Letters from the raven: being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin
by Hearn, Lafcadio
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1907. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 201, [1]; 4 plates with text illustrations throughout; black cloth on black paper boards, spine with gilt title and design, t. e. g.; texblock cocked and split but sound, half-inch tear and small to spine. BAL 7945.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47249
- Title
- Letters from the raven: being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with Henry Watkin
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Correspondence , Letters , ,
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