Lafcadio Hearn
30 copies for sale · $18–$2,000 · 12 first editions
Notable copies for sale
La Cuisine Creole (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,000
Some New Letters and Writings (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$250
Two Years in the French West Indies (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$250
Shadowings (first edition) — B Street Books$139
Editorials (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$125
KOKORO: HINTS AND ECHOES OF JAPANESE INNER LIFE (first edition) — L. W. Currey$100
OUT OF THE EAST REVERIES AND STUDIES IN NEW JAPAN (first edition) — L. W. Currey$100
The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn — Bartleby's Books$1,000
Gombo Zhebes. Little dictionary of Creole proverbs, selected from six Creole dialects. Tra (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$450
THE ROMANCE OF THE MILKY WAY AND OTHER STUDIES & STORIES (first edition) — L. W. Currey$18
Leaves from the Diary of an Impressionist — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$175
Kokoro Hints And Echoes Of Japanese Inner Life — Second Story Books$75
Works on the market
SOME CHINESE GHOSTS2 copies · $18–$25
La Cuisine Creole1 copy · $2,000
The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn1 copy · $1,000
Gombo Zhebes. Little dictionary of Creole proverbs, selected from six Creole dialects. Tra1 copy · $450
Some New Letters and Writings1 copy · $250
Two Years in the French West Indies1 copy · $250
Leaves from the Diary of an Impressionist1 copy · $175
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Lafcadio Hearn1 copy · $160
Shadowings1 copy · $139
Editorials1 copy · $125
KOKORO: HINTS AND ECHOES OF JAPANESE INNER LIFE1 copy · $100
OUT OF THE EAST REVERIES AND STUDIES IN NEW JAPAN1 copy · $100
Kokoro Hints And Echoes Of Japanese Inner Life1 copy · $75
JAPAN: AN INTERPRETATION1 copy · $63
KUSA-HIBARI1 copy · $50
LAFCADIO HEARN: MANUSCRIPTS1 copy · $50
Lectures on prosody1 copy · $50
Market context
64 copies of Lafcadio Hearn's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $100 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, 2 vol., first editions, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894; and (forum, 2026-06-25)£480
"Gombo Zhebes." Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs, first edition, New York, Will H. Col (forum, 2026-06-25)£1,600
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