Tales from the Amazon. by Eells, Elsie Spicer - 1966.

New York:: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966.. Hardbound . Description: sm 8vo, 243 pp, with illustrations by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. This was originally published in 1927. These twenty-six stories are taken from the folklore of South America; some are droll; some are fantastic; some tell of birds and beasts; of the South American Indians' idea of the beginning of the world and of natural things; some explain customs. "For boys and girls from 10 years up" BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with black text and decoration; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dj is price clipped