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Hardcover. 8vo. 256 pp. Black cloth with silver titling to spine; decorated end papers; bibliography, index. Review copy, with publisher's preprinted note loosely inserted at front. The author suggests new answers to the questions surrounding the witch persecutions of the 16th and 17th century by examining one Scottish community. Very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners; page edges a little dusty; owner's ink stamp and date on front paste down. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, not price clipped.)
Witch Hunt. The Great Scottish Witchcraft Trials of 1697.
ADAM, Isabel.
London: Macmillan London, 1978.
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The Second Coming of Satan.
ADAMS, Moody ( signed ).
Baker, LA: The Moody Adams Evangelistic Association, nd (circa 1980's).
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Hardcover. small 8vo. x + 480 pp & 238 pp. Half red morocco w/ marbled boards and endpapers, gilt title and intricate filigree design to spine, raised bands, marbled page edges. "The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest" is a fictional tale of witchcraft, midnight masses, hauntings and other devilments, set in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. A volume from "The Novels and Romances of W. Harrison Ainsworth" that were first published in collected form by Routledge in a 17 volume set , then republished in this "new edition" in eight volumes. This is the third volume of the 'new edition' and contains two complete works, The Lancashire Witches, AND Auriol, or The Elixir of Life. At some stage the volume has been neatly rebacked, retaining the original boards and highly decorated spine. Edges lightly rubbed, previous owner's name in pencil, paper slightly browned with very light scattered foxing. Overall a tight and clean VG + copy.
The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest. AND Auriol, or The Elixir of Life: ( Two titles in one volume )
AINSWORTH, W. Harrison.
London: George Routledge and Sons, nd [ late 19th century ]
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Softcover. Large 8vo. xii + 244 pp. Volume II of the Althone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe. This volume provides an up-to-date, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Ancient Greece and Rome. Just light rubbing to covers and edges, otherwise a clean VG + copy.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Volume 2, Ancient Greece & Rome.
ANKARLOO, Bengt and CLARK, Stuart ( Editors ) (Valerie Flint, Richard Gordon, Georg Luck and Daniel Ogden).
London: The Althone Press, 1999.
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Twentieth Century.
ANKARLOO, Bengt and CLARK, Stuart ( Editors ).
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
ANKARLOO, Bengt and CLARK, Stuart (Editors).
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
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Softcover. Quarto. 16 pp. Stapled pamphlet, printed covers; b&w illustrations, list of further reading. A psychological view of the witch craze. A few small creases along edges; light rubbing. Otherwise, a clean VG+ copy.
Aspects of Psychopathology of Witchcraft From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century: SK&F Publications, Volume 2. Number 8
ANNEAR, M.W.
Hertfordshire: Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd., 1979.
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Single leaf. Folio (12 x 7 ½ inches) A single leaf, disbound. Printed on the recto only, extracted from a collection of Parliamentary Acts. Royal coat of arms at head of page, then "Anno Primo & Secundo Georgii IV. Regis.," then the name of the act, plus a brief (ten line) description of its purpose, followed by the printer's details.This act - which passed - was entitled "An Act to repeal an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, against Witchcraft and Sorcery." It referred to a 1586 Statute "against the practices of the wicked offences of conjurations, and of invocations of evill spirites, and of sorceries, enchantments, charms and witchcrafts" was passed by the Irish Parliament, which allowed for the execution of anyone found guilty of causing death by spells or charms, with lesser penalties for other offences. Although very seldom used it remained on the Statute Books until this legislation was passed in 1821.A little discolored and torn at the edge where it was excised. Overall VG+, an attractive and historic item that would display nicely if framed.
An Act to repeal an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, against Witchcraft and Sorcery.
Anon [Parliament of Ireland].
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1821.
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Softcover. 8vo. 18 pp. Stapled printed wrappers; black titling to upper cover, b&w illustrations. A pamphlet on the history of witchcraft in Northamptonshire - the English "county of Squires and Spires," compiled from various historical sources and published in 1866. Curiously although the pamphlet looks to be the original printing, the wrappers have a slightly later appearance, and it is tempting to speculate that someone may have come upon an usold batch of the pamphlets a few decades after their publication and had them bound up for sale. Covers browned at margins, light rubbing to edges and some light creasing and a few tiny tears to edges, some foxing throughout. Overall, an unmarked near VG copy. Scarce.
A Brief History of Witchcraft with Especial Reference to the Witches of Northamptonshire.
Anon.
Northampton: J. Taylor & Sons, 1866.
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Hardcover. 8vo. 47pp. Modern grey papered boards with black title and date on spine, fresh endpapers. A well-reasoned essay in support of The Witchcraft Statute of 1736, which was brought in to replace James I's notorious Witchcraft Statute of 1604. The new Statute forbade the prosecution of any person for witchcraft in any civil or ecclesiastical court, although it did allow for the pillorying and imprisonment of those who presented themselves as witches or sorcerers. The anonymous author of this booklet argued eloquently against the prosecution of witches, calling the existing Act a "Blot in the Statute Book" and suggesting that had it been repealed sooner it would have "prevented many poor wretches from suffering great torments and miseries, at the hands of the superstitious and ignorant vulgar." Boards lightly rubbed, paper generally a bit browned with some light creasing, scattered foxing. Some loss of right margin of last text leaf, now professionally repaired but some loss of the text of the last dozen lines. Still, overall VG. Quite scarce.
