The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third and complete edition, 1976 version)
FRAZER, Sir James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. London: The Macmillan Company, 1976. 13 vols.
Octavo. Original blue publisher's cloth. Spines lettered in gilt. Unclipped dust jackets. Third edition, 1976 reprint. Nine parts in thirteen volumes: Part I: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings (2 vols.); Part II: Taboo and the Perils of the Soul; Part III: The Dying God; Part IV: Adonis, Attis, Osiris (2 vols.); Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild (2 vols.); Part VI: The Scapegoat; Part VII: Balder the Beautiful, the Fire Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul (2 vols.); Part VIII: Bibliography and General Index; Part IX: Aftermath: A Supplement to The Golden Bough.
There are few books in the literature of the human sciences that have cast a longer shadow than The Golden Bough. First published in two-volumes in 1890, this work contains a vast, erudite, and compulsively readable survey of mythology, magic, religion, and ritual across the full range of human cultures, held together by a single audacious thesis: that the most ancient religions were fertility cults centred on the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king, and that this pattern recurred, with variations, across civilisations from ancient Rome to the tribes of the Pacific.
The third edition, expanded to twelve volumes between 1906 and 1915, and completed in 1936 with the supplementary Aftermath, is the fullest and most authoritative expression of Frazer's life's work. Its influence has been incalculable: T.S. Eliot drew on it for The Waste Land, Wittgenstein engaged with it philosophically, and it shaped the study of comparative religion, classical mythology, and social anthropology for a generation. This 1976 Macmillan reprint makes the complete third edition, including Aftermath, available in a uniform thirteen-volume set.
Near fine throughout. All volumes show very mild signs of shelf wear here and there but present beautifully as a well-preserved set.
Please note: This is a large set of 13 books in total. The set is overall quite heavy and will require consideration when being packed for shipping. This may attract additional shipping costs, particularly if being shipped internationally.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000431
Original: $454.73
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FRAZER, Sir James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. London: The Macmillan Company, 1976. 13 vols.
Octavo. Original blue publisher's cloth. Spines lettered in gilt. Unclipped dust jackets. Third edition, 1976 reprint. Nine parts in thirteen volumes: Part I: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings (2 vols.); Part II: Taboo and the Perils of the Soul; Part III: The Dying God; Part IV: Adonis, Attis, Osiris (2 vols.); Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild (2 vols.); Part VI: The Scapegoat; Part VII: Balder the Beautiful, the Fire Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul (2 vols.); Part VIII: Bibliography and General Index; Part IX: Aftermath: A Supplement to The Golden Bough.
There are few books in the literature of the human sciences that have cast a longer shadow than The Golden Bough. First published in two-volumes in 1890, this work contains a vast, erudite, and compulsively readable survey of mythology, magic, religion, and ritual across the full range of human cultures, held together by a single audacious thesis: that the most ancient religions were fertility cults centred on the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king, and that this pattern recurred, with variations, across civilisations from ancient Rome to the tribes of the Pacific.
The third edition, expanded to twelve volumes between 1906 and 1915, and completed in 1936 with the supplementary Aftermath, is the fullest and most authoritative expression of Frazer's life's work. Its influence has been incalculable: T.S. Eliot drew on it for The Waste Land, Wittgenstein engaged with it philosophically, and it shaped the study of comparative religion, classical mythology, and social anthropology for a generation. This 1976 Macmillan reprint makes the complete third edition, including Aftermath, available in a uniform thirteen-volume set.
Near fine throughout. All volumes show very mild signs of shelf wear here and there but present beautifully as a well-preserved set.
Please note: This is a large set of 13 books in total. The set is overall quite heavy and will require consideration when being packed for shipping. This may attract additional shipping costs, particularly if being shipped internationally.
This book is currently not on display in store.
If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: [email protected]
Catalogue Number: HH000431
