Ozaki, Madame Yukio: Romances of Old Japan , London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Feb 1920

First reprint ( pub 1919), in very good condition, in a very good unclipped protected dust jacket, original blue clothboards with black and gilt blocking to front and spine, boards slightly rubbed and bent at front edge, two tone illustrated title page, neat inscription to ffep dated 14/01/1945, some pages lightly foxed not affecting illustrations, 32 full plate tissue guarded colour and b/w illustrations incl frontis (different artists), 278 pages, eleven traditional tales, including 'The quest of the sword', 'The Tragedy of Keza Gozen', 'The Reincarnation of Tama', 'Urasato, or the Crow of dawn', 'Tsubosaka', 'How Kinu Returned from the Grave', and 'The Badger-Haunted Temple'. Madame Ozaki was the wife of the Mayor of Tokyo, father of Japanese parliamentary democracy and the donor of cherry trees to Washington. (Book ref. 1032)  £55.00

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