TWELVE YEARS, TWELVE ANIMALS. A Japanese Folktale.

Oblong quarto, lavendar cloth covers with golden lion design on top cover. unpaginated, but 31 pages including title page. Beautiful illustrations by Margo Locke. Dust jacket unclipped and in very nice condition with light edge wear at bottom of rear panel, small chip at head of spine. "Year of the Dog. Year of the Tiger. Year of the Dragon. In many Oriental lands, each year is called by the name of an animal, twelve of them. How did it all begin Where do these names come from What do they means 'Long time ago in Japan,' Japanese folklore explains, 'King decided to invite all the animals to a party.' " -- from the dust jacket. 121809A

Product Info

ISBN: 0687427088

ISBN-13: 9780687427086

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Year: (1972)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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