vampire cat nabeshima (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Set in Baskerville, printed in black and red at St James Park Press on Zerkall paper. One of 40 (50) standard copies stab-sewn and covered in Suminigashi paper covers by Lucy McGrath with printed label superimposed. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Beth Robertson. Silk slipcase with decorative paper-covered boards. A new copy. The Nabéshima are vampiric cats from the folklore of ancient Japan and although during the day looks like a common enough cat, it can shape shift into a specific person and uses this tactic to get close to its intended prey, whose forebearers had in many cases committed offence against the cat s previous owners. The cat then chokes its victim unconscious and then drains them of their blood. The last report of a Nabéshima attack was made on July 14th, 1929, in which it was reported that the vampire cat of Nebéshima was harassing the wives of the descendants of samurai.

2/40 COPIES (from an edition of 50 copies), printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper, 2 wood-engravings by Beth S. Robertson, the bloody paw-prints at the rear printed in red, titles printed in orange, french-folded leaves, pp. [vi], 12, [1], 8vo, original wrappers of orange suminagashi paper, stab-bound in the Japanese style, printed label to front, fine. A 'newly abridged and adapted version' of a traditional Japanese Yokai tale, re-told and collected by Mitford, Lord Redesdale, in 1871.