[ARMOUR, R.C.]. North American India Fairy Tales, Folklore and Legends. London: Gibbings and Company, 1905.
NEW EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (19 x 12.5 x 2 cm); pp. viii, [2], 192. English text, with illustrations by R. C. Armour. Bound in publisher's original cloth; half-title; 16 illustrated plates throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers and contents very well-preserved. A lovely copy.
Notes: A wonderful anthology of traditional Indigenous narratives exploring how various tribes historically explained the universe, morality, and the natural world. Primarily adapted from the foundational 19th-century field research of ethnologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the book translates oral histories into accessible European-style fairy tales.
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