Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

83 c   (JAPANESE FAIRY TALES.) Hearn, Lafcadio; translator. Japanese Fairy Tales. 5 volumes. Color woodblock illustrations printed on crepe paper. 8vo, original sewn crepe paper wrappers; publisher’s board Chi-tsu box with faux bone clasps and cover label, fine, unusually bright box with only some light fading to spine title. Larger format (7 1 / 2 x5 1 / 2 inches) post-World War I printings. Tokyo: Hasegawa, 1920s   [700/1,000] Hearn’s celebrated series of story books. The titles include The Boy Who Drew Cats, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling, Chin Chin Kobakama, The Fountain of Youth, and The Goblin Spider . This set with stated imprint “T. Hasegawa, Publisher & Art-Printers” which was prior to the later printings by his grandson and successor, Nishinomiya. 84 c   (JAPANESE TALES.) The Japanese Months. 2 volumes. Color block illustrations on crepe paper ref lecting the 12 months of the year. 8vo, original crepe paper wrappers sewn with bright red yarn, variously, but moderately faded and with some wrinkling; custom red cloth folding box with gilt-lettered leather cover label. Second edition. Tokyo: The Kokubunsha, 1895   [400/600] 83 84