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CHITA: A Memory Of Last Island. [Composed Of Three Essays: THE LEGEND OF L'ILE D
by HEARN, Lafcadio
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- Hardcover
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New York [1889], Harper. Green decorated cloth after the First Edition, but in different colors, a later edition, 204 p., very clean, solid & bright copy, all edges trimmed. . *** **** *** . . FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 2000 COPIES . . . HEARN'S FIRST NOVEL IN BOOK FORM . . . TRUE STORIES REFLECTING HEARN'S "AMERICAN DAYS" . . . IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE TROPICAL ISLANDS . . . OF THE WEST INDIES . * Hearn's essays, short stories & tales of the islands south of New Orleans, Florida in the Caribbean & the West Indies. . *** BINDING NOTES Generic: the book is bound in the publisher's reddish-brown decorated cloth with gold stamped titles on cover & spine, all edges trimmed, with the date of 1889 on title page and the same copyright date on the verso of title page. . . There are later editions that are bound the same as the above, with different dates. There are also later editions of different colors. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** ADDITIONAL COPY NOTES: . Copy 8 is in one of two shades of green: light green, or dark green. . Copy 9 is the 1949 edition is a facsimile reprint of the First Edition, with foreword by Carl F. Braun, a NEW, UNUSED copy in likewise original slip case. . Copy 11 has damp stained covers and minor damp stain to top right margin edges, contents clean, sold "AS IS" NOT RETURNABLE, by ordering you agree to these terms. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . P.D. & Ione Perkins: LAFCADIO HEARN A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: p.15. * BAL 7918 . * .
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- Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY
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- Title
- CHITA: A Memory Of Last Island. [Composed Of Three Essays: THE LEGEND OF L'ILE D
- Author
- HEARN, Lafcadio
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Lafcadio Hearn: By/about, His Writings, Translations & Manuscripts; Japanese Literature: Fiction, Novels, Languistics, Culture, Theatre &c; Japanese Folk Art; Foreigners In Japan: All Periods; Foreigners In Japan: All Periods;
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About Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY
An Art & Intellectual Property Co. Since 1967* * * * *SINCE 1967, THE PAST FIFTY-YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PURVEYORS OF FINE & RARE BOOKS ON ALL ASPECTS FAR EASTERN, ASIAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURES, COUNTRIES & SUBJECTS.Specialties include but are not limited to: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM, INDO-CHINE, CAMBODIA, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, CANTON, MACAO AREAS. LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts, Collections, Obscure Items, Japanese Cirimen-bon [Crepe Paper Books], LIBRARIES PURCHASED, APPRASIAL FOR ANY REASON. MEMBERS OF THE ABAA & ILAB SINCE JUNE 1973
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