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Hardcover. Condition: Fine-. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. University Books, Inc., New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.A., 1961, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged In Two Volumes Bound In One. Part IV of The Golden Bough, A Study in Magic and Religion. Fine- condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with black topstain and no markings other than occasional pencil underlinings. The Biinding is gray quarter cloth to raspberry cloth boards, colors uniform throughout, with gilt title and author on raspberry block to the spine, raspberry colored endpapers, unmarked in front, pencil notations to the rear endpaper, and all corners square and sharp with only slight wear at the tips. No Jacket. See photos. [18] (glossy plates), xxviii (introduction and prefaces), 317 (vol. 1), 321 (vol. 2), [iv] (advertisements) pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Originally comprising volumes 5 and 6 of the 12 volume Third Edition (1906 - 1915), this Part IV of the Golden Bough is at the heart of the work, dealing with dying and resurrecting gods from Egypt to Babylon to Greece. In Sexual Personae, Camille Paglia declared Frazer's "most brilliant perception" to be his "analogy between Jesus and the dying gods", though it was "muted by prudence". NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,010 grams / 2 lb., 3.6 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. …