Insects and Greek Poetry (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 550 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge in 1926, book is in very good condition, very curious little book by the eccentric travel writer and Japan obsessed Lafcadio Hearn, light blue almost gray boards with a column pattern border on boards, deckle edge pages, gilt title on front, clean and unmarked.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 6x9; 7 pages;

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket. 12mo pp. 22, very good, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles in a limited edition of 550 copies. book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 12mo pp. 22, very good, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles in a limited edition of 550 copies. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited edition of 550 copies. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Near fine. 21 unnumbered pages, 18 cm.

1 vols. 12mo. Limited to 550 copies. First appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" in May of 1913, this being the first appearance in book form. 1 vols. 12mo. According the the not on page [5] Hearn first delivered this lecture to his English literature class of Japanese students. BAL 7995 Original light blue boards decorated n blind, lettered in gilt. Glassine (torn, some discoloration). Light marginal browning of text, else an excellent copy of this work Limited to 550 copies. First appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" in May of 1913, this being the first appearance in book form.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 26 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Limited. Irish/Greek journalist (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is most famously known for his writings on New Orleans and Japan; here is posthumous publication of a fascinating lecture he gave while employed for a short time as a professor at a Japanese university. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, LIMITED to 500 copies. Not common. Green paper-covered boards, ruled, and with gilt lettering on the front cover. Clean text; 15 pages. Laid in is a contemporary gifting note - ".I thought this would interest you." Very mild edgewear, some browning to the rear cover. This copy lacking the glassine dustjacket. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited Edition of 550 copies, the glassine wrapper is very slightly chipped.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Limited. Small thin 8vo, boards. New York: Rudge, 1926. Limited First Edition One of 550 copies.

HEARN, Lafcadio. INSECTS AND GREEK POETRY. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition, 1/550 copies. 12mo, blue paper boards. Ownership, colophon page and rear free endpaper chipped at corner; otherwise a lovely copy, in the tissue wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 550 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge in Oct.1926. (20)pp. no pagination, 17 pages text. Rebound with dark green-gray wrinkled paper covered boards, no lettering to boards and spine. Ex-libris.(Edward J.Long) pasted on front e.p. Corners of boards and edges of spine somewhat worn. E.ps.and pages light foxing. Pencil notation to rear flyleaf. 18.2x11.3cm. [f0917-171009].

New York 1926, Rudge. Blue boards, deckle edge paper, clean, and solid copy, [17p.], nice typography, gold-stamped cover title, 11 x 18 cm., contents brilliantly clean. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES * * . *** **** *** . . FIRST & ONLY LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . * A charming little book printed by Charles Edwin Rudge, done on beautiful rag paper and deckle edges, with excellent typography. . An excellent example of a fine book. A lecture delivered by Hearn before Japanese students in his class in English literature, while in Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** THE BINDING: . Bound in the publisher's stiff blue boards, with blind stamped design on the front cover, gold stamped front cover titles. Printed on deckle-edge paper. . Limitation colophon at the end states: "Five Hundred Fifty Copies Printed By William Edwin Rudge In October 1926." . *** . BIBLIOGRAPHY: . P.D. & Ione Perkins: LAFCADIO HEARN A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: pp.110, 232. * BAL 7995 . *.

HEARN, Lafcadio. Insects and Greek Poetry. New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition. One of 550 copies, designed by Bruce Rogers. BAL 7995. Small bookplate, else fine.