The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion : One Volume Abridged Edition
by Frazer, James George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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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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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142102
- Title
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion : One Volume Abridged Edition
- Author
- Frazer, James George
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
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