THE NECROMANCERS: THE BEST OF BLACK MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT
Book Details + Condition: William Morrow and Company (New York). First American Edition, 1972. Hardcover with original dust jacket. 255 pages. Illustrated. Includes an Introduction by Robert Bloch. THE NECROMANCERS is an anthology of occult stories, edited by Peter Haining. The anthology includes stories, folklore, essays - with a focus on witchcraft and Satanism. Stories include:
- Modern Witchcraft (Robert Graves)
- Black Magic Today (Rollo Ahmed)
- The Black Lodge (Aleister Crowley)
- The Sorcerers (W.B. Yeats)
- The Witches Sabbat (C.W. Oliver)
- The Lancashire Witches (William Godwin)
- How to Raise a Spirit (Anonymous)
- My Experiences in Necromancy (Benvenuto Cellini)
- The Witch Finders (Sax Rohmer)
- The Little Friend (August Derleth)
- And more.
Book shows wear and is ex-library, with number to spine and title page; jacket (with plastic covering) has been glued to inside boards, so we are unable to see the book itself. Old water damage to bottom corner, which shows through to approximately first quarter of book. Rubbing to rear endpaper (perhaps a now-removed library plate); approximately 12 pp with small inked notations (all in the first quarter of the book).
