Lafcadio Hearn was born on the twenty- seventh of June, in the year 1850. He wasa native of the Ionian Isles, the place of his birth being the Island of Santa Maura, which is commonly called in modern Greek Levkas, or Lefcada, a corruption ofthe name of the old Leucadia, which was famous as the place of Sappho'sselfdestruction. This island is separated from the western coast of Greece by anarrow strait; the neck of land which joined it to the mainland having been cutthrough by the Corinthians seven centuries before Christ. ...
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Lafcadio Hearn was born on the twenty- seventh of June, in the year 1850. He wasa native of the Ionian Isles, the place of his birth being the Island of Santa Maura, which is commonly called in modern Greek Levkas, or Lefcada, a corruption ofthe name of the old Leucadia, which was famous as the place of Sappho'sselfdestruction. This island is separated from the western coast of Greece by anarrow strait; the neck of land which joined it to the mainland having been cutthrough by the Corinthians seven centuries before Christ. To this day it remainsdeeply wooded, and scantily populated, with sparse vineyards and olive grovesclinging to the steep sides of the mountains overlooking the blue Ionian sea. The child Lafcadio may have...
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Add this copy of The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn: Volume I Only to cart. $997.50, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1906 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co. /Riverside Press.
Edition:
First Edition/ one out of 200 copies published
Publisher:
Houghton, Mifflin and Co. /Riverside Press
Published:
1906
Language:
English
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17967457380
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Good (Boards are scuffed/smudged/edgeworn; spine strip is peeling at the top; spine label is heavily toned; textblock edges are toned/foxed/smudged; inner hinge is cracked slightly at the rear hinge; interior is lightly toned at the edges. ) Black boards with mounted title label on the spine; 475 pp.; richly illustrated. This book is one out of 200 copies produced that include a mounted title card on the spine and a page of Mr. Hear's manuscript tipped in. Scarce.