Librería: Rotary Charity Books, Albert Park, VIC, Australia Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
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Condition of Softcover Book: Very good for its age. Pages very slightly tanned with spotting on outside edge of pages. A very firm neat copy. This is one of the finest and most authoritative books on the subject of Witchcraft In England in the Middle Ages ever written. The author covers the subject brilliantly and takes the reader through the whole history of Witchcraft and Devil Worship in England from the Ages of Darkness to the black superstitions and practices of the present day. The author gives detailed contemporary re3cordes of the Examinations and Tortures of suspected withes; the confessions and claims of a secret pact with the Devil and exposes the dark brotherhood of the fraternity of Witchfinders and Prickers. This book is an original Pedigree Books reprint, complete and unabridged, of a book hitherto available only in full cloth-bound form. 253pp. This is a small book. N° de ref. del artículo 1155
Título: A Mirror of Witchcraft
Editorial: Pedigree Books London
Año de publicación: 1955
Encuadernación: Soft cover
Condición: Very Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket
Librería: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, Reino Unido
Chatto & Windus. 1957. First Edition. Hardback no DW. Four Illustrations. Very slight foxing and shelfware around edges. Contents clean and sound. Nº de ref. del artículo: 104159
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Boards have little wear with a few marks. Content is clean with slight toning. No DJH. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9999-99985335722
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Librería: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Reino Unido
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. First edition. A smart first edition of this uncommon work from award-winning British folklorist and author, Christina Hole. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. A fascinating exploration of witchcraft from a time when belief in the subject was part of the general pattern of human thought. Attempting to show, by means of extracts from contemporary writings and trial reports, what was thought and felt by all kinds of people during the witch-creed. Written by Christina Hole, an award-winning British folklorist and author, who was described as "the leading authority on English folk customs and culture". In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 912T28
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Librería: Occultique, Northampton, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: NO Dustwrapper. 1st Edition. Weird Rites of the Middle Ages and the Black Mass. History of Witchcraft and Devil Worship in England from the Ages of Darkness to the black superstitions and modern-day practices. Nice Ex-libris plate of Peter Calvocoressi. First Edition. Chatto & Windus Ltd, London 1957. illus 260pp hb No Dust-wrapper (with front part of dw only), ex-libris plate, pages slightly browned, front part of pict light blue dw, gilt blue cloth, book vg. Nº de ref. del artículo: 039409
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Librería: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Mirror of Witchcraft by Christina Hole, published in 1957. A fascinating work concerned mainly with witchcraft in Britian during the 16th and 17 centuries. Sections Include: Belief and Opinion, Coven and Sabbat, Shape-Shifting and Familiar Spirits, The Fairies and the Dead, Maleficium, Murder, The Weather-Witch, Suspicion and Violence, The White Witch, Charms and Counter-Charms, etc. etc. Hardcover with original decorative jacket with only the very lightest shelfwear. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1720073000288
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