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VG sturdy library edition, with orange boards.
The pages are full of Beautiful watercolor paintings by Taro himself.
Taro and his wife Mitsu, real names Jun Iwamatsu and Tomoe Sasako, were antifascist activists in addition to artists; they met in the Japanese Proletarian Artists' League. After being arrested and tortured by the Japanese government for their activism, they fled to America; they took on their pseudonyms when they were hired by the Office of War Information, and later the Office of Strategic Services, to protect their family still living in Japan. They produced anti-military propaganda for Japanese consumption in various forms throughout World War II, including illustrating handbills for dropping over battlefields. After the war, Taro and Mitsu wrote PLENTY TO WATCH and their other children's books to tell their American-born daughter Momo about life in Japan before the war. Based on Taro's childhood in a small village, this story brings to life all of the active workshops and… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1930 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Same date to title and copyright pages. Bownish/orange fine weave linen boards with silver gilt spear design on front cover. Spine is faded and bumped. Interior of book is in near fine condition. Autobiographical account of Frances Charles Yeates Bown's experiences in the Balleans and Middle East at the Pakistani and Afghan frontier from 1908-1918. Won the james Tait Black Award. Made into 1935 film starring Gary Cooper..