Graf, Oscar und Cäcilie, [Ed.]

Japanisches Gespensterbuch [= Japanese Ghost Book]

Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft [1925], 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [8], 1-63, [1], [142 numbered plates at the end of the volume] pp. Rebound in later red cloth with a yellow cloth label lettered in red on the spine; red topstain. Later endpapers and pastedowns in addition to the original decorated endpapers and pastedowns (these decorated with black birds and green leaves on grey paper). Lacks the dust jacket. The plates are mostly black and white although several are in color (some plates are spread across two pages). They are vivid depictions of ghosts and spirits in Japanese artwork throughout time. Text in German. Near Fine. Item #000014932

A touch of toning to the leaves, else a sharp example.

Price: $200.00