Author: Lafcadio Hearn; Elizabeth Bisland [ed]
Title: The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn
Description: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of letters written by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his life in Japan. The first trade edition. Also published in a limited edition in the same year. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth. This work features a collection of letters written by Lafcadio Hearn and was edited with an introduction and preface providing bibliographical information on Hearn written by Elizabeth Bisland. Lafcadio Hearn was best known for teaching the West about Japanese culture, having moved from America to Japan. Lafcadio wrote many works on Japanese culture, with a particular interest in their legends and ghost stories. This collection of letters provides insight into Lafcadio's life in Japan. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with very minimal bumping and rubbing to the extremities and rubbing to the red emblem to the front board. Bookplate belonging to a 'Anna P. Livingston' to the front pastedown and a bookseller's label to the rear. Internally firmly bound with clean and very lightly age toned pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: First edition Japan Letters Lafcadio Hearn Japan None stated


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