YOUNGEST ONE

by Taro Yashima

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York: Viking Press, 1962. Scarce first edition of the story of how Yashima's daughter Momo makes friends with a painfully shy little boy, with an original watercolor by the artist. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Item #28529 Taro Yashima, real name Jun Iwamatsu, was an antifascist activist in addition to an artist; he met his wife Mitsu in the Japanese Proletarian Artists' League. After being arrested and

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