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Above: the cover of SILVER BELLS, Volume II, No. 5. Copyright in Japan, 1952 by Silver Bells Hiroshima Publishing Company. English translation by the staff of Charles E. Tuttle Company.
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This is a 34 page, stapled magazine, of full color Japanese stories and comics, with a 3-D toy in the last page.
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I'm now skipping ahead to the Adventures of the Little Magician story in the back of the book:
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And now here is our foldout "toy:"
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This would have been posted this earlier today if it wasn't for cats walking all over the scanner.
4 comments:
Excellent stuff, Mike. You are a bit of a treasure yourself.
I know a version of the rabbit story from school, again, a Japanese tale, concerning fishermen and turtles.
It's nice that they didn't mirror the pages, the numbering system works well.
Gee whiz, Rod. Thanks for the kind words.
I was struck by how gorgeous SILVER BELLS was, and wondering how it became a US kiddy mag. I know there was a book collection of SILVER BELLS in the 1950s, but I've never seen it.
Darned cats! I know that problem.
Thanks for doing that. Loved the kids, and the horse.
How great to find this and thank you for posting it. I used to read "Silver Bells" when I was a little girl living in Japan. I googled it to see if I could find anything on it. Wonderful memory of the past.
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