Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
(Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904),La Nouvelle Atala ou La Fille de L'Esprit. Legende Indienne Par Chahta-Ima (De la Louisiane), New Orleans, Louisiana, 1879, original printed pictorial wraps, 12mo, (soiling to wraps, spine split and signatures loose, age typical defects). BAL 7910.
Note: This contains Lafcadio Hearn's first contribution to a book, a review called "A Louisiana Idyl."
Estimate $800-1,200
Soiling to wraps, spine split and signatures loose, age typical defects.