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Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1904. 74 p.: frontispiece, 7 full-page illustrations; 20 cm. (8 inches). Buff cloth with black-stamped spine title, and white, brown, and black stamped front cover title and illustration. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. There are numerous in-text illustraitons in addition to the full-page illustrations. Each page of text or illustration is within a decorative border. Front pastedown bears Christmas gift inscription from 1911. In Fair Condition: covers are soiled; spine title is faded; some soiling of pages, largely marginal; text block is largely separated from binding; final 2 leaves (containing pp. 73-74 and 1 blank leaf) are detached but present. A nicely illustrated book of Japanese fairy tales.. Fair. Illus. by Ogawa, Sanchi .
Springfield, Mass.: Milton Bradley Co., 1926. 120, [2] p.: color frontispiece, color illustrations; 24 cm. (9½ inches). Black cloth spine with color illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket. Color illustrated endpapers. Color title page illustration. Contains five tales designed to teach chldren to behave, very nicely illustrated with both full-page and in-text illustrations. Contents: Little Gray Doors; The Mirror; The Magic Needle; Paternoster; The Fairy Glen. In Good Condition: edges of cover rubbed; tail of spine starting to fray; corners are rubbed through; one small scrape on front cover; covers are lightly soiled; soiling that primarily affects text, not illustrations; pp. 50, 51, and 118 scraped with small loss of text; pages are tight and illustrations are bright. An extremely scarce and charmingly illustrated children's book from the 1920s.. Good. Illus. by The Phillips.