A Discourse on Witchcraft. Occasioned by a bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James I, intituled, An act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits.
Anon.
London: Printed for J. Read, 1736.
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Hardcover. 8vo. 26 pp + 16 pp reproduction of the catalogue of publisher John Russell Smith at rear. Brown cloth illustrated and titled in black on upper board, gilt titling to spine, colored endpapers. Edition limited to 500 copies, the first fifty of which was bound in hard covers, printed and gold blocked, this being copy no. 26. A facsimile reprint of a nineteenth century reprint of this charming witch-craft pamphlet from 1619. Spine edge slightly faded; owner's ink stamp and date in pencil on front paste down, otherwise Near fine condition. (no dust jacket issued).
The Wonderful Discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower, daughters of Joan Flower neere Beuer Castle: Executed at Lincolne, March 11, 1619: Who were Specially Arraigned & Condemned before Sir Henry Hobert and Sir Edward Bromley, Judges of Assize, for Confessing Themselves Actors in the Destruction of Henry, Lord Rosse, with their Damnable Practises Against Others the Children of the Right Hon
Anon.
Leicester: Vance Harvey Publishing, 1970.
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Softcover. Small 8vo. 32 pp. Stapled pamphlet; map, b&w illustrations. A short monograph on witchcraft from the historical "Viewing Sussex" series done by James Pike of Cornwall. Top edge and corners rubbed and creased; price label on rear wrapper; two inch red ink line on rear wrapper. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG copy.
Sussex Witchcraft: Viewing Sussex Series
ARMSTRONG, N.F.
Cornwall: James Pike, 1976.
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The World of the Witches: ( The Nature of Human Society Series )
BAROJA, Julio Caro. Translated from the Spanish by Nigel Glendinning.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964.
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Hardcover. 8vo. xiv + 314 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, notes and index. An unusual reapprasial of witchcraft - which uses traditional sources as well as art and imaginative literature, in its examination. The author suggests that even the witch persecutors were sometimes quite skeptical about claims of witchcraft, and challenges other accepted theories. Approx. a quarter of the book is devoted to a study of Basque witchcraft. Lower spine a little bruised, light rubbing, owner's tidy ink stamp on pastedown (concealed by dust jacket flap), edges a little dusty otherwise a tight, bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (Dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased at edges, not price clipped).
The World of the Witches: ( The Nature of Human Society Series )
BAROJA, Julio Caro; Translated from the Spanish by Nigel Glendinning.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964.
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Hardcover. 8vo. xiv + 368pp (iv pp series title list). Original brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, index. "Using Keith Thomas' 'Religion and the Decline of Magic' as a starting point, this important collection of essays brings together both established figures and new researchers to offer fresh perspectives on the ever-controversial subject of the history of witchcraft." Includes essays by Robin Briggs, Brian P. Levack, Willem de Blécourt, Ian Bostridge and Malcolm Gaskill, among others. Spine ends very slightly bumped, otherwise Near fine condition in mylar wrapped Near fine dust jacket
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe. Studies in Culture and Belief.
BARRY, Jonathan; Marianne Hester and Gareth Roberts (Editors).
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Hardcover. large 8vo. 256 pp. Grey cloth spine with papered boards, gilt title etc, b&w illustrations, biblio and index. New, thus fine in fine dust jacket.
Witchcraze. A New History Of The European Witch Hunts.
BARSTOW, Anne Llewellyn.
New York, NY: Pandora A Division OF Harper Collins, 1994.
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Hardcover. large 8vo. xiv + 256pp. Grey cloth spine with papered boards, gilt title etc, b&w illustrations, biblio and index. A feminist reintrerpretation of the Euorpean witchhunts, which the author argues were part of a broader outbreak of violence of against women, and tantamount to an "ethnic cleasing" of independent women. A tight bright VG+ copy in lightly rubbed and creased VG+ dust jacket (bookshop sticker on rear panel).
Witchcraze. A New History Of The European Witch Hunts.
BARSTOW, Anne Llewellyn.
New York, NY: Pandora A Division OF Harper Collins, 1994.
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The Secret Life of a Satanist. The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey.
BARTON, Blanche [Anton Lavey] .
Los Angeles, CA: Feral House, 1990.
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Hardcover. 8vo, 262 pp (iv pp adverts). Original black cloth with red title, etc. to spine, facsimile of Lavey's signature in red gilt to upper board, b&w illustrations, bibliography. What secrets lurked within the man who shaved his head on Walpurgisnacht, 1966, and declared the formation of the Church of Satan? A biographical exploration of this enigmatic individual. Light rubbing to edges, otherwise Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed at all edges, chafed at spine ends, not price clipped).
The Secret Life of a Satanist. The Authorized Biography of Anton LaVey.
BARTON, Blanche [Anton Lavey].
Los Angeles, CA: Feral House, 1990.
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Softcover. Small 8vo. 254pp. Pocket paperback. "A vivid, colourful and brutal novel - based on the life of Matthew Hopkins, one of the most vicious Englishman who ever lived". Covers lightly chafed, a few light creases; edges darkened; paper a bit browned; owner's ink stamp and date on inside of front cover. Otherwise, a tight and clean VG copy.
Witchfinder General.
BASSETT, Ronald.
London: Pan Books, 1968.
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