Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-xii] [1-2] 3-228, frontispiece, blue cloth stamped in silver. First edition. ". sensitive impressions." - Spiller, et al., eds., Literary History of the United States, third edition, revised (1963) II, p. 558. Small bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. A very good copy. (#164065)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Good+/Fair Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; white spine, no title; DJ only front and back pieces and in protective cover; boards show some fading but otherwise clean; spine has creasing and shelf wear and top and bottom; binding tight; bottom edge of pages has some discoloration; 228 pp. 1346538. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
TEMPLE, Jean. Blue Ghost: A Study of Lafcadio Hearn. Jonathan Cape / Harrison Smith, New York, 1931.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 228pp. Portrait frontispiece. Small patch of fading on spine, boards have a few small abrasions and edges slightly faded, very good in a split at rear spine fold, thus good only dust jacket with two tears at spine foot, small chips and tears along edges that have been internally repaired and front flap clipped ($2.00 on rear flap). Biography of the man most known for his writings on New Orleans and Japan, constructed from his letters and publications.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
HEARN, LAFCADIO. BLUE GHOST. , 1931.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: (HEARN, Lafcadio). BLUE GHOST. A Study of Lafcadio Hearn. [By] Jean Temple. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931). 8vo, blue cloth, spine stamped in white; 228pp. + ads. Spine sunned and worn, with some wear at heel and crown, moderate soiling, this copy is just good.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The book has sound hinges and does not suffer from spine-lean. Pages are clean, unmarked, undamaged and only very lightly toned. The book's exterior is also spotless. The upper right corner of the front cover is bumped. Just a trace of rubbing to top and bottom edges of the spine, corner tips. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Inside flaps, spine, and front panel are spotless. Very light soiling to the back panel. The jacket has no holes, chips, tears or creases. It has been put in a clear archival sleeve to keep it in great condition. Book, dust jacket and sleeve will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit.
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.