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First Edition "Romance of the Milky Way" and More Antique Lafcadio Hearn Books
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | “Out of the East” Reveries and Studies in New Japan (1895), Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life (1896), Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Volumes I-II (1894), The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies (Stories by Lafcadio Hearn, 1905), Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Stange Things (1904), Gleanings in Buddha-fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East (1898) |
| Genre | Anthology |
| Binding | Cloth on board |
| Publisher or Printer | Houghton Mifflin and Company |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Edition Statement | First Edition, Second Impression |
| Number of Books | 7 |
| Additional Information | (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn, also know by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo (小泉 八雲), had ties to Cincinnati through his work on The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Commercial. His books on Japan and Japanese life are his best known works. Several of the volumes feature gilt top text edges. |
Condition
- wear to the covers with tears, fraying, bumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; cracked hinges; loose pages; fading to edges; foxing.
Dimensions
9.0" W x 8.25" H x 5.5" D
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG194060
