1907
by [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura & Peake, transl
1907. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A., translators. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE. Volumes I II III. Tokyo, 38 Yotsuya Hommura: T. Hasegawa, Meiji 41 [1908] Printed by Kaneko Tokujiro. 18.1 x 12.3 cm. Volume one is a second printing from 1909 after the first of 1907, the second and third volumes are from 1908 and 1910, first editions. Covers are creped paper over padded boards. Contents are printed on uncreped paper. Fine condition throughout, in a (publisher's?) clasped chitsu case. Volumes two and three are quite scarce, a full set even more so.
(Inventory #: 88589)