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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Abridged Edition
by Sir James George Frazer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
No DJ, cloth-covered boards and spine show little wear, the bottom front corner is lightly bumped. The binding is tight, text block pages are clear of marks, but the first end paper is embossed with a personal library stamp. Includes an index.
A wide-ranging, comparative…and controversial study of mythology and religion, written in 1890 (the single volume 1922) by a Scottish anthropologist. The work was aimed at a wide literate audience; the author offered a modernist approach to discussing religion as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective.
Synopsis
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). It first was published in two volumes in 1890; the third edition, published 1906–15, comprised twelve volumes. It was aimed at a broad literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes (1855).
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Details
- Bookseller
- ETG Book Cafe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 211028u5
- Title
- The Golden Bough
- Author
- Sir James George Frazer
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mythology, Folklore, Religion
Terms of Sale
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Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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