Lafcadio Hearn
27 copies for sale · $25–$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
Shadowings (first edition) — B Street Books$139
Romance of the Milky Way; And Other Studies & Stories (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$50
Karma, and Other Stories and Essays (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£48
Gleanings in the Buddha-Fields; Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
Interpretations of Literature (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn — Bartleby's Books$1,000
JAPAN An Attempt at Interpretation (first edition) — Tavistock Books$235
Chin Chin Kobakama — Argosy Book Store$300
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
JAPAN An Attempt at Interpretation2 copies · $125–$235
KARMA2 copies · $35–$150
KUSA-HIBARI2 copies · $50
La Cuisine Creole1 copy · $2,000
The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn1 copy · $1,000
Chin Chin Kobakama1 copy · $300
Some New Letters and Writings1 copy · $250
Leaves from the Diary of an Impressionist1 copy · $175
LAFCADIO HEARN: LETTERS TO AND FROM VARIOUS PERSONS, VOLUME I with LAFCADIO HEARN: LETTERS1 copy · $150
Shadowings1 copy · $139
YOUMA: THE STORY OF A WEST-INDIAN SLAVE1 copy · $100
Kokoro Hints And Echoes Of Japanese Inner Life1 copy · $75
JAPAN: AN INTERPRETATION1 copy · $63
LAFCADIO HEARN: MANUSCRIPTS1 copy · $50
Karma, and Other Stories and Essays1 copy · £48
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES1 copy · $43
Interpretations of Literature1 copy · $40
Market context
24 copies of Lafcadio Hearn's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $58 (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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