The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn; Elizabeth Bisland [ed]

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1910

About this Item

The first trade edition of this collection of letters written by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his life in Japan. The first trade edition. Also published in a limited edition in the same year.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome plates. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth.This work features a collection of letters written by Lafcadio Hearn and was edited with an introduction and preface providing bibliographical information on Hearn written by Elizabeth Bisland. Lafcadio Hearn was best known for teaching the West about Japanese culture, having moved from America to Japan. Lafcadio wrote many works on Japanese culture, with a particular interest in their legends and ghost stories. This collection of letters provides insight into Lafcadio's life in Japan. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with slight rubbing to the extremities and very minimal closed tears to the cloth to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and lightly age toned pages. A closed tear to pp. x. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 905Z11

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None stated

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book