American Folk and Fairy Tales

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Cloth, xvi, 302 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. PRESENTATION-ASSOCIATION COPY. Signed by the author Rachel Field, with a personalized inscription to Frank Linderman, thanking him for three contributions to the book, in the Indian Legends section. The book subsequently belonged to one of his daughters, Wilda, whose name & address is penned on the preceding front free endpaper. A very good copy, age toning. Illustrated with drawings by Margaret Freeman. CONTENTS: INDIAN LEGENDS: Why chipmunk's back is striped, by Frank B. Linderman; Falling star, by George Bird Grinnell; Stealing the springtime, by Frank B. Linderman; Old-Man and the thunder-birds, by Frank B. Linderman; Origin of the medicine pipe, by George Bird Grinnell; Why the weasel is white, by Frank B. Linderman; Boy and his sister Journal of American folklore; Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving; NEGRO STORIES: Miss Cow falls a victim to Mr. Rabbit; Brother Rabbit and the mosquitoes; The man and his boots; Jacky-my-lantern, by Joel Chandler Harris; LOUISIANA FOLK TALES: Compair Taureau and Jean Malin; Compair Lapin and Madame Carencro, by Alice e Fortier; The Great Stone Face, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; TONY BEAVER: Big Music, by Margaret Prescott Montague; PAUL BUNYAN STORIES: The winter of the blue snow; The old home camp, by James Stevens; SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN STORIES: The mule-humans, by Percy MacKaye; The hick'ry pick-tooth, by Percy MacKaye; Old Gally Mander Journal of American folklore.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Illus. by Freeman, Margaret. 8vo. Collectible.