Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. B/w illustrations. The author examines a number of well known tales of the bizarre and paranormal, from the "Amityville Horror" through psychic detectives and Jack the Ripper, to the the curse of the..... More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. xiv + 318 pp. Green cloth with titling to spine, comparative notes, indexes, bibliography. Light general shelf rubbing & dust, small mark to front endpaper, otherwise a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in lightly chafed VG dust jacket. Jacket is price..... More
London: David Nutt, 1914. Second edition. Softcover. Small 8vo. 56 pp. Gray paper wrappers; uncut pages; bibliography. Edges and spine slightly darkened; pages lightly browned. Otherwise, a tight and clean VG copy. No dust jacket. Scarce. More
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 320pp. Black cloth lettered in pink on spine. B/w illustrations. "The Author of 'Stonehenge Decoded' and 'Splendor in the Sky' delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the Sun and the Stars."..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 204pp. Limp cloth binding lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 – 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was a writer, best known for his books about Japan, especially his..... More
New York, NY: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. xvi + 334pp. Original printed wrappers. B/w llustrations. Maps. Bibliography & index. 'Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology, Number Forty-Nine.' This volume comprises one of a series of publications on research in general anthropology published by..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 232pp. Green cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations by Alexander Key. The first edition of this look at monsters of the sea by the author of "The Shark". Contents include: In the Beginning;..... More
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xiv, 276pp. Endnotes, references, index. From the publisher: "Storytracking is a work of theory and application. It is both a study of history and culture and the academic issues accompanying the interpretation and observation of other peoples..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 260pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver on spine. "A Practicing Psychiatrist and Analyst considers the archetype of initiation among primitive people, and relates it to his findings in case studies of many individual patients." Index & bibliography..... More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. xviii + 200 pp. Map, resources. Fine condition. More
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxxvi + 148 pp. Red cloth with paper label on spine; blind stamp illustration on upper board; b&w illustrations, index. Rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends; half-inch split on bottom end of spine; end papers and..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1936. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 272pp. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Appendices, index. Ex-library copy with library numbers on spine, slight wear to spine ends & corners of boards, page-edges lightly browned, library label on rear pastedown, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket)..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xii + 332 pp + 16 pp of plates. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w plates, bibliography. From Brill: "This volume consists of two sections, written by the two authors. The first section contains a...... More
New York, NY: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 364 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt titling and blind rules to upper board; pictorial maps on end pages; frontis; b&w illustrations; index. Spine lightly faded; page edges a little browned; corners and..... More
Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd and Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Second, enlarged. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xii + 475 pp. Contemporary decorated half calf with marbled boards, gilt titling to spine label, raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration to spine, speckled page edges, folding table, vignettes, notes. The second, enlarged edition..... More
New York, NY: The Julian Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 310pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver on spine, silver decoration on front board. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket quite rubbed, chipping at spine ends). More
Minneapolis, MN: T.S. Denison & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 132 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration to upper board; b&w illustrations, bibliography. Signed, dated, and inscribed on front free end paper, "December 27, 1974, Vaveean Willa Williams - with every blessing. Paul..... More
London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 142pp. Black cloth with white title and decoration printed to cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, color frontis, well illustrated in b&w and colour, index. A popular guide to the development of superstitions. Just a hint of shelf dust and bumping..... More
New York, NY: Kaedmon Publishing Co., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 118 pp. Red cloth with gold titling to spine and upper board. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy. No dust jacket. More
London: Neville Spearman, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Green cloth with white titling to spine; bibliography, appendix, b&w illustrations. Marcel F. Homet (1897-1982) was a French Algerian scientist who published over twenty books on anthropology, ethnology and ancient history generally. This is the follow up to "Sons of the..... More
London: William Hone, ND ( circa 1820s ). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 300pp. Black cloth decorated in blind, gilt-lettered on spine. B/ww frontis. & illustrations. One fold-out plate. Index. William Hone collects and annotates a selection of the sometimes rather unorthodox mystery plays - treating subjects like the early..... More
London: Wm. Alexander York, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, viii, 9-266pp [2 pp. ads] Original paper covered boards, paper title label on spine. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. The author, John Hoyland (1750-1831) was a Yorkshire Quaker, who had great sympathy for the plight of British Gypsies - to..... More
Mexico City: Sociedad Zodiacal Panamericana, 1971. Second edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 448pp. Original black cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, gilt metallic endpapers printed in black, b&w frontis, charts, colour illustrations, large fold-out multi-coloured charts, tabbed text pages allow for easy reference to astrological signs. A comprehensive..... More
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1991. First edition. Hardcover w/dust jacket, 398 pp, near fine condition, very light wear to jacket otherwise appears unused. More
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 296 pp. Quarter red cloth with golden rod papered boards; gilt titling to spine and gilt Incan stamp to upper board; pictorial end papers; b&w illustrations; map; glossary; notes; bibliography. Edges rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Overall, a tight..... More
