Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$16.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first printing. Tightly bound copy with rubbing to covers and edge wear. Ex-library with bookplate, blindstamp and glue residue on inside rear cover. No dust jacket. Contents remain unmarked.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 201, [1]; 4 plates with text illustrations throughout; black cloth on black paper boards, spine with gilt title and design, t. e. g.; texblock cocked and split but sound, half-inch tear and small to spine. BAL 7945.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 201p. 19cm. Minor fraying at extremities. No Jacket. Compiled and edited by Milton Bronner.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-9] 10-201 [202-204: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], facsimiles in the text, original gray boards with black cloth shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. BAL 7945. Upper spine end chipped, water stain to front cover, a sound, good copy with clean interior. (#164079)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TEG. Near fine, slight loss of cloth at top of spine, some fraying to paper covered boards at tips, otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Teg. Black Cloth Sine, Gilt, With Brown Paper Covered Boards. Very Good +, , Slight Wear At Bottom Edge, But Fraying And Loss Of Cloth At Top 1/16" Of Spine, Pinpoint Fray At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge, Otherwise Clean, Tight, And Unmarked.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 201 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards in publisher's slipcase. First edition. BAL 7945. A very near fine copy in a slipcase missing a 1" section at one of the sides, rubbed at edges.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
HEARN, Lafcadio. Letters from the Raven. Brentano's, New York, 1907.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Original boards. Gilt top edge. Correspondence between Hearn and radical thinker Henry Watkin. Very good, gift markings on front inner board, minor shelf wear.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Half gilt-stamped black cloth, brown papercovered boards with gilt-stamped title. Introduction by Milton Bronner. Lacking the front fly, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, a good only copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Half gilt-stamped black cloth, brown papercovered boards with gilt-stamped title. Introduction by Milton Bronner. Owner's name penned on front fly, front hinge cracked, extremities modestly worn, else very good with some pages unopened, lacking the scarce dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original gray covers w/ black cloth spine. Gilt title on binding w/ light rubbing to decoration on spine. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Small nicks to rear cover. Previous owner's name in pencil on front endpapers. Contents nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original gray covers w/ black cloth spine. Gilt title on binding w/ light rubbing to decoration on spine. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's name in pencil on front endpapers. Faint toning to rear endpapers. Contents nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition. Bound in original geometrically gilt black half-cloth over grey papers boards, with gilt titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Some toning edges and endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. ii,201pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ownership notation on frontfly.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio; Watkin, Henry; Bronner, Milton. LETTERS FROM THE RAVEN. Brentano's, New York, 1907.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of this collection of personal letters from Lafcadio Hearn to his "dearest friend" Henry Watkins, detailing Hearn's thoughts on his life in Japan. From accounts of his exciting days in New Orleans to his thoughts on Buddhism, LETTERS FROM THE RAVEN offers an intimate glimpse at a significant conduit of Japanese culture to the west. This copy was owned by California printer Lawton Kennedy. 7.5'' x 5''. Original cloth-backed boards. To edge gilt, others machine-deckle. Illustrated in black and white. 202 pages. Early gift inscription to front flyleaf. Binding with light edgewear. Early leaves with faint dampstaining, spine starting at a couple openings. Firm.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. Sm 8vo (7.5" x 5"), half black cloth, gray-brown paper over boards, gilt spine, t.e.g. 201 pp., b&w facsimile illus. throughout. CONDITION: Very good, minor wear at extremities. First American edition. BAL 7945.
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 201 pages. 19 x 13 cm. With Introduction And Critical Comment By The Editor Milton Bronner. Illustrated. Dampstain at fore-edges first few and last leaves not affecting text, owner inscription and bookplate. Crisp copy. BAL 7945. Orig, black cloth spine decorated in gilt and brown boards. Teg. Near fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Letters From the Raven. Brentanos, New York, 1907.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: [BAL 7945] Very good+, some wear on rear corner cloth; Few spone on edge else ver nice, firm & bright.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Published in an edition of 2500 copies. (2),201pp. With 4 plates (facing pp.36, 40, 70, 72). Brown paper covered thick boards, black cloth spine with gilt title and motif, gilt lettering to front board. T.e.g. A small water stain on rear board. Edges of spine worn. Fore and bottom edges somewhat foxing. E.ps.and pages light foxing. A small bookshop label pasted on front e.p. Upper corners of two flyleaves folded. 19.7x13.3cm. [f0950-171042]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Hearn,Lafcadio. Letters from The Raven.. New York: Brentano's Publishers,, 1907.
