A JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE. Illustrated by Genjiro Yeto.
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green pictorial cloth depicting cherry blossoms stamped in pink, dark green, gold and black, spine lettered and ruled in gold, top edge gilt. All leaves and endpapers are decorated with delicate Japanese illustrations. [226] pp., colour frontispiece with tissue guard plus two additional inserted colour plates by Genjiro Yeto. A brilliant, fresh, clean copy in Fine condition. Item #314310
¶ Winnifred Eaton (1875 -1954), Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. She published prolifically under a number of names, most predominantly the pseudonym "Onoto Watanna". She was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English.
Price (CAD): $100.00