✳︎ Author/Editor: Kan Kikuchi ✳︎ Cover, Endpapers, Title Page, Frontispiece, Illustrations/Cuts: Takeo Takei ✳︎ Spine Lettering: Shinzaburo Watanabe ✳︎ Publisher: Kobunsha, Bungeishunju ✳︎ Publication Date: July 29, 1928 (First Edition) ✳︎ Pages: 242 pages ✳︎ Size: A5 ✳︎ Condition: Fair, with age-related wear and tear. Cover: Yellowing, scratches, stains, damage, minor tears, peeling. Spine heavily yellowed. Text pages: Minor tears, age-related stains, binding staples rusted. Name written on the back cover. "Shogakusei Zenshu" (Complete Collection for Elementary School Students) is a collection of children's literature compiled by Kan Kikuchi, featuring masterpieces from Japan and abroad. The complete set, consisting of 80 volumes (32 for beginners, 48 for advanced readers) and 8 supplementary volumes, was published through a membership-based direct sales system from 1927 to 1929. With the aim of giving children "eyes to see life" and "hearts to feel beautiful, gentle, and honest," Kikuchi himself translated and wrote, and also gathered a luxurious lineup of writers, with illustrations and book designs. This book is a collection of 12 "Andersen's Fairy Tales" translated elegantly by Kan Kikuchi. Takeo Takei is responsible for the cover, title page, and all the illustrations. The princess found it incredibly fascinating and beautiful that flowers on land have a scent, while flowers in the sea do not, and that the trees in the forest are green, and the "fish" among them sing so sweetly, making it truly delightful to listen to. Her grandmother intentionally called the birds "fish." Otherwise, the princess, who had never seen a bird before, wouldn't have understood. (From "The Little Mermaid") 【Contents】 The Fir Tree Little Ida's Flowers The Daisy The Ugly Duckling The Flying Trunk The Dream God The Nightingale The Great Sorrow The Little Match Girl What the Moon Saw The Little Mermaid ◎⤵︎ The following search terms: Famous Books Reprint Complete Collection Japanese Children's Literature Museum Doll Hospital Shigeru Hatsuyama Book Designer Book Design #TakeoTakei #RoiRamRam Kodomo no Kuni (Children's Country) Chihiro Art Museum #Children'sBooks Children's Art Art Book Folk Toys Kokeshi Dolls Ilf Takeo Takei Folk Toys Keisuke Serizawa Tei Yamamoto Paper Mache Crafts Bernard Leach Isetatsu Traditional Performing Arts Fuku-kan (Lucky Can) MUJI Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten BRUTUS BRUTUS Souvenirs New Year Decorations Hina Dolls Good Luck Charms Kataezome Books (Stenciled Dyeing) folktoy casabrutus Famous Books Reprint Japanese Children's Literature Museum Holp Shuppan Toy Box Takeo Takei Gahanashi (Picture Story) RoiRamRam Ilf Children's Art Museum Meguro Museum of Art Takeo Takei Exhibition: Welcome to the World of Fantasy Yokohama Doll Museum Out-of-Print Picture Books Vintage Picture Books