FOLK-LORE FROM THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. Part I & II. (Two volumes).
Cambridge, MA: American Folk-Lore Society, 1923.
Hardcover. Very good. Item #53527
Tall Octavo. 9.5 x 6.5". Part I: 375pp. plus ads; Part II: 267pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. T.e.g. Untrimmed and uncut. Lightly faded spines are rubbed at ends with small frayed spot. Spine lettering dulled and hard to read. Spotting to fore-edge.
"These tales and riddles were collected during the summers of 1916 and 1917 from Portuguese Negro immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands. Scatterd through eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the seaports of Connecticut, there are small colonies of Cape Verde Islanders..." from the preface.
Price: $100.00
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