1887 1st Edtn With Provenance MYTH RITUAL AND RELIGION 2 VOLUMES By Andrew Lang Good Myths

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1887 1st Edition With Provenance

MYTH RITUAL AND RELIGION 2 VOLUMES
By Andrew Lang

Author Bio: Andrew Lang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.

Provenance: Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy (27 February 1845 – 11 November 1918), styled The Honourable from 1878, was a British Conservative Member of Parliament. Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1892 for Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Baron Medway. The family seat is Great Glemham House, near Saxmundham, Suffolk. The title remains held by the Gathorne-Hardy family. Arme De Foi Hardi (Armed with hardy faith)

Synopsis: First edition of this groundbreaking work by Lang, renowned for his Color Fairy Book series, this study continuing his important development of seminal theories in folklore and contesting prevailing beliefs that myth “developed into religion. Lang argued instead that spirituality could be tracked to the earliest humans,”

Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English

Published By: Longmans, Green and Co, London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Boards and spine bumped and scrubbed. Previous owner bookplate on Fep and signature on 1st blank page. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight and firm. No copies are noted in WorrldCat. Collation: pp. 713 Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SKU: BTETM0002153

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 60, L: 60, W: 60 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

1887 1st Edition With Provenance

MYTH RITUAL AND RELIGION 2 VOLUMES
By Andrew Lang

Author Bio: Andrew Lang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.

Provenance: Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy (27 February 1845 – 11 November 1918), styled The Honourable from 1878, was a British Conservative Member of Parliament. Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1892 for Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Baron Medway. The family seat is Great Glemham House, near Saxmundham, Suffolk. The title remains held by the Gathorne-Hardy family. Arme De Foi Hardi (Armed with hardy faith)

Synopsis: First edition of this groundbreaking work by Lang, renowned for his Color Fairy Book series, this study continuing his important development of seminal theories in folklore and contesting prevailing beliefs that myth “developed into religion. Lang argued instead that spirituality could be tracked to the earliest humans,”

Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: English

Published By: Longmans, Green and Co, London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Boards and spine bumped and scrubbed. Previous owner bookplate on Fep and signature on 1st blank page. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight and firm. No copies are noted in WorrldCat. Collation: pp. 713 Please see Photos as part of condition report.

SKU: BTETM0002153

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 60, L: 60, W: 60 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request

Good - Boards and spine bumped and scrubbed. Previous owner bookplate on Fep and signature on 1st blank page. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight and firm. No copies are noted in WorrldCat.  Please see photos as part of condition report