Author: Tomizuka Kiyoshi å¯Oeå¡šæ¸-, editor and Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, binding
Title: Hikå�Ki 飛è¡Oeæ©Ÿ [Airplanes]
Description: 1954. Tomizuka Kiyoshi å¯Oeå¡šæ¸-, editor and Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, binding. HikÅ�ki 飛è¡Oeæ©Ÿ [Airplanes]. Tokyo: ARS アルス. ShÅ�wa 29 [1954]. Small 8vo. Half leatheroid and marbled boards. Gilt. In the decorated publisher's slipcase. This is number 28, on hikÅ�ki 飛è¡Oeæ©Ÿ (airplanes), from the series Nihon IdÅ� Bunko æ—¥æoe¬å-�童文庫 [Children's Library of Japan]. Initial 8 pages of color and black and white photo illustrations. 17.6 x 12.6 folded booklet with a pink photo illustration of a KLM Airlines plane being cleaned by women in traditional Dutch costumes on the cover is laid in. This appears to be one of a series of newsletters from the Children's Library of Japan and is dated March 31 of ShÅ�wa 29 [1954]. Also laid in is a 14.1 x 9.1cm reply postcard from the same publisher in Tokyo. Near fine copy. Though #35 from the series does appear in the Onchi binding raisonné, Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� Seihon no GyÅ� æ�©åoe°å­�四郎è£-æoe¬ã�®æ¥­, this one does not. Illustrated throughout. An interesting little book. .

Keywords: Japan and East Asia


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