Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1897, matching dates, 12mo., blue gilt cloth, cloth, 296pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, taped spine, cracked inner hinges, early pages up to page 10 detached along inner margin, waterstained corner of text, poor $
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 296 pages. Gilt top edge. BAL #7929. Paper over hinges cracked, but hinges are not weakened. Corners and lower edge of backstrip rubbed. Top edge of backstrip shows wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Water staining to top edge and corner of book, including ~1/3 of interior pages; minor corner wear and slight bumping; staining and light foxing to textblock. Spare annotation in colored pencil; writing in front endpages. Solid boards and binding. Solid reading copy.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine ends slightly worn; rear cover lightly scuffed; spine darkened; gift presentaion dated 1918.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS - STUDIES OF HAND AND SOUL IN THE FAR EAST. , 1897.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boston 1897 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. sm8vo. Hardcover. blue cloth with gilt trim. Top edge gilt. 296p. Good Plus, hinges not cracked; binding secure; text clean; no owner marks.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Binding sound. Bookplate on front endpaper. Text fine, no markings. Early printing with no date on the title page.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Gleanings in Buddha-Fields. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1897.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue/green cloth stamped/decorated in gilt, TEG. Later printing, no date to TP. Cloth sunned, bookplate else tight and square with crisp unmarked pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo 296pp. later printing of first edition. Collection of first hand accounts, retelling of folk tales, travel diary, etc. of Japan. writer largely responsible for introducing Japan to the West. Born as Hearn, he later changed his name and moved to Japan and assumed Japanese citizenship. #01610. Book VG: mild age wear to boards and spine, mild toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 16mo. 296 pp. Cloth binding, gilt lettering & cover design, t.e.g., spine lean, else very good copy. (94940).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Lafcadio Hearn. Gleanings in Buddha-Fields. Houghton Mifflin, 1897.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: Very good - some discoloration to the binding
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Hearn Lafcadio. Gleanings in Buddha-fields.. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston and New York, 1897.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: blue, gilt dec cloth,296 pages,top edges gilt, 3 lines in ink on front endpaper,spine is sunned, some soil to covers, 3rd book of Hearn's Japan period, first edition was limited to 1750 copies.
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Presumably a 2nd printing with no date on title page, which is printed in red & black. 296pp. Tiny ink name in front. Gilt top. Decrative light blue cloth rubbed but sound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Gleanings in Buddha-Fields. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1897.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt-decorated turquioise cloth, t.e.g. Title-page in red and black, with Riverside Press logo and date. Extremities of spine and corners a trifle worn, else fine. An attractive copy of the scarce true first edition. Size: 8vo
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo, in variant blue-green cloth, hinges cracking. With the intriguing 1899 Paris bookplate of Hortense Lenore Mitchell, and a few discrete pencilled annotations, presumably by Ms. Mitchell: Note: Hortense's father founded the lllinois Trust And Savings Bank, and left her an heiress. She married a Brit, Arthur Acton, moved to Villa La Pietra in Florence, and gave birth to Harold Acton. With spine imprint A, without terminal period [BAL 7929].
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. [vi], 296.TEG, hinges loose, bound in blue cloth stamped in gilt. BAL 7929; Perkins pp. 30-31.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$262.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition with date on title page and no '.' on spine tail. No jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with gilded lettering, lines, and boxes to front, spine, and back. Two corners gently bumped, small ink dot on spine, and some minor scuffing; otherwise solid and square. No internal markings, inscriptions, stamps, or bookplates. Interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise clean and clear throughout with a tight spine. An excellent example of the first state of this work. BAL 7929. Pages:(8) 296 (4) Dimensions:7¼ x 5 x 1.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$585.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 296 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Top Edge Gilt. Early Printing, No Date, First Was Published September 25, 1897, With An 1897 Date At Bottom Of Title Page, In An Edition Of 1750 Copies; This Example A Slightly Later Printing With No Date On Title Page. In Original Dj With Same Design As On Covers, Mimicking A Japanese Binding Around Spine, Stamped In Brown, Lacking Gilt Lines , And With No Period After Publisher's Name At Bottom Of Spine. Very Near Fine Book, Very Bright And Clean, Touch Of Wear At Corners, Hinge Tight, No Marks, Bookplate Of Paint Manufacturer John W. Masury, Who Manufactured Paints In Japan Circa 1910S (The Bookplate Has Come Loose Leaving A Small Glue Stain On Front Patedown.) Dj With Some Light Dust And Wear, 1/2" And 1/4" Tear At Top Left Of Rear Panel With Connecting Creases, Minute Losses At Corners.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.