Price: US$87.56 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin. With Introduction and Critical Comment by the Editor Milton Bronner. 201pp. With some illus. d.w. partly sunned & chipped & sl.torn. Blue cloth. All edges partly sunned/ Front & rear ep. & fly leaf sl.sunned. Rear gutter sl.cracked. Library stamped on title page. 19.8x13.3cm. [s05514-212662]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Hearn,Lafcadio. Letters from the Raven.. New York: Brentano's,, 1907.
Price: US$87.56 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Being the Correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin. With Introduction and Critical Comment by the Editor Milton Bronner. First edition. 201pp. With some illus. Brack cloth of spine with gilt title & motif on spine & dark brown boards. T.e.g. 19.5x13cm. Front & rear cover sl.stained. Its spine sl.rubbed. Upper & lower part of spine sl.torn. All edges partly sunned. Front & rear ep. & fly leaf sl.sunned. Front & rear gutter sl.cracked. Ex-libris on front ep. Ink notation on front fly leaf. [s06032-213187]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., orig. black cloth gilt stamped spine, boards, 201pp. BAL 7945. Gift inscription on halftitle o/w fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South, gives his views on the [black] question, and his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans, and New York. The verses are both light and serious, and these are translations from [black] and Creole love songs." (Perkins quoting an early notice of the book). BAL 7495; Perkins pp.57-58 Original black cloth-backed gray-brown paper boards, t.e.g. Fine Illustrated. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 7945; Perkins, pp.57-8 Original black cloth spine over gray-brown boards. Fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.57 + shipping
Description: Four full-page black & white illustrations, (iv) + 202 pages, 19 x 12.5 cm; black cloth covered spine over brown boards, lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, lower corners a little bumped, a few small marks to the endpapers, else a very good copy. Perkins 57-58. In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South and gives his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans and New York, with an introduction and critical comment by the editor Milton Bronner.
Seller: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early letters from the young author, mostly from New Orleans, mostly to Henry Watkin, but a few to an unknown "Lady" from 1876, while Hearn was still in Cincinnati. Watkin was a printer in Cincinnati who befriended Hearn when he arrived there, penniless, helping him find work; Hearn remained in contact with him for years, calling him Old Man or Old Dad and often signing himself with just a sketch of a raven. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners & one edge bumped; jacket shows short tears, creases, minor chipping, light rubbing & minor stains; many pages unopened (that is, the fore-edge has not been trimmed, leaving the original folds of the gatherings of some sections intact; others have been rather crudely opened, leaving ragged edges & tears). Text clean; 201 pages, drawings by Hearn. Laid in is the calling card of one Richard Alexander Douglas with a gift note on it. Size: Duodecimo
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
HEARN, LAFCADIO. LETTERS FROM THE RAVEN. , 1907.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: HEARN, Lafcadio, and Henry Watkin. LETTERS FROM THE RAVEN, being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin, with introduction and critical comment by the editor Milton Bronner. New York: Brentano's, 1907. First edition. 8vo, grey paper boards, spine black cloth stamped in gilt. A fine copy in the scarce dust jacket which has a repaired chip in the center of the spine.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South, gives his views on the [black] question, and his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans, and New York. The verses are both light and serious, and these are translations from [black] and Creole love songs." (Perkins quoting an early notice of the book). BAL 7495; Perkins pp.57-58 Original black cloth-backed gray-brown paper boards, t.e.g. Fine in original yellow printed dust jacket with only minor tears Illustrated. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.