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Lafcadio Hearn. Thirteen Books,... (Total: 13 Items)
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Lafcadio Hearn. Thirteen Books, including: The Goblin Spider. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [n.d.]. Twelvemo. Crepe paper that has been fan-folded and tied with silk in a four-hole Japanese binding. Color illustrations printed from Japanese woodblocks. Light, general soiling and a dampstain on the upper fore-edge. A very good copy of this fragile item. [and:] Kokoro, Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. First edition. Octavo. 388 pages. Front hinge is split. Spine is faded and boards are lightly rubbed and bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Good. [and:] Gleanings in Buddha-Fields, Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1897]. First edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Spine is darkened and cloth is split on top edge. Boards are lightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Very good. [and:] A Japanese Miscellany. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. First edition. Octavo. 305 pages. Former lending library copy with marks to support. No jacket. Very good. [and:] Kotto, Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs. New York: Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Octavo. 251 pages. Complete, but heavily worn ex-library copy. Fair. [and:] Kwaidan. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Later printing. Octavo. 240 pages. Spine is faded and has a slight lean. Boards are rubbed and edge worn. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] Milton Bronner [editor]. Letters From the Raven, Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin. London: Archibald Constable & Company, 1908. First edition. Octavo. 201 pages. Boards are rubbed and bumped. Spine is faded and splitting on the ends. Good. [and:] Japan, An Attempt at Interpretation. New York: Macmillan Company, 1910. Later printing. Octavo. 549 pages. Front hinge is broken. No dust jacket. Good. [and:] Yone Noguchi. Lafcadio Hearn in Japan. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. Second edition. Pages are gathered, sewn, and laid into a folding box with clasps. Pages are browned and show spotting. Box is edge worn and separated along two seams and in pieces. Good. [and:] Karma. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. Second printing. Octavo. 163 pages. Boards are rubbed and worn at the corners. Very good. [and:] Fantastics and Other Fancies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1924]. Later printing. Octavo. 242 pages. Rear hinge is splitting. Spine is leaning and boards are rubbed and edge worn. Book exchange stamps on front free-endpaper. Good. [and:] Rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn. Talks To Writers. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Later printing. Octavo. 243 pages. Spine is leaning. Front hinge is broken. Boards show rubbing and edge wear with splitting to spine ends. No jacket. Good. [and:] The Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn. New York: Citadel Press, 1959. First paperbound edition. 566 pages. Rubbed and worn with several corners folds. Very good. From the Frank Collection.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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