Youma: the story of a West-Indian slave by Hearn, Lafcadio - 1890

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent First American edition, published in New York by Harper & Brothers, 1890. Bound handsomely in a white cloth decorated in geometric blue, paper label to cover and spine, forward cock thereto, some light but uniform toning to text-block, foxing at endpapers, dissipating thereafter. Fine black-and-white portrait at frontis, tissue-protected. Youma is Lafcadio Hearn's (1850-1904) fifth book, and another novel, Two Years in the French West Indies, were based on his 1887-1889 residence on the island of Martinique. The protagonist, "Youma," was an enslaved black girl but who was raised as a white girl's companion. Youma becomes guardian of that white girl when she grows up, has a daughter, and then dies. 193 pp. including two pages of publisher ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.