28. Crepe Paper.- Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 9, 10, 12, 13 & Second Series No.1 (Yamata no Oguchi or The Serpent with Eight Heads, Matsuyama Kagami or The Matsuyama Mirror, The Cub’s Triumph, The Silly Jelly-Fish, The Goblin Spider by Lafcadio Hearn), no.9, 10 & 13 ordinary paper tied with cords, the other two crepe paper, no. 12 and the last small format, the last rather worn, Kobunsha, n.d.; No.22 (The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness), Hasegawa, n.d.; Extra No. (Princess Splendor the Wood-Cutter’s Daughter), second edition, Hasegawa, 1895, all but three of the first crepe paper, all with colour woodblock illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, the last two rather spotted and creased at edges, v.s. (7)
est. £200 – £300