"Little Pictures of Japan", illus. Katharine Sturges, The Book House for Children

"Little Pictures of Japan", illus. Katharine Sturges, The Book House for Children

Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, "Little Pictures of Japan" is a children's anthology of traditional Japanese haiku and stories, published by The Book House for Children and gorgeously and lavishly illustrated by Katharine Sturges. It is the first of the 3 volumes in the "My Travelship Series" (the other two books focused on Holland and France). The full color illustrations accompanying the poems—at least one per page, and sometimes two or three—are a wonderful reflection of early 20th century graphics style, as well as of the period's interest in "the Orient". (Just take a look at those phenomenal flying-cranes-on-a-scarlet-ground endpapers!)

The Book House for Children was founded in 1919, with author Beaupre Miller as both publisher and editor, and continued to produce editions of popular children's literature through 1940. The company was largely women-run and staffed. Art ran in Katharine Sturges's family—her husband was artist/writer Clayton Knight and her son was Hilary Knight, who illustrated the "Eloise" books.

The quarto format book measures 11" x 8" and 192 pages long. The brown cloth boards feature gilt lettering on the spine and front, where there is also an illustration of a Japanese girl petting a deer. Very good plus condition, with the pages slightly toned but clean and tight throughout, minor soiling to the front board, and bumping to the spine corners.

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$85 USD

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