Gods and Heroes of Old Japan, Violet M. Pasteur & Ada Galton, 1906

A smart copy of this illustrated volume of Japanese folklore - short stories taken from the "Sacred Writings and Ancient Histories of Japan". Each tale artistically laid out with marginal drawings, and with 4 additional colour plates, including frontispiece.

Gods and Heroes of Old Japan, by Violet M. Pasteur. Decorated by Ada Galton.

Published Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd, London, 1906. First edition. Printed by Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., London.

A very good copy of this most attractive book. With printed pictorial design to covers. Cloth bound hardback, with the fabric a lille age toned. pictorial endpapers. Soundly bound.

The text is bright and clean throughout, and the plates are beautifully presented. Approximately 10 pages from p.89-99 have some small brown marginal adhesion stains at the lower edge, not affecting text or images. Text block with gilt top edge.

Text in English.

xii + 165pp + 4 Colour Plates, including frontispiece.

Weight approximately 1350g (unpacked).

Dimensions: approximately 252mm high x 190mm wide x 50mm deep.