CHITA: A Memory Of Last Island. [Composed Of Three Essays: THE LEGEND OF L'ILE D by HEARN, Lafcadio

New York 1889, Harper.Redish decorated cloth, contents very clean & solid, corners, edges spine head & tail usual bit rubbed, 204p.,12 x 19 cm.,gold stamped cover & spine titles, all edges trimmed. * FIRST LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES * . *** **** *** . . 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 . * .