The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion
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First edition · Signed
London: Macmillan and Company, 1890. First edition, first printing of Frazer's groundbreaking wide-ranging comparative study on mythology and religion. A presentation copy, signed and warmly inscribed to a former owner by James George Frazer on the first blank page of Volume I. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original green cloth with spines lettered in gilt and ornate mistletoe design blocked in gilt on the upper boards,
- Printing: first
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