THE GOLDEN BOUGH BY JAMES GEORGE FRAZER 1922 FINE BAYNTUN RIVIERE BINDING

[FRAZER, JAMES GEORGE]. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922.

Hardcover. Abridged edition. Leather-bound. Octavo (220 x 140 mm), pp. (xiv), 756. Exquisitely bound in full morocco and signed Bayntun-Riviere, Bath. Five raised spine bands, the second and third compartments with gilt lettering. Upper cover with a wonderful rectangle morocco inlay and gilt ruled centrepiece incorporating a mistletoe design. All page edges gilt, with marbled endpapers and pastedowns, the blank endpapers and half-title present, illustrated frontispiece, rear index in double columns.

Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy and without previous ownership markings. Exquisitely bound and scarce thus.