Hebrew Amulets. Their Decipherment and Interpretation.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 180pp (xii plates). Original navy cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations and plates. Appendix, glossary and index. Beyond a simple discussion of the use of Amulets in the Hebrew culture, Shrire explains how, "by selecting suitable Words of Power" the correct amulet can be made, and he includes a list of Words of Power. Upper corners and spine ends lightly bumped, tape offset on front and rear endpapers, ownership ink stamps on front endpapers, page edges a bit darkened and pages lightly toned but unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG+ copy in better-than VG dust jacket (Dust jacket a bit darkened at edges and spine, lightly rubbed overall, tape marks on edges of inner flaps, price clipped. Now protected in removable mylar cover.). Item #64589
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