Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn
1927. First Edition Thus. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to front board. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.