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KOKKA, a group of 264 copies; JAPANESE EDITIONS published by Toyama Yuzaburo, Tokyo, most with enclosed leaflets listing in English the titles of the collotype or chromoxylograph plates: Meiji 23 (1890), brown covers with silver and green florets, with leaflets, nos. 1-12; Meiji 24 (1891), brown covers with large green and pink foliate sprays, with leaflets, nos. 13-24; Meiji 25 (1892), brown covers with clover, finece and stream decoration, with leaflets, nos. 25-28, 29 [tan cover with same decoration], 30-36; Meiji 25 (1892), pink covers with pink and green wisteria, with leaflets, nos. 37-48 [no. 48 cover nicked]; Meiji 27 (1894), brown paper covers patterned with cream colored birds, waves and foliate patters, with leaflets, nos. 73-84; Meiji 27, silver covers patterned in buff, blue, purple and green with foliate scrolls, with leaflets, nox. 49, 50 [a few stains and spots], 51, 52 [3rd page stained, no leaflet enclosed], 54, 56-60; Meiji 28 (1895), salmon colored covers patterned with silver and colored foliate patterns, with leaflets, 61-69, 70, 71 [some page stained and finger soiled], 72; Meiji 29 (1896), bluish grey cover with silver and orange birds and foliate scroll, with leaflets, nos. 85-89; ENGLISH EDITIONS, published by The Kokka Company, Tokyo, Yazaemoncho, Kyobashi-ku: July 1905, nos. 182-264; JAPANESE EDITIONS, with leaflets in English, Meiji 34 (1901), The Kokka Company, Tokyo, nos. 90-132; JAPANESE AND ENGLISH EDITIONS, 1905, nos. 133-181