1924 Scarce Book - Fairy Tales from Brazil by Elsie Spicer Eells Illustrated by Helen M. Barton.
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Author: Elsie Spicer Eells. Illustrated by Helen M. Barton.
Title: Fairy Tales From Brazil: How and Why Tales From Brazilian Folk-Lore.
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: xiii-210 pages.
Binding: Very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, gift note of a previous 1924 owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 8 nice illustrations by Helen M. Barton.
The book: Scarce and attractive illustrated edition of those Brazilian Fairy Tales including 18 tales:
I. How Night Came;
II. How the Rabbit Lost His Tail;
III. How the Toad Got His Bruises;
IV. How the Tiger Got His Stripes;
V. Why the Lamb is Meek;
VI. Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other;
VII. How the Speckled Hen Got Her Speckles;
VIII. How the Monkey Became a Trickster;
IX. How the Monkey and the Goat Earned Their Reputations;
X. How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty;
XI. How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry;
XII. Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey;
XIII. How the Monkey Escaped Being Eaten;
XIV. Why the Monkey Still Has a Tail;
XV. How the Black Became White;
XVI. How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird;
XVII. Why the Sea Moans;
XVIII. How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats;
The author: Elsie Spicer Eells (September 21, 1880 – May 24, 1963) was an American researcher of folklore with Iberian roots and a writer who traveled in the early years of the twentieth century across the Atlantic basin. She is noted for the publication of several collections of short stories and legends based on the oral tradition of various regions she visited, including Brazil and the Azores.