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Anthropology and Folklore. The collection of the 4th Lord Raglan; over 400 volumes with additional pamphlets and offprints, including: Webber, H. Illustrations of Northern Antiquities from the Earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian Romances, Edinburgh 1814. 4to., cont. half calf Martin, John. An Account of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, Third Edition, Edinburgh 1827. 2 vols. Constable's Miscellany vols 13 & 14. 12mo., orig. qtr. green roan. Folding map Ellis, William. Polynesian Researches…, 2 vols., 1829. Frontispieces, 2 maps, one of them folding and 6 plates (as per list) Fullom, S.W. The History of Woman, 2 vols., 1855. (inner joints cracked). Presentation copy inscribed on titles to [Lord] Raglan from the author Greenwood, James. Curiosities of Savage Life, First series, 1863. (inner joints repaired, upper cover soiled). Chromolithographic plates, woodcuts Brinton, Daniel G. American Hero-Myths, Philadelphia 1882 Jennings, Hargrave. The Indian Religions…, 1890 Robertson, John M. Pagan Christs…, 1903 Johnston, Sir Harry. George Grenfell and the Congo, 2 vols., 1908 (slight wear to vol 2). Maps and illustrations Frazer, J.G. Psyche's Task, 1909; The Golden Bough, 15 vols., 1913 - 36, mostly Third Edition, including The Aftermath (lacks vol 2 of The Belief in Immortality); Folk-Lore in the Old Testament, 3 vols., 1918 Seligmann, C.G. The Melanesians of British New Guinea, Cambridge 1910 Roscoe, Rev. John. The Baganda…, 1911 Hose, Natural Man A Record From Borneo, 1926 Briffault, Robert. The Mothers, 3 vols., 1927 Hocart, Arthur Maurice. Lau Islands. Fiji, Honolulu 1929; Kings and Councillors, Cairo 1936, 2 copies, one a Presentation copy from the author to Lord Raglan (orig. wraps. (worn). With 13 others by the same; bibliography by Rodney Needham, Presentation copy to Lord Raglan, Oxford 1967 & offprint The Hocart Papers in the Turnbull Library, Wellington, 1950 A.M. Hocart (1883 - 1939), anthropologist and ethnographer, who published studies on Polynesia, Melanesia and Ceylon. In 1908 he was picked by W.H.R. Rivers to accompany him on the Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Solomon Islands; their work was the inspiration behind sections of Pat Barker's novel The Ghost Road. Hackin, J. & others. Asiatic Mythology, 4to., 1932 Seligman, C.G. & Brenda Z. Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan, 1932. Illustrations. With typed copy signed of Lord Raglan's review of the work loosely inserted Somerset, Fitzroy Richard, 4th Lord Raglan. A collection of his own works including: The Science of Peace, d.w., 1933; If I Were Dictator, d.w., 1934; The Hero, d.w. (d.w. poor) and proof copy of the same, 1936. 18 vols., including duplicates and contributions to periodicals etc. Steward, Julian H. Handbook of South American Indians, vols l & 2 (ex 7) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1946 Heyerdahl, Thor. American Indians in the Pacific, 1952 Run of the periodical Folklore: vol 1, 2 copies, 1890; 4 - 7, 11, 12, 17 - 23, 25, 28 - 30, 32, 36 - 70, 1959, all bound, mostly cloth, with nos. for 1960 - 71 in orig. wraps.(a quantity)