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KNAUER, LEOPOLDINE (Transl.): - Die zerbrochenen Bildsäulen. (The Broken Images). Japanische Märchen. Tokyo, Takejiro Hasegawa, Showa 6, (1931).

Title: Die zerbrochenen Bildsäulen. (The Broken Images). Japanische Märchen. Tokyo, Takejiro Hasegawa, Showa 6, (1931).
Description: . Small 18mo crêpe paper book (10.3 x 15 cm). Lvs 15, folded in the fukuro-toji style. With thirteen colour woodcut illustrations, several full page. Original wrappers, pictorial upper cover (one tiny tear at upper margin), spine covered, silk ties. A scarce title. Included in a series of 12 German books (Japanische Märchen) offered by Hasegawa/Nishinomiya in 1931. This work is translated from the English by L. Knauer (and from the Japanese into English by T.H. James). Small water staining to upper margin of two leaves otherwise in lovely condition.

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asien, asatic, travel, exploration, woodcut, illustrated,

Price: EUR 980.00 = appr. US$ 1065.11 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 120484

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