Tales of a Russian Grandmother

by Frances Carpenter, Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator)

Here is what appears as a 2nd printing of the 292 pg privately owned Travel and Adventure Library For Young Folks hardcover by Frances Carpenter with illustrations by I. Bilibine from Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc. and copyrighted 1943. The book is finely illustrated by many Bilibine full color drawings. This is a collection of some 28 stories and include titles such Nianyas Little Pigeons, Frost Kings Bride, Sadko the Rich Merchant, Little Sister of the Sun, Chudo Yudo with 12 Heads, Frog Bride, Kostchey the One Who Never Dies, Clever Semiletka, Winters Tale, Little Feather of Splendid Falcon, 4 Underground Kingdoms, Wonderful Beer Of Poor Petrusha, Sweet Stringed Dulcimer, Bad Wife, Rivers That Talked, Kassian and Nicholas, Little White Duck, Marco the Rich/Basil the Luckless, Water Kings Daughter, 3 Golden Hairs, Peasant/Saint/and the Prophet, Elena the Fair, By Pikes Command, 3 Kopecks and a Cat, Wonderful Doll of Vasilissa the Beautiful, Marya Morevna, Greedy Priest and Enchanted Lime Tree. The book has no dust cover and the blue boards with red lettering have some corner/edge wear/rub/bump and some spotty light fade, yet overall the boards are straight and presentable. Inside, the pages are clean, tear free and the binding is sound.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

Frances Aretta Carpenter was born in 1890, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Frank G. Carpenter, a journalist and travel book author. She was educated at Smith College, receiving her BA in 1912. In 1920, she married W. Chapin Huntington, with whom she had two children. Carpenter was well traveled, accompanying her father on his investigate tours as a girl, and her husband on his stints with the United States Foreign Service. Those experiences are reflected in her many children's books, which feature folklore from many parts of the world.

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