Japan: Printed by Dai-Nippon Printing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1947). First Edition; No printing noted. Hardcover. Foreword by Elizabeth Gray Vining. Three Japanese fairy tales translated into English: The Tongue-cut Sparrow, The Marriage of a Mouse and The Fisherman, 21 delightful color plates. Red paper boards, color cover illustration, red endpapers. This copy with the inked signature of the author on the half-title page. ; 5 x 7"; 93 pp; Signed by Author; Covers lightly rubbed and worn at edges, spine sunned, front cover bowing outward slightly, pages lightly toned, no tears or writing. .

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Bookseller: Andrew Langer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4864
Title: OLD TALES OF JAPAN, Volume 1
Author: Yasuda, Yuri (Illustrations by Yoshinobu Sakakura)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; No printing noted
Publisher: Printed by Dai-Nippon Printing Co.
Place of Publication: Japan
Date Published: (1947)
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