London: Pagan Federation, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. (8.5 x 5.75 inches). 55pp. Stapled. Pale green illustrated card covers, lettered in black, b&w illustrations. Issue No. 144 of this quarterly pagan magazine which was originally titled "The Wiccan". Each issue features articles, reviews and research on polytheism, pantheism, cultural history..... More
Secaucus, N.J. Citadel Press, 1975. First US Softcover Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 287pp, question & answers section, bibliography. The first softcover edition of this wide-ranging look at the roots of witchcraft as practiced in the modern day, differentiating between "True Witches", "Old Religionists", Pop Witches, etc - by Leo Martello..... More
New York: Castle Books, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 126pp, (ii). Brown cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spine, b&w photos. One of the better popular works of the late 1960s and early 1970s, published under the aegis of "Man Myth & Magic." Chapters include: Witchcraft Today; Witchcraft in..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Black cloth with blind stamped design on front cover, red title, etc. to spine, b&w frontispiece, b&w illustrations by the author, appendix and bibliography. The First Edition of this popular guide to "practical witchcraft" written in 1969. Everything..... More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 206pp. Colour illustrated papered boards, bibliography and index, maps. From the 'Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic' series. From the publisher: "This book offers the first attempt to compare lay and inquisitorial witchcraft prosecutions. In most of the early..... More
New York / Oxford: Facts on File, 1989. First Edition - First Printing. Hardcover. Thick quarto. x + 422pp. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, double-column printing, index. An alphebetically arranged reference guide to all things related to witches and witchcraft. In addition to historical sources the..... More
Victoria BC Canada: Porcepic Books, 1992. Reprint of revised edition. Softcover. Octavo. 214pp, appendix, index. Poet, occultist, and ordained wiccan Robin Skelton discusses the practice of the wiccan religion in contemporary culture. A reprint of the revised edition of this 'how-to guide to contemporary Wiccan practices... in which Skelton explains..... More
New York etc: Harper Torchbooks, 1968. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. Trade paperback. 246pp, Endnotes, index. Baphomet illustration to upper cover. The author explores the idea of the witch-craze as a form of social intolerance with the "witch" as the scapegoat. This study was first published in a series of essays entitled..... More
St. Paul, MN: Lllewellyn, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Octavo. Book ONLY. xii + 293pp, xpp adverts. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations, appendixes and index. From the publisher: "The companion volume to The Witches Tarot deck (not included) are meditations and methods of working with the Qabalistic Tree of Life..... More
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Baltimore MD: The John Hopkins Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Maroon cloth with giilt titling to spine and upper cover; b&w illustrations, index. Frontisportrait with tissue guard. A psychological exploration of three aspects of historical witchcraft. The volume comprises three essays: "The Physiological and Psychological Aspects of the..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1985. Second Printing (with revisions). Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 350pp, two xvi page b&w photo inserts. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Glossary, bibliography & index. B/w plates & illustrations. The authors, Janet Farrar (b. 1950) and Stewart Farrar (1916 – 2000) met when they were initiated..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 278pp. Red composite boards with gilt titling to spine, b&w line illustrations by Stewart Farrar, photographs by Stewart Farrar, biblio and index. The authors, Janet Farrar (b. 1950) and Stewart Farrar (1916 – 2000) met when they were initiated..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1974. Second revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Pictorial papered boards. B/w photographs. The second revised and enlarged edition of this well-known book by Lady Sheba (Jessie Wicker Bell: 1920-2002) a self-proclaimed Gardnerian witch. "The Grimoire" includes her "Book of Shadows" (the first "Book of..... More
New York, NY: Mayflower Books, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp, xii b&w plate insert. Brown boards lettered in gilt on spine, b&w illustrations. A much broader-ranging biographical dictionary of occultists than the title suggests: includes entries on Aleister Crowley, Austin O. Spare and Aubrey Beardsley, along with many..... More
New York, NY: The Citadel Press, (1970?). Softcover. Octavo. xx + 332pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to red spine panel, end notes and sources. Michelet's work has attained the status of a minor classic of popular literature on the subject. About half the volume is devoted to a well-researched..... More
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1965. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 126pp. Tan papered boards lettered in black on spine. A translated selection from the 'Dictionnaire Infernal' by Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy (1793-1887). The original work by De Plancy remains one of the best known European works on..... More
New York: Citadel Press, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 320pp. Red cloth with gilt and black titling to spine, frontis, colored top edge, index. A modern hardcover facsimile edition of this important history of witchcraft, viewing demonic practices from biblical times to his own day by noted..... More
Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 346pp. Black cloth spine with brown cloth boards, Bibliography, index, frontis map, b&w diagrams. A series of essays presenting ethnographic accounts of magical beliefs and behavior which including works by such authorities as E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Claude..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Original brown cloth with silver title, etc. to spine, b&w line illustrations by Stewart Farrar, photographs by Stewart Farrar and Ian David, bibliography and index. The authors, Janet Farrar (b. 1950) and Stewart Farrar (1916 – 2000) met when they were initiated..... More
New York: Taplinger, 1972. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi] + 212pp. Original black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w illustrations & photos. Bibliography. A broad ranging study drawing from historical and modern sources: amongst those who the author acknowledges as having "made specific contributions" to the work are Gerald Gardner..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 232pp + iv. Black cloth with silver title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, appendices and index. A study of alleged witchcraft practices, and prosecutions, in the 'Jura' region of the French-Swiss border, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A bit..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 254pp. Black cloth with blind stamped design on front cover, red title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations by the author, appendix and bibliography. A book club edition of this popular guide to "practical witchcraft" written in 1969. Everything from..... More
New York: Random House, 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 340pp. Purple cloth spine over cream papered b gilt-lettered on spine, b&w illustrations, index. A reinterpretation of the motif of the Witches' Sabbath by the renowned Italian "micro-historian" Carlo Ginzburg. Stated First US Edition. Just the faintest..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 382pp. Original charcoal cloth with silver titling to spine; b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. The first edition of this study of witchcraft and other occult and neo-pagan movements in modern Britain. Combines the critical perceptions of an..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1979. Third Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 396pp. Gray cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black on spine, bibliography and index. A nice hardcover reprint of this scholarly study of witchcraft in Europe from the fifth to fifteenth century, in which the author..... More
