Legends of Vancouver - Johnson, E. Pauline; Tekahionwake
Legends of Vancouver - Johnson, E. Pauline; Tekahionwake
McClelland & Stewart; 1949; 9th Printing; illustrations by Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald; light age tanning; red cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration; small area of moisture damage to lower front corner and upper back corner of cover which transfers to inside of dust jacket; dust jacket is cream with green drawing of an indigenous group beside a totem pole with the forest and mountains behind them - titles in dark red - unfaded; a few chips and tears to edges of dust jacket - clear tape put on a couple of spots near spine of dj;Pauline Johnson claims to have been told these stories by Chief Joe Capilano . These are stories of Squamish folklore, artless in simplicity but rich in universal truth, etched in word-pictures by the author's lyrical prose.
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Hardcover
Mcclelland & Stewart Ltd
1949
Toronto, ON