Title: Lot of 16 volumes from the Japanese Fairy Tales Series Author: ** Place: Tokyo Publisher: Kobunsha (mostly) Date: [c. 1900] Description: Includes: Momotaro. (No. 1) * The Tongue Cut Sparrow. (No. 2) * Battle of the Monkey and the Crab (No. 3) * Kachi-Kachi Yama (No. 5) * Nedzumi no Yome-Iri (The Mouses Wedding) (No. 6) * The Serpent with Eight Heads. (No. 9) * The Matsuyama Mirror (No. 10) * The Hare of Inaba. (No. 11) * The Cub's Triumph. (No. 12) * The Silly Jelly-Fish (No. 13) * My Lord Bag-O'-Rice (No. 15) * The Wooden Bowl. (No. 16). The above titles all approx. 7¼x5. Also includes, in a 6x4 format: The Old Man & The Devils. (No. 7, published by Hasegawa) * Kachi-Kachi Mountain. (No. 5) * The Enchanted Waterfall (No. 20, published by Hasegawa) * La Cascade Enchantee. (No. 20, published by Hasegawa). Together 16 volumes, all with woodblock illustrations. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general light wear; overall very good. Item number: 181339
Title: Lot of 16 volumes from the Japanese Fairy Tales Series Author: ** Place: Tokyo Publisher: Kobunsha (mostly) Date: [c. 1900] Description: Includes: Momotaro. (No. 1) * The Tongue Cut Sparrow. (No. 2) * Battle of the Monkey and the Crab (No. 3) * Kachi-Kachi Yama (No. 5) * Nedzumi no Yome-Iri (The Mouses Wedding) (No. 6) * The Serpent with Eight Heads. (No. 9) * The Matsuyama Mirror (No. 10) * The Hare of Inaba. (No. 11) * The Cub's Triumph. (No. 12) * The Silly Jelly-Fish (No. 13) * My Lord Bag-O'-Rice (No. 15) * The Wooden Bowl. (No. 16). The above titles all approx. 7¼x5. Also includes, in a 6x4 format: The Old Man & The Devils. (No. 7, published by Hasegawa) * Kachi-Kachi Mountain. (No. 5) * The Enchanted Waterfall (No. 20, published by Hasegawa) * La Cascade Enchantee. (No. 20, published by Hasegawa). Together 16 volumes, all with woodblock illustrations. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general light wear; overall very good. Item number: 181339
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