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The Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. I, No. I, dated April-June 1888. Published for the American Folk-Lore Society by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
This early issue includes work by Franz Boas, J. Owen Dorsey, T. Frederick Crane, W. W. Newell and others. Contents include On Certain Songs and Dances of the Kwakiutl of British Columbia, Songs of the Heçucka Society, A Teton Dakota Ghost Story, Ponka Stories, Abstracts of Ponka and Omaha Myths, Onondaga Tales and additional folklore material.
This copy is in very fragile, heavily worn condition and is beginning to come apart. Covers and spine have substantial wear, edge damage and deterioration, with writing and other markings present.
The majority of the pages are stuck together along portions of the top edges from storage. They appear that they can be separated, but I chose not to pull them apart because of the age and fragile condition of the paper. The issue has not been page-counted and completeness has not been verified. Offered as an antique historical research/collector copy in the exact condition shown.Item is sold as shown, with no returns or exchanges. We describe to the best of our knowledge please review all photos carefully.
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