EDWARD THOMAS. — Lafcadio Hearn. A biography.

Constable 'Modern Biographies' series, London, 1st Edition, First Edition, second issue, with a leaf of advertisements tipped-in before the half-title but otherwise identical to the first issue (which was itself preceded by the American issue, published six days earlier). Small 8vo. 96pp including five pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated at the spine, and with blind-stamped lettering and decoration to the upper board. Portrait frontispiece. A touch of wear to the backstrip ends. The free endpapers very lightly toned and with a tiny hint of spotting to very occasional leaf margins. Two former owner notations neatly inked to the front free endpaper. A virtually fine copy. No dust wrapper. Thomas' biography of the celebrated Japanophile. See Eckert p.224-25., Near Fine, No Jacket