido]. Buff boards, slipcase, very bright, 21 x 27.5 cm., brush SIGNED by Kazuo Koizumi Hearn's son, silver flecked paper covers, gold stamped,deckle edge paper. *FIRST & ONLY SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 350 COPIES . *** **** *** . . IN CELEBRATION OF HEARN'S BIRTH CENTENNIAL . . . HIS SON KAZUO KOIZUMI'S LOVING TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER . . . PUBLISHED "A DROP OF DEW" HIS MOST TREASURED ESSAY . . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF . . . 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HEARN'S FIRST SON . * The work was inspired by Hearn's eldest son, Kazuo Koizumi [Hearn] as a tribute to his father's hundredth birth anniversary. . The work was meticulously designed, printed and executed by the long-time Hearn publisher & friend Nakatsuchi Jumpei, at the Hokuseido Press. Hokuseido had published a large amount of Hearn's writings prior to Hearn's death in 1904, and was a close family friend with the Koizumi family. . The book contains [10] facsimile manuscript pages of the complete essay from title to last page, with Hearn's signature, "Tokyo, Japan Nov.15, 1900" followed by his "Koizimi" red cinnabar Hanko [seal/chop]. . *** KAZUO'S CERTIFICATION: Kazuo's name appears at the end in the 'Certificate' & Limitation statement colophon, signing each of the 350 copies, with mechanical number stamped. . *** PRINTED ON WASHI PAPER: The work is printed on specially prepared hand-made Washi paper by the eminent Fukui province papermaker Okamoto Shokai. The work is printed on hand-made watermarked Japanese vellum paper with Hearn's crest. . The book is bound in gold-stamped title on the covers, in decorated boards with silver flecked Washi paper. . It contains 10 pages of facsimile of Hearn 's manuscript with his cinnabar Hanko [seal/chop], with an important four-page English postscript by his son, Kazuo. . The book is contained in a buff board slipcase with title printed in black ink. . *** THE "CERTIFICATE" & COLOPHON: . The "CERTIFICATE" page states: "This is issued by the Hokuseido Press 350 copies have been printed on water-marked Japanese vellum signed by the author. This is No .[add number], below which are four bamboo-brushed Kanji: 'KOIZUMI KAZUO,' and two square red cinnabar Hanko. . THE COLOPHON: Followed by the English colophon reading: . "HERE ENDS A DROP OF DEW by Lafcadio Hearn. The hand-made paper was specially prepared by Okamoto Shokai of Fukui. The typography and binding arranged by Jumpei Nakatsuchi. Printed on his press at 12 Nishikicho, Sanchome, Kanda in the city of Tokyo. Completed on the seventh day of the seventh month in the year MCML. THE HOKUSEIDO PRESS." . *** SLIPCASE: Each copy is contained in the original publisher's plain buff paper covered board slipcase, with thumb-pull cut-out and black printed title on the front cover. . *** SPECIAL COPY SIGNED TWICE: Copy 1.: This special copy contains Kazuo's English signature alongside the Japanese bamboo-brushed signature, which is numbered ONE [of 350] copies, followed by two red cinnabar Hanko [chop/seal]. . This exceptionally RARE example was a Special editor's Presentation copy to a very close foreign friend. . * All other copies are otherwise numbered, bamboo-brush signed once in Japanese, with the two red cinnabar Hanko [chop/seal]. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: Bound per above, with gold-stamped cover and spine titles. Each copy was mechanically numbered then bamboo brush signed by Kazuo in Japanese with his two Hanko. . Contained in the original slipcase. The slipcase usually shows normal wear where the book is inserted & open corners where rubbing from insertion and removal occurs. Slipcases do their function and protect the book, therefor they will commonly have usual minor bit of wear, signs of use, rubbing, tiny bumps, scuffs and the like, which is to be expected. . The contents remains pristine, bright, clean and very solid no issues. . Each copy can vary, please carefully read the descriptions prior to ord.

