LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN by Elizabeth Bisland. With Illustrations. In Two Volumes.
London: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., [1906]. First Editions (& 1st printings). Two volumes, large octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, Japanese crest in red on upper cover. 475 + 560 pp., Illustrations, Index at rear. Photogravure portrait frontispieces of Hearn in both volumes, plus 13 additional plates, all with tissue guards. Inner rear hinge of Volume 2 cracking; small bumps to edges; a very Good set, nice and attractive. Item #314669
The first biography of Hearn, written by a close friend. Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo ) was the author of "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" (1894); "In Ghostly Japan" (1899) "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" (1904) and many other works. His writings about Japan offered the Western world an introduction to Japanese culture.
Price (CAD): $125.00