Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Hearn (Lafcadio, translator) The Boy Who Drew Cats. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 23, first printing with the 10 Hiyoshicho address to inside front and back covers, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1898; The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 24, first printing with 38 Honmura-cho address to colophon, [c.1902]; Chin Chin Kobakama. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 25, first printing with 38 Honmura-cho address to colophon, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1903; The Goblin Spider. Japanese Fairy Tales. Second Series, No. 1, first printing with the 10 Hiyoshi-cho address to colophon, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1899; The Fountain of Youth, second printing with the list of 5 books translated by Hearn to advertisement at rear, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1925, first editions, colour woodblock illustrations, some scattered spotting, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original pictorial wrappers, some light marking, soiling and spotting to covers, some chipping to spines, very good generally, [Sharf p. 63], small 4to & 12mo (5)

⁂ A very good group of Hearn's celebrated translations. Rare to find with the earlier addresses in this manner. The last mentioned was published after Hearn's death. The first printing was largely destroyed in a fire following an earthquake and is now exceptionally scarce.