JCPBXX Various: ONE PAPER AND TWO JAPANESE CREPE PAPER BOOKS. Tongue Cut Sparrow, The Matsuyama Mirror, Rhymes & Life Scenes of Japan, Calendar for 1903.. Tokyo, Various sizes and paginations. Colour woodblock illustrations throughout each volume. 3 vols. Paper. Stitched with cord ties. GBP 200.00 Comprises: Japanese Fairy Tales No 2: Tongue Cut Sparrow (first edition 2nd printing. Dated Meiji 19 i.e. 1886. Published by Kobunsha. Paper edition); Japanese Fairy Tales No 10: The Matsuyama Mirror (dated Taisho 11 i.e. 1922. Published by Hasegawa. Crepe paper). Rhymes and Life Scenes of Japan: Calendar For 1903 (Dated Meiji 35 i.e. 1902. Publisheed by Hasegawa. Crepe paper). All text in English. Each volume illustrated throughout with delightful colour woodblock-printed illustrations. Slight wear, creasing and soiling to covers. Contents page of 1903 Calendar with ink inscription on contents page. All three generally clean inside. Subjects: Illustrated Books Woodcuts Item 631 in List 212. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?v/JCPBXX.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |