About this title: Sir James George Frazer's comparative study of anthropology, folklore, and myth has been an influential work for writers and a standard text for scholars since its original publication, in several volumes, in the early part of the 20th century. Frazer was a professor of social anthropology and a classicist.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1942
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. BRIEF pencilled UNDERLINING and NOTES. Nameplate to front pastedown. Dust jacket has small tears, chipping, worn. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1942-01-01
Description: Good. The binding is firm and square. The pages are clean. Light edge and corner wear. No DJ. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1940
Description: Good. No dust jacket. xiv, 752 p.; 22 cm. 1940 Reissue. Boards very rubbed, faded, with small dent & scuff mark near spine. Owner bookplate on pastedown. Inside clean, tight, with normal age-discoloration. Includes index. read more
Edition: One volume abridged edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket. owner's name else no markings in text, aged, seams reinforced. xvi, 864 p.; 22 cm. A Macmillan paperback.. read more
Edition: Sixth Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Co., NY
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good- 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wraps are scuffed with edgewear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1928
Description: Good. No dust jacket. patterned cloth over boards, Half-title; each vol. has special t. -p. [v.1-2] The magic art. --[v.3] Taboo and the perils of the soul. --[v.4] The dying god. --[v.5-6] Adonis, Attis, Osiris. --[v.7-8] Spirits of the corn and of the wild. --[v.9] The scape-goat. --[v.10-11] Balder the beautiful. --[v.12] Bibliography and general... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. Solid copy, but many smudges on cover, bump to bottom of spine. Jacket fair; tattered edges and yellowed. Pages clean, binding tight. Book Club edition. Not pretty, but works fine as a reading copy. Items selling for $7 or more ship bubble wrapped and boxed; under $7 in a bubble mailer. All items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation. read more
Edition: Abridged Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan & Co., NY
Date Published: 1927
Description: Good. No Jacket. A clean edition. No dj. Spine bumped; white spots on top of both front and back boards; back endpaper has pulled away from spine, though binding is still fully intact. No foxing; a good reading copy. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: Macmillan Publ. Co., Inc., New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780333096291ISBN:0333096290
Description: Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Solid copy, wear to the cover, rubbing, edge wear, creases on spine. Later printing. 864 pgs.; index; 22 cm. Abridged edition. A classic, abridged edition of the original 13 volume set..."...to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collier Books/The Macmillan Company
Date Published: 1963-01-01
Description: Very Good. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. No names, no marks, no stickers. Cover is VG. Binding is tight and square. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
"The classic book of comparative mythology. Between this and Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces," I came to realize the universality of belief in the dead and reborn demigod at the heart of nearly all the world's religions. (edit)
"I have the dover edition, which apparently does not include most of his musings on jesus as savior. But from his analysis of other traditions, I think I can guess what conclusions he would come to."
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