Oriental Articles.

HEARN, PATRICK LAFCADIO (KOIZUMI YAKUMO).

Verlag: The Hokuseido Press., 1939

Beschreibung

viii+ 260 pages, 18.5 x 13 cm; original green cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, withdrawn duplicate from the University of Virginia Library small de-accession label to rear pastedown, text block clean and bright, a very good copy, with the armorial bookplate of Clifton Waller Barrett tipped in on the front free endpaper. Clifton Waller Barrett (1901-1991) was a shipping executive who donated one of America's premier collections of rare American books and manuscripts to the University of Virginia. . Reproduces in book form, for the Japanese market, some of the articles Hearn wrote for the Cincinnati and New Orleans newspapers. 'Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), was a British National of Greek and Irish descent. After travelling over halfway across the globe, he arrived in Japan. In 1896, he married Koizumi Setsu the daughter of a Matsue samurai and became a Japanese citizen. During his 54 years of life he produced thirty works' - Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. He is regarded as the first Westerner to truly attempt to become Japanese. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 180485

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Oriental Articles.

Verlag: The Hokuseido Press.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1939

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: Limited edition of 500 copies.