Ravens and Black Rain: The Story of Highland Second Sight, including a new collection of the Prophecies of the Brahan Seer.
London: Constable, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 368pp. Black boards lettered in silver on spine. Appendices, index & bibliography. From the publisher: "Sutherland traces the elements of "second sight" back to successive waves of early Highlanders - beyond the Vikings with their superstition and witchcraft, and the Druids with the gift for story-telling and divination, to the Neolithic farmers with their belief in an after-life." From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Light bump to lower corners otherwise a sharp, clean near-Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has a hint of rubbing and creasing at edges). Item #48845
ISBN: 0094652406
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