Third edition, revised and enlarged. Thirteen volumes. Format, octavo, 228mm. Physical description, xxxii, 426, [4] publishers catalogue ; xi, 417 [1] pubs. cat; xv, 446, [2] pub.s cat. ; xii, 306 [2] pubs, cat; viii, 317, [1], [2] pubs. cat. x, 321 [1], [2] pubs. cat ; xvii, 318. xii, 371 [1], [4]; xiv, 453, [2] pubs. cat; xii, 346, [2] pubs. cat. xi [1], 389 [1], [2] pubs.cat; vii, 536; xx, 494,[2] pubs ads. pt. 1, v. 1-2 . The magic art -- pt. 2. Taboo and the perils of the soul -- pt. 3. The dying god -- pt. 4, v. 1-2. Adonis, Attis, Osiris -- pt. 5, v. 1-2. Spirits of the corn and of the wild -- pt. 6. The scapegoat -- pt. 7, v. 1-2. Balder the beautiful -- pt. 8. Bibliography and general index -- Aftermath : supplement to The golden bough. Top edges gilt. Each volume with a separate half title and title page. Each volume has bibliographic references and index. Uncut and unopened. Contents clean bright and tight (and probably unread!) Publishers dark green cloth backed boards, the spines lettered in gilt. White endpapers. Overall, a fine plus complete set with the addition of the uncommon thirteenth volume.The Golden Bough was first published in two volumes in 1890, many editions followed and were continually enlarged in content. This Third revised and enlarged edition is generally accepted as the best edition and is one of the seminal building blocks in our understanding of mythology, religion, and anthropology, including magic, myths and rituals in the many different cultures of the world. The book is included in Printing and the Mind of Man (PMM), London 1967 - 'A Descriptive Catalogue Illustrating the Impact of Print on the Evolution of Western Civilisation'. Frazer, Sir George (1854 - 1931), social anthropologist, educated at Glasgow University and Trinity College Cambridge. For further details of Frazer see ODNB. See also PMM 374. And, Besteman, A bibliography of Sir George James Frazer. 1934. And, Garrison and Morton, 184.