Vera Mc Williams Lafcadio Hearn First and similar items

LAFCADIO HEARN By Vera McWilliams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1946. First edition, first printing. 1946 date printed in red to the title page, $3.00 to the jacket's flap. An in-depth biography and literary life study including showing Hearn's various residences and travels including London, France, New York, New Orleans, West Indies, and his most influential writing place--Japan. This elusive dust jacket has nicely protected the lovely binding. Corners bumped else very good in fresh cream linen with brick-red embossed titles and decorations to the front cover and to the spine; in an about very good dust jacket with small chips and rubs to the lower spine edge and corner tips, heavy chips to the upper spine end, a narrow snagged hole to the slightly color-faded spine panel, short shelf-edge tears and crimps, rub-wear to the front flap-fold. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear protective, removable sleeve after scanning for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!