The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic & Religion - Part I: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume II by Frazer, James George (1854-1941) - 1951

xii+417 with index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and "golden bough" device to upper cover in original pictorial jacket. Part I, volume II. Third edition. The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition) is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was first published in two volumes in 1890; in three volumes in 1900; and in twelve volumes in the third edition, published 1906–15. It has also been published in several different one-volume abridgments. The work was aimed at a wide 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). The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought was substantial.Condition: Front heal hing corner stained and damaged, corners bumped. Jacket Spine toned, spine ends chipped, closed edge tears, soiled else good in a very good jacket.