Finnish Legends for English Children. EIVIND (R.)

Frontispiece and six plates, half-title and title printed in red and black.

First Edition. Small 8vo. [163 x 98 x 26 mm]. xv, [iii], 214, 6 pp. Bound in publisher's original white cloth decorated all over in blue, with the title on front cover and spine and publisher's device on rear, matching blue endleaves and edges. (Slightly rubbed).
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.

A very good copy. With the neat ink stamp of Eric Nunneley and date 1906 on half-title.

From "The Children's Library" series. "The following stories cover almost all of the songs of the Kalevala, the epic of the Finnish people. They will lead the English child into a new region in the fairy world, yet one where he will recognise many an old friend in a new form" – Preface.

Stock no. ebc7524