New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Large octavo with mustard cloth boards and brown stamping; brown and yellow pictorial jacket; 64 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Near fine copy with prior owner stamp on endpapers; clean and tight; jacket in very good condition with soe sunning to spine and light edgewear. Hardcover. ISBN: GBG983306228;TR698203704
Retells five traditional tales from Galicia, a region that is partly in Poland and partly in Ukraine. "Eric A. Kimmel draws on his love and knowledge of Eastern European culture and folkloric tradition to present four splendid new tales and an exemplary retelling of "The Best of Friends". Etchings by Christopher J. Spollen radiate comedy, grotesquery, and vitality." --Jacket. Contents: Ropenose. The ant. The best of friends. Death and Baba Tsigan. Mishka, Pishka, and Fishka. // Contes Galicie (Pologne et Ukraine), Europe Galicia, Fiction, Folklore Galicia (Poland and Ukraine), Tales, Tales Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)
