Heading: (Japan)
Author:
Title: Two bound volumes of Japanese crepe paper books, & 5 other illustrated works
Place Published: Japan
Publisher:
Date Published: Early 20th century?
Description:

The bound volumes comprise four separately issued stories in each, one is sewn wrappers, the other in cloth; the other stories are in wrappers or this boards. Illustrated with color woodblocks.

First bound volume comprises:

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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 1: Momotaro.


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2: The Tongue Cut Sparrow.


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 3: Battle of the Monkey and the Crab.


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  Japanese Fairy Tales. Second Series. No. 3. The Broken Images.

The front wrapper of the first and the rear wrapper of the last are worn with loss; the double leaves on which it is printed have been cut open.

The Second bound volume comprises:

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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 9 The Serpent with Eight Heads.


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10. The Matsuyama Mirror.


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 11. The Hare of Inaba.


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 12. The Cub's Triumph.

Spine rubbed, head chipped.

Also, in slightly larger format and printed on regular paper:

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  Shitakiri Suzume


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  Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 8: Urashima.


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  Japanische Marchen: Der Spiegel zu Matsunama


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  Nedzumi no Yome-iri. (disbound, worn, possibly incomplete).


• 
  Japanese Postage Stamps and Cards, Assorted.

Varying amounts of wear, good or better.