Publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume.

Printed marginal notes.

Yeats Library holds: pt. I, 1-2. The magic art and the evolution of kings. 1911. -- pt. II. Taboo and the perils of the soul. 1911. -- pt. III. The dying god. 1911. -- pt. IV, Adonis, Attis, Osiris; studies in the history of oriental religion. 2nd ed. rev. and enl. 1907. -- pt. V, 1-2. Spirits of the corn and of the wild. 1912. --pt. VII, 1-2. Balder the Beautiful; the five festivals of Europe and the doctrine of the external soul. 1913.-- Bibliography and general index. 3d ed., rev. and enl. 1915. Yeats Library is missing part VI; The scapegoat, 1913.

With bookplate of W. B. Yeats on front pastedown.

"These studies are an expansion of the corresponding sections in my book 'The golden bough', and they will form part of the third edition of that work."--p. v.

Edition statement on half-title page reads third edition; on title page reads second edition, revised and enlarged.

With bookplate of 'Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Norman Chapel, Broad Campden' on front pastedown; cancelled through in ink.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical description: xix, 452 pages ; 23 cm.

Citations/References: A descriptive catalog of W. B. Yeats's library, Edward O'Shea. - New York ; London : Garland, 1985. page 99.