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Octavo (8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches) New York: Cassell Publishing Co., [1890]. Original. 348 pages, illustrated "With 130 (sepia toned) illustrations throughout the text." Good condition, hardcover, original green cloth with decorative device in gilt on upper cover showing two figures: a male and female in the water holding a large shell, title, author and publisher's name in gilt on spine (mild shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, and marks on back cover, all not affecting contents), index.

A description of "strange things" that includes, among many: "Amazons," "Pygmies," "Giants," "Wild Men," "Hairy Men," "The Centaur," "Woolly Hens," "Four Footed Duck," "The Kraken," and "The Sea Serpent."

Small quarto (9 1/4 X 6 1/4 inches) Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 1937. Second Printing. 325 pages, 33 full page illustrations (many in color) plus several illustrations in the text, red hardcover cloth stamped in gilt with title and author on the spine, plus Notes, and Bibliography.

Among the chapters covering regions of "The Far North," "The Forest Tribes," "The Gulf Region," "The Great Plains," "Mountain and Desert," "The Pueblo Dwellers," and the Pacific Coast," are sections that include studies on "The Eskimo World," "Sun-Worship," "Animal Stories," "Migration Legends," "Prophets and the Ghost-Dance," "The Navajo and their Gods," "Gods and Katcinas," "The California-Oregon Tribes," "Secret Societies . . . .," and "The Raven Cycle."

Very good condition.