Macmillan and Co 1906. First editoin, super octavo, dark grey/green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 339pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bruising & fraying to spine, rubbing to board corners & edges, dampstaining to lower edges of prelims, tanning to eps, foxing throughout, annotation & underlining in pencil)

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Title: Adonis Attis Osiris: Studies in the History of Oriental Religion
Author: FRAZER, J. G
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co 1906
Keywords: first edition JG Frazer histoy of Oriental religions myths legends Egypt Roman Empire Osiris Isis moon Mithra Attis

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