Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts

Legends of the Longhouse.

CORNPLANTER, Jesse J.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1938]. Hardcover. As told to Sah-Nee-Weh. Introduction by Carl Carmer. Illustrations by the author. 8vo. Beige cloth with orange lettering and decoration. 216pp. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding a bit age toned at spine and edges, else tight and internally fine; inner flyleaf ownership signature. Item #49206

Later printing of this collection of traditional Iroquois stories gather by this Seneca author, artist, actor and craftsman (1889-1957), whose charming illustrations grace its pages. Tight and attractive.

Price: $45.00