In a Certain Kingdom: Twelve Russian Fairy Tales by Thomas P. Whitney & Dieter Lange [FIRST EDITION]

In a Certain Kingdom: Twelve Russian Fairy Tales translated by Thomas P. Whitney and illustrated by Dieter Lange [FIRST EDITION / 1972]

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1972] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Hardcover with dust jacket in pretty good condition. 

Book itself is in excellent condition.  Inside pages are white and vibrant; reads like new.   Cloth cover is clean and near perfect with the exception of some isolated spotting along spine area.

Dust jacket is in tact with all-over wear, and some foxing to underside, but otherwise still bright and vibrant.   Price clipped from front panel. 

The stories in this volume were selected from over 600 tales and legends that appear in the definitive Afanasyev collection.  They offer an exciting glimpse into the magical world of Russia's great oral tradition.  It is a world inhabited by firebirds with golden feathers and falcons who are princes in disguise, bu the fiery snake dragon Zmei Gorynych, by Koshchei the Deathless and the various wise and beautiful Vasilisas, the spine-tingling yet sometimes friendly Baba Yagas, the simple Ivans who are not really fools and the mighty bogatyrs, Russia's epic heroes.