TitleThe Boy Who Drew Cats ContributorHearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.Suzuki, Kason, 1860-1919, illustrator.Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress) PublisherTōkyō : Hasegawa TakejirōDescriptionOn double leaves, Japanese style (fukurotoji), crepe paper.
Artist's signature "Kason" (Kason Suzuki) on screen in illustration on p. 4.
On double leaves, Japanese style (fukuro toji), crepe paper (chirimen-bon).
BAL identifies 3 "first printings" (ABC) and 2 "intermediate printings" (AB), and a "reprint" with some variant text setting. Of these, first printing A was issued in large- and small-paper formats (small ca. 17 cm., large ca. 19 cm), all others in large-paper only. All have the same Japanese colophon on the back cover. See BAL introduction to the Hearn entries for the bibliographical complexity of the Hearn Japanese fairy tales books
A comparison of copies of first printing A (small) and B indicates that the page images were photomechanically re-sized, with possible substitution of blocks and considerable variation in details of coloring.LanguageEnglish
MMS ID9939357679601751Monash University LibraryCatalogue RecordPhysical Item TypeTextGenre/FormBooksMedium/CarrierVolumeExtent[18] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
