Boas, Franz, ed.
Folk-Tales of Salishan and Sahaptin Tribes
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, For The American Folk-Lore Society, by G.E. Stechert & Co., 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition state, a fine collection of Western and Pacific Northwestern Native American folk-lore and mythology, especially of the Salishan and Sahaptin tribes. Collected by James A. Teit, Livingston Farrand, Marian K. Gould and Herbert J. Spinden, and edited by Franz Boas, the grandpappy of American Anthropology and a fine ethnographer himself. Published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, printed there by G.E. Stechert & Co., for the American Folk-lore Society. Bound in dark brown linen cloth over boards, sharp gilt ruling to top of front panel, gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, fore- and bottom-edges rough-cut. Cracking to front paste-down, light bruising to spine head and foot, else strong and sturdy. Uber-scarce collection of folk-tales from the Salishan tribes (James A. Teit), Okanagon (James A. Teit. Marian K. Gould), Pend d'Oreille, Lower Fraser River and Coeur d'Alene (James A. Teit), Sahaptin (Livngston Farrand), and Nez Perce (Herbert J. Spinden). xii, 1-201 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Keywords: Franz Boas James A. Teit Marian K. Gould Livingston Farrand Herbert J. Spinden