first edition Decorated Cloth
1901 · Boston
by Hearn, Lafcadio
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Printed by University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, MA, 1901. First Edition, Later Printing. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. With rare dust jacket, a later printing (1901) of the First Edition. 8vo. 268, [6] pp. The heart of the book are Japanese stories and fantasies, but also pieces on aspects of Japanese culture -- old Japanese songs, Japanese female names, the cicada insect. Last four unpaginated pages are ads contain ads for three Hearn titles. Dust jacket chipped by lower spine tip. Cloth binding with small loss by lower rear spine tip. Interior-wise clean and tight. Former owner's name written lightly in red ink over textual info on title page.
(Inventory #: 007274)