The Matsuyama Mirror by Anonymous - 1886

Kobunsha, 1886. Paperback. Fair. Fair. 1886 Kobunsha, Tokyo. Date is in Japanese system, Meiji 19 = 1886. Japanese Fairy Tale Series number 10. Later printing; "Copyright Reserved" on outer edge of colophon page. Title in English on front cover, below series title and number. "Told to Children by Mrs. T. H. James." Silk string-bound plain paper book, approximately 4.75 x 7.2 inches. Binding along left edge consists of two sets of four holes stabbed through the paper, with white silk threads forming an X on the back and two knots on the front. Spine is not covered. Color woodblock illustrations on covers and some pages. Covers wrinkled at corners and lightly soiled. Front cover has 14 vertical scrawled pencil marks in the top half, descending from the top edge. There is also a quarter-inch brown stain over the title. Corners rounded. String binding intact. Page corners worn. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. NO highlighting or other markings. Unpaginated, 22 folded pages (11 leaves). See our listings for other numbers in this series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.