WILSON, Richard "The Russian Story Book" [MacMillan, 1916] Illustrated Frank C. Papé

"The Russian Story Book, Containing Tales From the Song-Cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and Other Early Sources" retold by Richard Wilson [MacMillan and Co, 1916]. First Edition. Rd cloth with gilt titling and decorations. Illustrated by Frank C. Papé on 16 colored plates. 307pp. Fifteen tales including several featuring the hero Ilya; one featuring the villainous Whirlwind the Whistler; and others with Vasily the Turbulent, Nikita the Footless, and Peerless Beauty, the Cake-Baker. Hinges cracked. Spine face sunned. Name and gift inscription on FFEP crossed out in black marker. Good and rare.