Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead: Volume 1 The Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by J.G. Frazer - 1968

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Some rubbing and a couple of small 3mm tears at ends of spine. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Bookseller's ticket on front endpaper, Whitcombe & Tombs, Dunedin. Some spots of foxing.; Volume One only of three volumes. July 1913 reprint (in same year as the first printing, March 1913). Subtitle of this volume is "The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia / The Gifford Lectures, St. Andrews 1911-1912". xxi, [1], 495, [1 (blank)], [2 (advertisements)] page. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 221 x 142mm. .

London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. A small 5 x 3mm chip to cloth at head of spine. A 9mm split to cloth at head of front joint. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. ; Volume Two only of three volumes. Subtitle of this volume is "The Belief Among the Polynesians". ix, [1], 447, [1 (blank)], [4 (advertisements)] page. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 220 x 140mm. Contents: Preface; Table of Contents; The Belief in Immortality among the Maoris; The Belief in Immortality among the Tongans; The Belief in Immortality among the Samoans; The Belief in Immortality among the Hervey Islanders; The Belief in Immortality among the Marquesans; The Belief in Immortality among the Hawaiians. .

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Three volume set. Vol. 1 495pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Vol. 2 447pp + 1 unnumbered page. Vol. 3 336pp. Vol. 1 is a first edition, Vol. 2 & 3 Dawsons of Pall Mall reprints. Vol. 1 The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea, and Melanesia. Vol. 2 The Belief Among the Polynesians. Vol. 3 The Belief Among the Micronesians. Books have green cloth covers with gold text on spine. Wear and marks on covers and spines on all volumes. Ex-library with stamps, markings on spines, book plates on inside front pastedown, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol. 1/3/2022; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1282 pages .