Japanese Fairy Tales. Printed in color by hand from Japanese wood blocks. Includes: The Boy who Drew Cats, The Goblin Spider, The Old Woman who lost her Dumpling, Chin Chin Kobakama, The Fountain of Youth
TPhiladelphia/Tokyo: Macrae Smith Company/ T. Haegawa, Publisher & Art Printer, 1930. Soft cover. Very Good. Item #11916
No date. c. 1930. [190 x 135mm]. 5 volumes in the original illustrated crepe paper wrappers, bound by light green silk string. Very light foxing to the spines and to the decorative paper lining the original folding box, else the volumes are fresh and clean. The folding blue cloth box very faded around the edges, the two bone catches present, the lettered spine of the box is heavily faded and worn, the joints cracked but still in one piece and complete. Early English edition of the Japanese Fairy Tales translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The only mention of the American publisher is on the paper title label on the box, the volumes are printed by T. Hasegawa, Tokyo. A very nice set.
Price (CAD): $3,880.00