GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS: Studies Of Hand And Soul In The Far East. by HEARN, Lafcadio

Boston 1897, Houghton. Blue cloth, gold stamped, very good, 296p.,top edge gilt, very bright, clean & solid, bright and clean, later dust jacket in Mylar protector. 12 x 18.5 cm. * RARE IN DUST JACKET: FIRST LIMITED EDITION 1750 COPIES * . *** **** *** . . ONE OF HEARN'S EARLIEST & MOST ICONIC BOOKS . . . ON BUDDHISM IN JAPAN . . . WITH ELEVEN STUNNING ESSAYS & SHORT STORIES . . * This iconic & classic work consists of eleven Hearn stories, based on his observations, study and travel research in Japan. Superb essays on Kyoto the heart of Japanese Buddhism, Buddhist themes, folk-lore, beliefs, superstitions, religion and other bizarre and other fascinating examples. . *** Contents: . A LIVING GOD . OUT OF THE STREET . NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYOTO . DUST . ABOUT FACES IN JAPANESE ART . NINGYO-NO--HAKA . IN OSAKA . BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG . NIRVANA . THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGORO . WITHIN THE CIRCLE . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** BINDING & CONDITION: Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with cover designs like a Japanese stitched book in gold lines with gold titles on front and spine, top edge gilt, other edges trimmed. . When present this came with a dust jacket with the identical cover gold stamping, similar to a stitched Japanese book. . The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION was a Limited Edition of 1750 copies and has 1897 on the title page, other, later editions only have 1897 on the verso of the title page. . *** REFERENCES: . P. D. Perkins: LAFCADIO HEARN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS, p.30. . * BAL 7929 . * .