Okasan [This Quiet Lady]

(Tokyo: Dowa-ya Co., Ltd, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. First Japanese edition. Illustrated by Anita Lobel. Translated by Nana Mirai. Slim quarto. Text in Japanese. Pictorial boards. Front cover sunned along the topedge, very light wear, very good or better without the printed wraparound band. Although not marked in any way, from the library of author Charlotte Zolotow; the translator Nana Mirai has Signed or Inscribed the book in Japanese facing the title page. Mirai translated at least a dozen of Zolotow's books into Japanese. A large and striking children's book, uncommon in the Japanese edition and with a nice association.