Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn (First Edition)
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Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn (First Edition)
$700.00 USD
Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn (First Edition)
Authors: Lafcadio Hearn
Location: Boston
Publisher: Roberts Bros.
Date: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Features: Signed and inscribed by the dedicatee Henry Edward Krehbiel "To Mrs. L. M. Raymond - with true affection and admiring regard - her friend - Henry Edward Krehbiel. June 21, 87" . Title page dated 1887. Copyright 1887. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine; black lettering and design to cover; leaf-patterned endpapers. No Dustjacket as issued. "Short sketches and stories based on fiction and folklore", E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 237.
Book Condition: Very Good+: A firm copy with very minor wear to spine edges and corners. Clean endpapers and pages. Gift inscription to front fly leaf. No jacket present.
Notes: 1887. Not listed in WorldCat. Roberts Brothers -- First Editions: No later printings mentioned. "American author... settled in Japan as naturalized citizen...During his lifetime his early florid style was admired; today his simple, expressive later style is more highly regarded", E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 237.
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Authors: Lafcadio Hearn
Location: Boston
Publisher: Roberts Bros.
Date: 1887
Edition: First Edition
Features: Signed and inscribed by the dedicatee Henry Edward Krehbiel "To Mrs. L. M. Raymond - with true affection and admiring regard - her friend - Henry Edward Krehbiel. June 21, 87" . Title page dated 1887. Copyright 1887. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine; black lettering and design to cover; leaf-patterned endpapers. No Dustjacket as issued. "Short sketches and stories based on fiction and folklore", E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 237.
Book Condition: Very Good+: A firm copy with very minor wear to spine edges and corners. Clean endpapers and pages. Gift inscription to front fly leaf. No jacket present.
Notes: 1887. Not listed in WorldCat. Roberts Brothers -- First Editions: No later printings mentioned. "American author... settled in Japan as naturalized citizen...During his lifetime his early florid style was admired; today his simple, expressive later style is more highly regarded", E.F. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983, p. 237.
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