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, NY: Peter Bedrick Books, 1990. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering, etc. to spine, title page vignette, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Radford brings togeher this collection of accounts of witchcraft, drawn from a wide variety of sources from the narratives of the European..... 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
Secaucus, N.J. University Books, ND (ca. 1973). Hardcover. Large octavo. 287pp. Yellow cloth with blue metallic titling to spine, bibliography. A wide-ranging look at the roots of witchcraft as practiced in modern day, differentiating between "True Witches", "Old Religionists", Pop Witches, etc - by Leo Martello (1931-2000) an outspoken author..... More
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Charcoal gray cloth with silver titling to spine. A collection of eyewitness reports, depositions, confessions, trial records, etc of witchcraft during a three hundred year period. The author has selected and annotated them so as to give..... More
Edinburgh: Thomas George Stevenson, 1871. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. lii + 264pp + ciii, xxivpp Publisher's catalogue. Red cloth with printed paper spine label, frontispiece. Tales of Scottish witches, warlocks, apparitions, ghosts, devils by a 17th century believer. Reprinted from the extremely rare original edition published at Edinburgh in..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1968. Reprint [ The Apollo Edition ]. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 442pp. The 1968 softcover reprint edition bound in yellow library style cloth with black titling to spine and original front cover affixed to the upper board, appendices and index. A serious, thoughtful study..... More
Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 364pp. Black cloth with red rules and gilt titling to spine. Bibliography & index. The author's specific focus is on the supernatural as it appears in the writings of Sir Walter Scott, though he extends it..... More
London: The Pushkin Press, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 278 pp. Original deep red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, double column text, frontis. An attractive reprint of the 1928 Montague Summers / Rodker edition of the "Malleus Maleficarum." The "Malleus Maleficarum" was arguably the most infamous text in..... More
Springfield, IL: Charls C. Thomas, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 166pp. Green cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Appendixes, index & bibliography, b&w photos & illustrations. A broad study on the subject, although nearly a third of the book is devoted to a generously-illustrated first-hand exploration of..... More
New York, NY: Saint Martin's Press, 1973. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 416pp. Red cloth with black titling to spine, b&w illustrations, index. Doreen Valiente (1922 – 1999), for a time High Priestess of Gerald Gardner's famous Bricket Wood coven who played was an influential role in the development of..... More
Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 206pp, Black cloth with silver lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. Doreen Valiente (1922 – 1999), for a time High Priestess of Gerald Gardner's famous Bricket Wood coven who played was an influential role in the development of modern British..... More
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New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Green cloth with yellow titling to spine; b&w illustrations, index. A psychological exploration of three aspects of historical witchcraft. The volume comprises three essays: "The Physiological and Psychological Aspects of the Malleus Maleficarum", "Medicine and the Witch in the Sixteenth..... More
New York NY: Causeway, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 228pp. Original blue cloth with dark blue title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, index. A new edition of this broad ranging study of Witchcraft and Black Magic by the remarkable Montague Summers: a true believer in the destructive powers of both..... More
New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 218pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt device to upper board; b&w illustrations. The author's experiences traveling amongst witch doctors and sorcerers in Africa, South America, Asia and the Pacific. Not a scholarly..... More
New York / London: Taplinger Publishing Co. & Robert Hale & Co., 1975. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Dark brown cloth lettered with silver lettering to spine. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. The author is firmly in the camp that believe that witches were wise women, offering healing and..... More
New York: Walker & Company, 1970. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ii +176pp. Black cloth with red titling to spine; index. First published in England in 1969 as "In the Name of the Devil. Great Scottish Witchcraft Cases", the first US edition of this historical accounting of the more than..... More
London: Francis Kirkman, 1678. Second Edition. An original illustration from the second Edition of Robert Whitcombe's "Janua Divorum: or the Live and Histories of the Heathen Gods, Goddesses, & Demi-Gods" (1678). The illustration, which has been cropped, is approximately 5 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches and shows a rather..... More
London: Francis Kirkman, 1678. Second Edition. An original illustration from the second Edition of Robert Whitcombe's "Janua Divorum: or the Live and Histories of the Heathen Gods, Goddesses, & Demi-Gods" (1678). The illustration, which has been cropped, is approximately 5 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches and shows Diana as..... More
Avon, MA: Provenance Press [ Adams Media ], 2006. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xxviii + 228pp. b&w illustrations, index. From the publisher: "Singer uses the ubiquitous biblical rules to frame the 10 tenets witches should live by. These tenets incorporate aphorisms common to the New Age, Neo-Pagan movement, such as: Thou..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2003. First Edition, Seventh printing. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 293pp + ipp advert., b&w illustrations, appendices. From Llewellyn: "Author Raven Grimassi takes you on a comprehensive tour of Wicca, describing in depth its pre-Christian historical and theological roots in Old Europe and continuing through to..... More
Salem MA: Acorn Products, 1998. First edition, Limited. Hardcover. Landscape quarto. xxii + 18pp. Clamp bound in textured black faux leather boards, with gilt text reading "O.B.C. Charter" on spine. B&w sigils and illustrations. Edition limited to 10 hand numbered and signed copies, this being copy no. 4. It is..... More
