$1,230
Japanese Fairy Tales, Four Bound Volumes. Tokyo: Kobunsha and Hasegawa, [19th c.] Including the following twenty titles, bound in four uniform volumes, with Japanese-style bindings of printed textile over boards, rebacked in blue cloth; translated by Mrs. T.H. James, all printed on crepe paper, illustrated in full color throughout: The Silly Jelly-fish; Lord Bag O'Rice; The Hare of Inaba; The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab; The Princes Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade; The Old Man & the Devils; The Mouse's Wedding; The Serpent with Eight Heads; The Matsuyama Mirror; The Ogre's Arm; The Fisher-boy Urashima; Hanasaki Jiji; The Cub's Triumph; Tongue Cut Sparrow; The Wooden Bowl; The Enchanted Waterfall; Kachi-Kachi Mountain; Momotaro; The Ogres of Oyeyama; and Schippeitaro ; 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (4)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
