Studies in Cheremis folklore ... Volume I.

Bloomington: Indiana University, 1952. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 213, [1]; folding map; some toning, else very good and sound in original printed tan wrappers. Issued as no. 6 in the publisher's Folklore Series. Introduction and analytical bibliography, by T.A. Sebeok (p. [1]-12); The folktale, by A.N. Nyerges; The proverb, by W. Roberts; and, The riddle, by A. Taylor. A second volume was published in 1958. "The Mari, also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, are a Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia" (Wikipedia).