Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Japanese Fairy Tale Series, translated by David Thompson, Kate James, James Hepburn and Basil Hall Chamberlain, nos. 1-16 in 4 vol., Griffith, Farran & Co. printing, colour woodblock illustrations, bound Japanese-style, contemporary cloth, original wrappers bound in, spines faded, some splitting to joints, rubbed and marked, [Sharf pp. 61-2], 12mo, Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1888.

⁂ "Early on in his career, [Hasegawa] had prepared a special edition of his crepe-paper fairy tale series for the venerable English publisher Griffith, Farran & Company. With offices in London and Sydney, and with a solid reputation for their children's books, the firm was an important client for Hasegawa in the 1880's. The books that Griffith, Farran contracted with Hasegawa to produce were more in the Western vein, with sewn and glued spines, and with Griffith, Farran identification on the cover." - Sharf.