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Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 305 Pages Illus., Original Embossed Decorative Cloth Binding
Seller: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown, 1901.
Price: US$42.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1901.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original publisher's green cloth binding with a wrap-around color illustration of a tree on the covers. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 5 1/8" x 7 1/2." A few pages are unopened. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Chipping at the fore-edge and bottom edge of the pages (deckle edges). One leaf in the front is very loose (almost detached). A Fine copy. Referenced from the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 7936: "State B: Two states of the copyright page have been notes. Sequence not determined." Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904; also known by the Japanese name of Koizumi Yakumo) was an international writer best-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories such as Kwaidan. Hearn was a well-traveled man, originating in part from his work as a newspaper correspondent. Eventually, Hearn found himself in Japan on assignment but took great interest in the country and its culture and chose to stay there for the remainder of his life. In Japan, Hearn took a teaching position. He also married Koizumi Setsu, a daughter from a samurai family, and they had four children. Hearn is especially notable for writing about Japan and sharing the information with western culture at a time when Japanese culture was still relatively unknown. This book has three sections: "Strange Stories," "Folklore Gleanings," and "Studies Here and There." "Strange Stories" contains the following: "Of a Promise Kept," "Of a Promise Broken," "Before the Supreme Court," "The Story of Kwashin Koji," "The Story of Umetsu Chubei," and "The Story of Kogi the Priest." "Folklore Gleanings" includes "Dragon-Flies," "Buddhist Names of Plants and Animals," and "Songs of Japanese Children." "Studies Here and There" contains "On a Bridge," "The Case of O-Dai," "Beside the Sea," "Drifting," "Otokichi's Daruma," and "In a Japanese Hospital."
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-4] 5-305 [306: blank] [307-308: ads] flyleaf at rear. Original apple-green pictorial cloth with wraparound design, front and spine panels stamped in white, pink, dark green and gold, rear panel stamped in white, orange and dark green, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, title page printed in orange and black. Illustrated with six inserted plates reproducing detailed drawings or silhouettes of dragonflies, plus other illustrations in the text, plus a frontispiece. Small date rubber stamped onto rear free endpaper. Very light stains in margins of four adjacent pages, still overall a fine copy with many unopened pages. #451. $125. Reginald 07010. Day, The Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature, p. 40. Collects six "strange stories" in addition to other sketches about Japanese culture.
Seller: Robert Eldridge, Bookseller, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
HEARN, LAFCADIO. Shadowings. Little, Brown and Company 1901, 1901.
Price: US$149.79 + shipping
Description: Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow patterns to front board, 268pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters throughout)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st state. 12mo. Green cloth with lovely tree in color on covers. Top edge gilt. Spine bit soiled & very light soiling to front & rear covers. An attractive copy.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Hardcover. Green cloth with decorative tree design on front cover. 1st edition, 1st state without "October, 1901" on copyright page. 305pp. + ads. Spine bit darkened. Light wear to corners of covers. Else good. Interior very good.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little Brown 1901, 1901.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (without. Oct. 1901) ed. somewhat better then good condition (book plate, pen name, somewhat rubbed spine)
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 305, [2] pp. The heart of the book are Japanese stories from folk lore, but also pieces on aspects of Japanese culture, such as Buddhist names, or songs of Japanese children. Last two unpaginated pages are ads contain ads for three Hearn titles. Light wear to the green cloth cover. A few maginal notes in a very light pencil, which we choose not to erase but easily removable. Former owner's name written lightly in red ink, over printed text on title page.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
HEARN, Lafcadio.. A Japanese Miscellany.. Boston, Little, Brown, 1901., 1901.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece, 7 full-page plates, and 5 drawings in text. Title page printed in black and orange; small decorative label laid down on half-title page. 2 pages of advertisements at end. Original gilt stamped light green cloth, floral design stamped in orange, beige and dark green on upper cover, continuing onto spine and lower cover, t.e.g., uncut (spine slightly soiled, with minor wear to ends). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 7936: State A of copyright page.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$179.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, 305pp + advert, twelve illustrations, attractive frontispiece, hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering, magnificent pictorial blossom tree design on both covers and spine, very good condition, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1901. * Provenance: three pages of very relevant mss notes – the book belonged to a ‘James W Cropper’ and was bought in Japan in 1902.
