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Detroit 1933, Powers. Gold cloth spine over green boards, edges & corners rubbed, bit of foxing to end papers, 119p., Hearn frontispiece, 16 x 22cm., average example. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a fascinating forward by… Leer más

Detroit 1933, Powers. Gold cloth spine over green boards, very clean, edges, corners rubbed, cover spots,contents very clean, Hearn frontispiece, 16 x 22cm., 119p. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a fascinating forward by Powers and… Leer más

Laughing Dragon Books, 1933. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered. Bookplate to front pastedown. Edition limited to 550 numbered copies. In a Very Good+ slipcase with light wear. .

Detroit 1933, Powers. Gold cloth spine over green boards, very clean, bit of foxing to end papers, dust jacket, 119p., Hearn frontispiece, 16 x 22cm., a very good example. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a fascinating forward by… Leer más

Detroit: Robert Bruna Powers, 1933. First of the "Laughing Dragon Books" limited to 550 copies. Fine in d.j. with faded spine,slipcase. First of the "Laughing Dragon Books" limited to 550 copies. 119p. With portrait frontispiece by Joseph Sparks. Spine of gold cloth over green boards. BAL IV, p. 105.

Detroit 1933, Powers. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. Gold cloth spine very clean, bit of edge and corner wear,slipcase, 16 x 22 cm Hearn frontispiece,119p.,an excellent, firm & solid example. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a… Leer más

Detroit 1933, Powers. Gold cloth spine over green boards, very clean, slipcase, dust jacket, 119p., 16 x 22cm., former owner's name, Hearn frontispiece, an excellent example. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a fascinating… Leer más

Detroit 1933, Powers. Gold cloth spine over green boards, very clean, slipcase, dust jacket spine reinforced, 119p., 16 x 22cm., Hearn frontispiece, an excellent example. * * FIRST & ONLY LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 * * . *** **** *** . .FIRST & ONLY LIMITED, HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 550 COPIES . . . THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HEARN & THE COUNTESS . . . TWENTY-EIGHT LETTERS: 1871-1901 . * Being the correspondence of Lafcadio Hearn with the Countess Annetta Halliday Antona of Detroit. . Hearn gave the Countess a nickname "PAGAN." Per Powers, the publisher on p.10,: "While in New Orleans, Hearn was told of her [Countess] defense of his character before a group of scoffers. There after Hearn called her 'Pagan.'" . In an early letter from Hearn to the Countess, he wrote: "Only a pagan understands how to garner one hour of unforgettable beauty from each day of the eternal pageant." See p.20, et al. . With a fascinating forward by… Leer más

Detroit: Robert Bruna Powers, 1933. First edition. Boards. Orig. gold lame spine and lime green boards. Very good. 119 pages. 21 x 16 cm. Hearn's letters to Annetta Halliday [Countess Annetta Halliday Antona] beginning in 1871 when Halliday then a child was fascinated by the half-blind book agent who knew all about ghosts. Twenty-eight letters remain of this correspondence. Limited edition, copy 258 of 550 printed on Arnold Unbleached paper. Rubbing to extremities.

Detroit: Robert Bruna Powers, 1933. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Signed by Countess Annetta Halliday Antona! Limited edition, this no. 279 of 550 copies, 1933, hardcover with green and gold boards in dust jacket and slipcase, octavo, 119pp., black and green frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked but showing foxing to edges of text block. DJ fair, in two pieces torn at spine joints but not missing any sections, held together in protective mylar wrap. Slipcase complete but with signs of repair along joints, still sturdy and useful.