Russian Folk Tales… [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]

Lord, Albert B. (editor); Teje Etchemendy (illustrator). Russian Folk Tales… [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1970. First edition thus. Quarto. xx, 196, (4)pp. Dark red linen, front cover with a wrap around vertical band of white linen embroidered in a Russian peasant-inspired pattern of red, white, and purple. Housed in publisher’s felt lined maroon cardboard slipcase with paper label on spine. Illustrated with 16 full-page color plates and numerous black & white text drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Teje Etchemendy. There is a library donation stamp on half-title as well as several text leaves. But for those stamps (and priced accordingly) this would be a fine copy.

Contents: Vasilissa the Fair — Frost — The story of Marko the Rich and Vasily the Luckless — Go I know not whither, fetch I know not what — Prince Ivan, the firebird, and the gray wolf — The witch and the sun’s sister — The three kingdoms: the copper, the silver, and the golden — Koshchei the Deathless — The wonderful self-playing harp — Marya Morevna — The water king and Vasilissa the Wise — The seven brothers Simeon — Ivan Popyalof — Ivan, the peasant’s son — Emilian the Fool — Woe the Woeful — One-eyed Likho — The soldier and the vampire — The soldier’s midnight watch — The blind man and the cripple — Prince Sila and Ivashka with the shroud — The witch. (OCLC) Very good +. Hardcover. (50573) $65