Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft.
New York, NY: Dial Press Inc., 1933. Second Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxii + 258pp. Original brown cloth lettered on spine, blind device on upper board. Bibliography & index. A serious study of Voodoo and Obeah, drawn largely from primary sources. Described by the publisher as: "The first scientific study of those weird practices which are connected with the mysterious Voodoo that has cast such a blight on the social and religious development of Haiti." Contents include: Introduction; African Ophiolatry; Serpent Cult at Whydah; Voodoo in Haiti; The Origin of Obeah; Development of Obeah in Jamaica; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index A - Places, Peoples, etc.; Index B - Topics; Index C - Individuals and References. Very light shelf rubbing to edges, spine ends lightly bruised, pages lightly toned, no marks. Overall a clean and tight VG+ copy in Good dust jacket (Dust jacket darkened at spine and panel margins, all edges and folds are chafed and lightly chipped and torn, not clipped, now protected by removeable mylar sleeve). Item #63712
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