[Rarebooks] Lafcadio Hearn

[Dennis Melhouse]

1.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  BUYING CHRISTMAS TOYS AND OTHER ESSAYS. Tokyo: 
Hokuseido Press, (1939). ix, 166p, tipped-in Japanese colophon in rear. 
Gilt-titled green cloth. Fine in d.j. with faded spine and chips.  BAL 
8040. (11816)   $125.00

2.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  A DROP OF DEW. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1950. A 
facsimile of the manuscript, printed on Japanese vellum and limited to 350 
copies signed by the editor. . 4to. Silver-speckled paper covered beveled 
boards, fine in slipcase.   (11899)       $600.00

3.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  GIBBETED: EXECUTION OF A YOUTHFUL MURDERER. Los 
Angeles: John Murray, 1933. First edition, limited to 200 copies. this copy 
signed by P.D. Perkins and Ione Perkins, editors and Hearn's 
bibliographers. . 31p. Black cloth with paper spine label. VG, spine label 
faded.  BAL 8026. (11832) $125.00

4.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  "GOMBO ZHEBES.", LITTLE DICTIONARY OF CREOLE 
PROVERBS. New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. First edition. . 42p. 2 leaves 
ads. Blue cloth with titles and designs in black, silver, and gold. 
Bookplates, title page stained from tipped in newspaper clippings, else a 
tight and fairly bright copy.  BAL 7914; Perkins 6. (11897)      $275.00

5.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  IZUMO [and five other titles]. Frankfurt am Main: 
Librarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening, 1923. The first authorized 
translations in German. . Six volumes. Small 8vo. Bound in full linen cloth 
with yapp edges, t.e.g., the spines and upper covers decorated in design of 
gilt and black. About fine and very attractive.  Other book titles are 
Lotos, Kyushu, Buddha, Kokoro, and Kwaidan. (11807) $250.00

6.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  LETTERS TO A PAGAN. Detroit: Robert Bruna Powers, 
1933. First of the "Laughing Dragon Books" limited to 550 copies. 119p. 
With portrait frontispiece by Joseph Sparks. Spine of gold cloth over green 
boards. Fine in d.j. and slipcase.  BAL IV, p. 105. (11863)     $300.00

7.      [Hearn, Lafcadio].  MATSUE (The City of Hearn). 1950. Hearn 
Centenary Celebrations. . Four-page pamphlet with blue printed-paper 
wrappers tied with silk ties. VG.   (11931)    $60.00

8.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  SOME STRANGE ENGLISH LITERARY FIGURES OF THE 
EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, n.d. [1927]. 
First edition. . [x], 140p, tipped-in Japanese colophon in rear. 
Gilt-titled green cloth, t.e.g. Paper age-toned, covers with moderate shelf 
wear to the edges, fair d.j.  BAL 7999; Perkins 177. (11817)      $125.00

9.      Hearn, Lafcadio.  STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE. Boston: 
James R. Osgood, 1884. First edition. . 225p.  Blue cloth with gilt spine 
titles, cover titles and designs in black. Covers with wear and soil, some 
internal spotting, good only, rare.  BAL 7912; Perkins 5. (11831)  $350.00

10.     Hearn, Lafcadio.  WHEN I WAS A FLOWER. N.P: La Salle Street Press, 
1939. Limited edition. [Printed by Norman Forgue]. . 4p. 12mo. Green 
printed wraps tied with cord. Fine.  [BAL 8035, this printing not 
mentioned]. (11888)   $75.00

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