first edition
1920
by HEARN, Lafcadio
1920. HEARN, Lafcadio, transl./annot. by Prof. R. Tanabe. DIARIES & LETTERS. Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1920. First edition, first printing. 401 pp. + [6] pp. 12mo., dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, bound Western-style. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, library bookplate to rear pastedown. Good plus, ex-library with no external markings. Spine and edges shelfworn, light rubbing to cloth. Small closed tear to title page tissue guard (may lack frontis.) Pp. 1-2 partially detached at bottom edge. Text clean, minor age toning to edges of pages. Japanese text on recto pages, English text on verso (facing) pages. (Inventory #: 80554)