Decorative & Fine Arts Curated Auction

Japanese Fairy Tales Series Crepe Paper 20 Vols.

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Start price: $750

Estimated price: $1,500 - $2,500

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Japanese Fairy Tale Series, crepe paper books, T. (Takejiro) Hasegawa, Toyko, publisher, woodblock illustrations. Complete 20 volume set, with duplicate of No. 2 (The Tongue Cut Sparrow). Series (1-20): Momotaro, The Tongue Cut Sparrow, Battle of the Monkey and the Crab, The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom, Kachi Kachi Mountain, The Mouse’s Wedding, The Old Man & The Devils, Urashima, The Serpent With Eight Heads, The Matsuyama Mirror, The Hare of Inaba, The Cub’s Triumph, The Silly Jelly-Fish, The Princes [sic] Fire-Flash & Fire-Fade, My Lord Bag-O’-Rice, The Wonderful Tea-Kettle, Schippeitaro, The Ogre’s Arm, The Ogres of Oyeyama, The Enchanted Waterfall. Each book 6" x 4". All with light toning, very minor wear to covers.

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