Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903. Volume II only, complete in itself. Very Good+ condition. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Hardcover. 4.5" wide by 7.25" tall. Illustrated with 5 plates (photos of: The Needles, Columbia River; Pike's Peak; the Tetons; Grand Canon; etc). First printing with "Published October, 1903" on the copyright page, and NO indication of any other printing. Contains over 60 American Indian folk-tales, mythology and legends including: Mississippi's Crooked Mountain, The Locopolis Murder Case, The Singing Bones, Fire-God of Neosho, The Arrow of Human Bone, Spell Tree of the Muskingum, The Fish-Man, The Bone Knives, The Pipe-Stone Quarries, How Nishishin Became a Medicine-Man, Crazy Woman's Creek, The Enchanted Horse, The First Scalp, The Blackfoot Raid, Why the Navahos Take Sweat-Baths, The Moqui Snake-Dance, The Inverted Tree of Pecos, The Cost of a Lie, Why Indians Paint Their Faces, The Dog-Children, How the Skunk Got Back, Starvation on a Monument, Buried Treasures, Lost Mines, The Wandering Jew, Indian Mermaids and Fairies, etc. Top edge gilt. Bound in the original dark red cloth, attractively decorated with green and gold accents.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No jacket. 345pp.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016061
Title: American Myths and Legends : Vol II (Volume 2, Two)
Author: Skinner, Charles M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ condition
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia and London
Date Published: 1903
Keywords: Native Americans. Indians. Folklore.
Bookseller catalogs: Indians / Native Americans;
Size: 345pp

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