his paper on primitive burial customs placed the study of the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead in a new light. He has now given us the first instalment of a comprehensive survey of the whole institution. Psychical and ceremonial though it is, the doctrine and cult form an institution as deserving of the name as political government. The belief in some degree of immortality has been practically universal, and is still a "last infirmity of noble mind"; some form of "worship,"fear of the ghost or actual ...
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his paper on primitive burial customs placed the study of the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead in a new light. He has now given us the first instalment of a comprehensive survey of the whole institution. Psychical and ceremonial though it is, the doctrine and cult form an institution as deserving of the name as political government. The belief in some degree of immortality has been practically universal, and is still a "last infirmity of noble mind"; some form of "worship,"fear of the ghost or actual veneration of the deified ancestor, has accompanied the belief in the case of the majority of peoples. The author acutely points out, for the consideration of "historians and economists, as well as of moralists and theologians,"that the direct consequences of this moral institution have been grave and far-reaching, such as no mere sentiment could have produced, not only in primitive but in civilised history. Natural theology, and the three modes of handling it, the dogmatic, the philosophical, and the historical.
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Good+ 8vo 8"-9" tall; 1268 pages; 3 volumes, complete. Reprint of the original edition. Soundly bound in original green cloth with titles in gilt to spines. 495; 447; 326 pp Contents generally clean and neat, but with ex-library indications including a catalog label at spine and light attachments to endpages. Some brief, mild underlining and bracketing in pen to the introductory chapters of Vols I & II. Cloth surfaces and edges of Vol I light to moderately shelf rubbed, with milder shelf rub to the latter 2 volumes. Sound decent copies. Condition graded for institutional ownership indications and light to moderate reader wear. G+ thus....Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Fair condition only. Ex-library copy; with typical markings. Binders tape over spine; hinges taped. Title hand-written on spine. Corners worn, some edgewear. 495 pages, plus ads. Fored-edge of page 495 taped. Tape at rear hinge has covered some text at margin of last advertisement page. Pages just a bit age-toned; else pages clean but for library markings.; WHH10D; Ex-Lib.
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Good with no dust jacket. 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.
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Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xxi, 495; ix, 447; ix, 326. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spines. Volume 1. The belief among the aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia. Volume 2. The belief among the Polynesians. Volume 3. The belief among the Micronesiana. Fine.
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