MATERIALS TOWARD A HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT
Book Details + Condition: New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1957. Pagination: 434pp + 1038pp + 1548pp. First printing of this three-volume slipcased edition. The books are bound in light brown cloth with black blocking and silver lettering to the spines, housed in a decorative slipcase. Originally published in 1939, this new edition contains an introduction by George Lincoln Burr. Contents include: Demoniacal Possession; Witchcraft by Regions; Witchcraft as Viewed by Secular Laws; Powers of Evil; The Older Beliefs; Assimilation of Sorcery to Heresy; and much more. All three volumes have tight binding; light shelf wear to boards, with minor smudging and wear to edges; a handful of pencil markings and underlining in each volume. Slipcase has some wear, but remains sturdy.
"Ever since its initial publication in a limited edition of only 300 sets, Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft has been recognized as the one indispensable work for those who wish to understand the demonic ‘black arts’ that have influenced and shaped world civilizations."