[Tokyo 1950, Hokuseido]. Buff boards, slipcase, very bright, 21 x 27.5 cm., DOUBLE-SIGNED by Kazuo Koizumi Hearn's son, silver flecked paper covers, gold stamped,deckle edge paper. *FIRST & ONLY LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 350 DOUBLE SIGNED* . *** **** *** . . IN CELEBRATION OF HEARN'S BIRTH CENTENNIAL . . . HIS SON KAZUO KOIZUMI'S LOVING TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER . . . PUBLISHED "A DROP OF DEW" HIS MOST TREASURED ESSAY . . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF . . . 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HEARN'S FIRST SON . * The work was inspired by Hearn's eldest son, Kazuo Koizumi [Hearn] as a tribute to his father's hundredth birth anniversary. . The work was meticulously designed, printed and executed by the long-time Hearn publisher & friend Nakatsuchi Jumpei, at the Hokuseido Press. Hokuseido had published a large amount of Hearn's writings prior to Hearn's death in 1904, and was a close family friend with the Koizumi family. . The book contains [10] facsimile manuscript pages of the complete essay from title to last page, with Hearn's signature, "Tokyo, Japan Nov.15, 1900" followed by his "Koizimi" red cinnabar Hanko [seal/chop]. . *** KAZUO'S CERTIFICATION: Kazuo's name appears at the end in the 'Certificate' & Limitation statement colophon, signing each of the 350 copies, with mechanical number stamped. . *** PRINTED ON WASHI PAPER: The work is printed on specially prepared hand-made Washi paper by the eminent Fukui province papermaker Okamoto Shokai. The work is printed on hand-made watermarked Japanese vellum paper with Hearn's crest. . The book is bound in gold-stamped title on the covers, in decorated boards with silver flecked Washi paper. . It contains 10 pages of facsimile of Hearn 's manuscript with his cinnabar Hanko [seal/chop], with an important four-page English postscript by his son, Kazuo. . The book is contained in a buff board slipcase with title printed in black ink. . *** THE "CERTIFICATE" & COLOPHON: . The "CERTIFICATE" page states: "This is issued by the Hokuseido Press 350 copies have been printed on water-marked Japanese vellum signed by the author. This is No .[add number], below which are four bamboo-brushed Kanji: 'KOIZUMI KAZUO,' and two square red cinnabar Hanko. . THE COLOPHON: Followed by the English colophon reading: . "HERE ENDS A DROP OF DEW by Lafcadio Hearn. The hand-made paper was specially prepared by Okamoto Shokai of Fukui. The typography and binding arranged by Jumpei Nakatsuchi. Printed on his press at 12 Nishikicho, Sanchome, Kanda in the city of Tokyo. Completed on the seventh day of the seventh month in the year MCML. THE HOKUSEIDO PRESS." . *** SLIPCASE: Each copy is contained in the original publisher's plain buff paper covered board slipcase, with thumb-pull cut-out and black printed title on the front cover. . *** SPECIAL COPY SIGNED TWICE: Copy 1.: This special copy contains Kazuo's English signature alongside the Japanese bamboo-brushed signature, which is numbered ONE [of 350] copies, followed by two red cinnabar Hanko [chop/seal]. . This exceptionally RARE example was a Special editor's Presentation copy to a very close foreign friend. . * All other copies are otherwise numbered, bamboo-brush signed once in Japanese, with the two red cinnabar Hanko [chop/seal]. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: Bound per above, with gold-stamped cover and spine titles. Each copy was mechanically numbered then bamboo brush signed by Kazuo in Japanese with his two Hanko. . Contained in the original slipcase. The slipcase usually shows normal wear where the book is inserted & open corners where rubbing from insertion and removal occurs. Slipcases do their function and protect the book, therefor they will commonly have usual minor bit of wear, signs of use, rubbing, tiny bumps, scuffs and the like, which is to be expected. . The contents remains pristine, bright, clean and very solid no issues. . Each copy can vary, please carefully read the descriptions prior to or.