HEARN, Lafcadio: The Japanese Letter. edited by E. Bisland. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910, first edition, Limited to 200 copies, And containing an original leaf of Hearn's manuscript mounted & inserted, which reads: “Mijika-yoya! Baku no yume Ku Hima mo Nashi! And below it, in English ' Alas! how short is our night! There will not be even time enough for the Baku to eat our dreams!' Old Japanese love-song . Original cloth and paper label (with an extra label at rear pastedown); Plus the auction receipt, 2006. Front endpaper inscribed by the Publishers? 'To W J Coolidge? From H&M Co.' Covers little rubbed; Plus 5 other books by or about Lafcadio Hearn. (6)
