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1. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$125.00<br><br>
2. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$600.00<br><br>
3. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$125.00<br><br>
4. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$275.00<br><br>
5. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$250.00<br><br>
6. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$300.00<br><br>
7. <x-tab> </x-tab>[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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$60.00<br><br>
8. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$125.00<br><br>
9. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$350.00<br><br>
10. <x-tab> </x-tab>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)<x-tab> </x-tab>$75.00<br><br>
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