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback book bound in decorated boards (268 pages plus ads) with four listed illustrations (all present). I believe this is the 2nd printing as the copyright date reads 1900. Boards show moderate rubbing/scuffing - bookplate inside front board - small residue of old label front free endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (ULCHEST-Top) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$222.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. pp. 5 p.l., 305, [2]ads. 5 plates (incl. frontis. & 3 double-sided). 5 text illus. original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (light wear to spine ends, few small spots on upper cover). First Edition. BAL 7936.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
HEARN, Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany. Little Brown, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial light green cloth, lettered in gilt; uncut. Boston, 1901. First Edition. A clean, bright copy. First issue, without "October 1901" on copyright page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Shadowings. Little, Brown, Boston, 1901.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue satin-like cloth with darker lily pads and light flowers on front, gilt title and author on front very bright, less so on spine, three tiny wear spots at spine top edge, two very tiny tears at spine bottom edge, light wear to tips, very slight to back tips, roughcut pages. Good+. Includes Saturday Review of Literature article and newspaper article on Hearn's parents.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Hearn,Lafcadio. A Japanese Miscellany.. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,, 1901.
Price: US$437.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first issue. "Copyright, 1901, by Little, Brown, and Company c University Press / John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A." at copyright page, without "October, 1901". (10),305,(1)pp., (2)pp.publisher's advertisements. With a b/w frontis.and 7 b/w plates (of 6 printed on both sides of the leaf). Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Illus.of spray of flowers (in yellow, green and salmon pink) on front and rear boards and spine. T.e.g. With decorated d.w. Spine sl.faded and its edges sl.rubbed. Fore and bottom edges sl.foxing. A small bookshop label pasted on front e.p. Otherwise fine condition. Dust wrapper somrwhat worn, chipped, darkened, and repaired with tapes at spine. 19.5x13.2cm. [f0943-171035]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Hearn, Lafcadio. A JAPANESE MISCELLANY. Little Brown, and Company, Hornsea,Boston, 1901.
Price: US$468.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Octavo, 305pp [307-308: ads], five inserted plates, other illustrations in the text, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, orange, dark green and gold, rear panel stamped in white, orange and dark green. A collection of essays, literary sketches, "folklore gleanings," and six "strange stories. A very good plus copy in very good pictorial dust jacket which has benefited from some professional restoration to the spine. Rarely found in its jacket, A clean unmarked copy, pages fragile.
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Lafcadio Hearn. Japanese Writer. A Japanese Miscellany (inscribed by author). Little Brown, 1901.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Japanese Writer. A Japanese Miscellany" by Lafcadio Hearn. Boston: Little, Brown, 1901, first edition state A. signed and inscribed presentation copy in dark brown ink to front free endpaper, 'E. Gullman, with pleasant memories of Tokyo days, L. Hearn, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 6th 1901', small ex libris label of John Stuart Groves to front pastedown, offset to free endpaper affecting place and date of inscription, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original green cloth with pictorial design of flowering trees in pinks and yellows, trivial rubbing to extremities, 8vo, preserved in a purpose-made morocco-backed cloth book box, gilt-titled spine, rubbed, 8vo. Hearn inscribed copies are hard to come by. A fine copy and a rare Hearn inscribed copy
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Lafcadio Hearn. Japanese Writer. A Japanese Miscellany (inscribed by author). Little Brown, 1901.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Japanese Writer. A Japanese Miscellany" by Lafcadio Hearn. Boston: Little, Brown, 1901, first edition state A. signed and inscribed presentation copy in dark brown ink to front free endpaper, 'E. Gullman, with pleasant memories of Tokyo days, L. Hearn, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 6th 1901', small ex libris label of John Stuart Groves to front pastedown, offset to free endpaper affecting place and date of inscription, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original green cloth with pictorial design of flowering trees in pinks and yellows, trivial rubbing to extremities, 8vo, preserved in a purpose-made morocco-backed cloth book box, gilt-titled spine, rubbed, 8vo. Hearn inscribed copies are hard to come by. A fine copy and a rare Hearn inscribed copy
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands