Sold by RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 19 June 1997
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Boston 1896, Houghton.Green cloth,gold stamped front & spine titles, 388p., white call # on a bit faded spine, bit usual corner rubbing, clean & solid, a still very good example, 12 x 18 cm. ** FIRST LIMITED EDITION 2000 COPIES ** . *** **** *** . . ONE OF HEARN'S MOST KEEN GROUP OF EARLY ESSAYS . . . ON THE JAPANESE PSYCHE, KARMA, TRAVEL & BUDDHISM . . . 'KOKORO' MEANS "HEART, "SOUL" OR "SPIRIT" IN JAPANESE . * Containing fifteen short stories & essays by Hearn shortly after his arrival to Japan, his second book about all things Japanese, fascinating observations. . Including study of Japanese emotional sense, Samurai spirit [Bushido], courage, resolve, sentiment, affection and inner meanings. . The guiding 'spirit' of Japan's Samurai and military for centuries. Travel guide note, genius of Japanese civilization, street singer, travel diary, Buddhist temple nun, Buddhist force of Karma, twilight of the Gods, idea of preexistence, ancestor worship and popular ballads. . *** THE BINDING: Generic: The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1896, was bound in green cloth, designed to look like a stitched binding Japanese book, with gold stamped front cover and spine, top edge gilt, all edges trimmed. . With an embossed image of Hearn's first son Kazuo on the title paged, which is printed in black with red "KOKORO" Kanji in Japanese. Front & back covers are designed to look like a Japanese style stitched binding, all corners with a gold square. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** EDITIONS: Typically it was the custom of the publisher Houghton Mifflin to put the 1896 date on the title page to indicate the FIRST EDITION. Title pages lacking date or other dates found on the verso of title page indicate a later edition. . Not all copies are the same, copies vary by edition, date, location of date, color of binding, condition and other details. Please carefully read each copy notes prior to ordering. . This was issued in later editions in different colors, bindings & details. Please carefully read each copy record prior to ordering . . There were also German and other language editions of this title. please see them on our website. . *** SPECIFIC COPY DETAILS: . Generic: Contents of all all copies are pristine, no marks or issues. All copies top edge gilt. . Copy 4: this is an excellent and fine example, internally brilliantly clean & solid, there are two tiny black in spots: on the spine and front covers, they are unobtrusive and not of major impact, else excellent example, no issues. . Copy 11: spine head/tail, corners worn, rubbed, title page repaired, else clean, solid, reading copy. !! Sold "AS IS," not returnable, by ordering you agree to these terms !! . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . BAL7928 * Perkins pp.29-30 . *.
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INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIGHT OF CANCELLATION
Statutory Right to cancel
You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, P.O. Box 1599, 95001-1599, Aptos, California, U.S.A., of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail no telephone messages or calls accepted). You may use the attached model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory. You can also electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". If you use this option, we will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a cancellation on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
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RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, P.O. Box 1599, 95001-1599, Aptos, California, U.S.A.
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