Two Years in the French West Indies [and] Chita and Youma by Lafcadio Hearn [The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn Large-Paper Edition, vol. 3 & 4 -- no. 238 of 750 copies]
by Hearn, Lafcadio
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good +. 2 volumes: vii, [5], 389, [1] p., color frontispiece and 7 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards: music; [8], 370, [2] p., color frontispiece and 5 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards; 23 cm. Orange-brown cloth spine with dark brown paper over boards; dark brown paper spine label printed in gilt. Each frontispiece is a color plate within a decorative border. The black-and-white plates are from photographs by the Publishers' Photo Service. Title pages printed in red and black. From a limited edition of 750 copies this is volumes 3 and 4 from the 16-volume set numbered 238. Pages are unopened. Scarce. A heavy set; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good+ Condition: covers are rubbed; pages are clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- Two Years in the French West Indies [and] Chita and Youma by Lafcadio Hearn [The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn Large-Paper Edition, vol. 3 & 4 -- no. 238 of 750 copies]
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Good+
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