Book Details + Condition: Troy Books Publishing (London). First Edition, 2016. Signed by the author, Steve Patterson. Hardcover measuring 7.75" x 5". 152 pages, illustrated with 19th-century line drawings, plus 4 pages of black and white photographic plates. The author’s collection of traditional 19th-century charms and spells from Old Joan, a living witch and the wise woman at Boscastle's Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. The book explores the stock and trade of the working witch through the ages, as well as fascinating artifacts and magical techniques that were once features of life in the small villages of Devon and Cornwall in southwest England. In very good condition, with light wear from storage only; and a clean interior save author's signature.
