The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion. Lectures Delivered on The William Wyse Foundation at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1932-1933.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 204pp. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine, top edge gilt, index. Spine ends bumped and rubbed with several tiny chips. Frazer takes as a starting point "the almost universal belief in the survival of the human spirit after death" and posits that the fear of the dead has been "a prime motive of primitive religion." He explores this theme in six lectures in which he examines beliefs about the dead in a wide variety of cultures. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, although not marked as such. Cloth somewhat rubbed overall with some light spot fading, all edges and extremities lightly bruised and rubbed, corners bumped and chafed, private library ink-stamps on front and rear blanks & title page, call numbers on spine and copyright page, page edges darkened and a bit foxed, endpapers unevenly browned, pages toned but unmarked. Overall a tight, internally clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #62652
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