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[MUTH, Jon J. (b. 1960), illustrator]. KURAMOTO, John. Stonecutter. [Hampton Falls:] Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1994]. 32mo. Illustrated. [140], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's deluxe binding of full black cloth over thin boards, hand-bound in Asian style with string-bound spine and handmade wooden box with sliding lid, with 2 printed paper labels. Fine. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 70 COPIES SIGNED BY MUTH AND KURAMOTO; THIS COPY WITH AN ORIGINAL INK DRAWING SIGNED BY MUTH WITH INK-STAMPED CHARACTER. Image is opposite p. 20 in the book. Sight 15 ½ x 11 ¾". Drawing is matted (not examined out of mat). Mat size 20 ½ x 16 ¾". Fine. “Stonecutter is an adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a man's dissatisfaction with his life. Weary of being a stonecutter, he becomes many things in his quest for authority, each time finding that greater power lies elsewhere. Rooted in Taoist principles, Stonecutter is a story about the nature of power and the value of being that which you are." (from the publisher's website).