[Hearn, Lafcadio]

Manuscript poem, ink on paper (11 x 6 3/4 in.; 280 x 169 mm) with illustrative watercolor sketches, signed O'Raven Kazuo (lower left) — An original graphite and crayon portrait of Hearn by Koizumi, signed in lower right and, inscribed on the verso "To my dear Mrs. G. E. Lear. 8 April 1959. An old baby. Kazuo." — Watercolor portrait, "Lafcadio Hearn" signed Kazuo (lower left). Matted, glazed, and framed. 

A group of material by Kazuo Koizumi related to his father Lafcadio Hearn, including a humorous poem recounting an agent trying to sell Hearn manuscripts to famed antiquarian booksellers James F. Drake, Inc of New York. The poem features a drawing of a young duck (or, drake), and makes light of the bookseller's apparent struggles with the classic Greek name.