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Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1958. 700 g; XIV, 274 pages, last page blank, includes a small vocabulary and pronunciation guide, as well as seven full-page illustrations, and numerous black-and-white line drawings. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Front board illustrated with a drawing, and title. Foxing to the edges of the text block, and to the front and rear end pages, original bookseller's sticker at lower left-hand corner of front end page, otherwise internally clean and free of blemish. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped at each of the eight corners, the worst being the top corners of the front panel where there is a minor loss. Some loss of colour to the creases and to the back panel. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. "This unusual anthology has over 270 pages of authentic folklore, fairytales, hero tales, and fables of Finland. All the stories are translated from the original Finnish sources. With more than 60 pictures done in black-and-white, the book is not only entertaining but is often full of a gay humour, even a kind of magic." -- front fold over blurb. Translation is by Aili Kolehmainen.. Fifth Printing. Illustrated Cloth. Good/Damaged -- Price Clipped. Illus. by Laura Bannon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. folklore -- Finnish.