IN GHOSTLY JAPAN. by HEARN, Lafcadio

Boston 1900, Houghton. Blue pictorial cloth. covers designed by Bruce Rogers, 9 photos & diagrams, 241p.,12.5 x 19.5 cm., gold stamped cover & spine titles, contents very clean,spine a tiny bit darkened,top edge gilt.*SECOND AMERICAN EDITION* . *** **** *** . . HEARN'S EXOTIC WRITINGS, TRAVELS, BUDDHISM & POETRY . . . WITH FOURTEEN SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS & POEMS ON JAPAN . . * CONTENTS: . Some of Hearn's more exotic writings, covering the more unusual aspects of Japan's supernatural spiritual life, ghostly tales, Furisode [long-sleeve Kimono], incense, silkworms, A Passional Karma, Footprints of the Buddha, Ululation, Poetry, Yaidzu, Tengu et al. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** THE BINDING & CONDITIONS: Generic: Bound in the publisher's blue & white plum sprigs and blossoms, gold stamped cover & spine titles, top edge gilt, printed on deckle-edge paper, untrimmed with 9 illustrations & diagrams. . Copies vary by date, edition, condition, please carefully reach each copy description & condition prior to ordering. . The First American & First British editions are both with 1899 on title page, if title page has no date or the verso of the title page has a date that is different, it is a later edition. See Perkins p.40 for more details. . *** Specific Copy Details: Copy 1 has a little big ot fading to the leading edge of the front over, else no issues. . Copy 2 is a bit of mottled on the back cover, no other issue . . Copy 2 is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, spine a bit darkened, front & back covers very fresh, clean and solid, contents is brilliantly clean. . Copy 3 is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, lower spine & back cover a bit spotted, damp discolored, polished, contents unaffected, brilliantly clean, sold 'as is' not returnable. . Copy 4 is the 1890 British Second Edition, top edge gilt, clean & solid example, corners, spine head & tail a bit lighter in color as usual, the contents is brilliantly clean, overall a nice copy. . *** REFERENCE: . BAL 7934 * Perkins pp.39,40 . * .