Japanese fairy tales / by Lafcadio Hearn and others ; with illusrations by Sonia Roetter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904, author.

Contributor:

Peter Pauper Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--Japan.

Fairy tales.

Japan.

Genre:

Fairy tales.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bernhard.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Weiss.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Jennings, Rixford, Mrs. (bookplate, Maple Road East Aurora, N.Y.) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 2)

Physical Description:

78 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Peter Pauper Press, 1948.

Contents:

Chin-Chin Kobakama.

The man who did not wish to die.

The old woman and her dumpling.

The green willow.

The goblin spider.

The chariot that pointed south.

The fountain of youth.

The loving dog.

Urashima.

The foolish jelly-fish.

The boy who drew cats.

Mother in the mirror.

Notes:

Six stories written by Hearn. "The present versions of the other stories have been written specially for this edition and copyright 1948 by the Peter Pauper Press. This edition is printed from Bernhard and Weiss types, on paper made specially for the Press."--verso of title page.

In box.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies purchased by the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Cited in:

Donnelly & Dobkin, 252 (page 70)

OCLC:

273437