Buy this book on-line EDWARD THOMAS : Lafcadio Hearn. A biographyConstable 'Modern Biographies' series, London, 1912
First Edition, second issue, with a leaf of advertisements tipped-in before the half-title but otherwise identical to the first issue (which was itself preceded by the American issue, published six days earlier). Small 8vo. 96pp including five pages of publisher's advertisements. Green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated at the spine, and with blind-stamped lettering and decoration to the upper board. Portrait frontispiece. Free endpapers very lightly toned and with a tiny hint of spotting to occasional leaf margins. A virtually fine copy in a somewhat distressed example of the uncommon thin paper dust wrapper, missing the lower half of the spine panel, with several further tiny fractions of loss from two or three extremities, and the front panel-spine panel joint really quite tender. Thomas' biography of the celebrated Japanophile; uncommon in a dust wrapper. See Eckert p.224-25.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of EDWARD THOMAS : Lafcadio Hearn. A biography. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. EDWARD THOMAS : Lafcadio Hearn. A biographyConstable 'Modern Biographies' series, London, 1912
First Edition, second issue, with a leaf of advertisements tipped-in before the half-title but otherwise identical to the first issue (which was itself preceded by the American issue, published six days earlier). Small 8vo. 96pp including five pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated at the spine, and with blind-stamped lettering and decoration to the upper board. Portrait frontispiece. A touch of wear to the backstrip ends. The free endpapers very lightly toned and with a tiny hint of spotting to very occasional leaf margins. Two former owner notations neatly inked to the front free endpaper. A virtually fine copy. No dust wrapper. Thomas' biography of the celebrated Japanophile. See Eckert p.224-25.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of EDWARD THOMAS : Lafcadio Hearn. A biography. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, libri antichi, out-of-print books, atlases and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |