Published by Criterion Books
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_GOOD. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.
Published by A Mentor Book, New York, 1964
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Mass-market paperback. Condition: Good. Anchor books, A270. Includes bibliographical references. book has some minor edge wear, otherwise clean and tight.
Condition: very good. 4th printing 1972. the abridged edition of the golden bough is a pioneer study in magick and religion. black boards, gilt lettering on spine, binding very good, pages clean, 738 pages, indexed.
Published by Criterion Books, New York, 1959
Seller: Rareeclectic, Pound ridge, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 'A New Abridgment of the Classic Work'. First of this edition (NAP). This book was previously owned by the renowned sociologist, Daniel Bell. He signed his name on the front end paper. He made two parenthetical lines at the margin of one page in the Foreword and afterward put his pen away (at least I didn't find any other markings). The books in very nice condition. The covers don't have any conspicuous soiling. The gilt lettering on the spine is nicely bright. The cover edges and corners are in excellent shape. The spine ends have only minimal crinkling. The page edges look good. The book is large and thick, 730 pages in total. It is also very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I didn't find any instances of soiling. I didn't see any conspicuous creasing. There are no attachments of any kind. Writing and markings is limited to what I have just reported. The dust jacket looks pretty good. You can see in the first few photos. There is one small chip off the top edge of the rear cover, one small chip off the bottom edge of the rear cover. The flaps look very good, very clean, a very thin strip of tan toning of their top edges. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. It will be fitted with a protective cover after the photos of scanned. From the dust jacket: 'A pioneer study in magic and religion that links the primitive concepts and modes of thought to the many institutions and folk customs they underlie, The Golden Bough was a milestone in the interpretation of man's cultural past. No other work in the field of anthropology contributed so much to the mental and artistic climate of our times-- what Freud did for the individual, Frazer did for civilization as a whole. Tracing the evolution of human behavior from the savage to the civilized through his studies of magic, taboos, sexual practices, superstition, and wizardry, and locating from these the basis and roots of contemporary social, scientific, and religious ideas, Frazer built a magnificent behavioral bridge for the past to the present.'.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First edition, later printing. Cloth binding, 738 pp. Clean, solid book. Dustjacket lacking material at spine, chipped at edges. Very good in fair dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover.
Published by Doubleday Anchor Magnum, 1961
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. 1961 Doubleday Anchor Magnum; A 270. This single volume of 426 pages is an abridgement of the thirteen volumes in which Sir James Frazer "documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer posited that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, replaced by religion, in turn replaced by science.".
Published by New York: [1959], Criterion Books, 1959
Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First thus. xxx, 738 p.; 23.5 cm. [Orig. title: The golden bough, a study in comparative religion, 1890, 2 v; 3rd ed., 1907-27, 12 v] Good lightly spotted orig. black cloth. Text unmarked.
Published by Criterion Books, New York, 1959
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Feinberg, Sidney (Design) (illustrator). First Edition. First edition thus. 1959 date at copyright page. Black cloth boards, blind-stamped cover design of a bough, silver spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Pages very good. Bind good; front hinge reinforced. Originally published in 1890, this is a faithful, modern abridgement, yet comprehensive, of the original twelve volume classic work on magic and religion from ancient times to present around the globe. Pioneer research linking primitive concepts and modes of thought to the many institutions and folk customs underlying. Covers such topics as the killing of the king ritual related to James Shelby Downard's notorious piece "King-Kill 33" on the ritualistic assassination of JFK. Includes index. (Key Words: Magic, Religion, Anthropology, Sir James George Frazer, Folk Customs, Taboos, Sexual Practices, Superstition, Underworld). Manufactured in the United States of America. 738 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Criterion Books, New York, 1959
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. 1 inch open tear at top of rear panel. Light bump on bottom text block edge. Sunned spine.
Published by Criterion Books, New York, 1959
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Lightly toned spine.