Murray, Margaret AliceBiblio.com
FRAZER Sir James GeorgeBiblio.com
The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Abridged Edition. First Edition thus. IN FULL MOROCCO
192218757Macmillan 1922. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece toned in sepia small neat contemporary signature on half-title; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco sides with frame border stopped with points at corners back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures hand-made endpapers ribbon marker 'mistletoe' emblem from front board mounted on front paste-down marbled board slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Complete with 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Frazer's masterwork first appeared in two volumes in 1890 with a second edition in three volumes in 1900. This is the first appearance of the abridged edition. 'While the bulk of the book has been greatly reduced I have endeavoured to to retain its leading principles together with an amount of evidence sufficient to illustrate them clearly' Author's Preface. Besterman CLXXXI. Macmillan, hardcover
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