A TREASURY OF WITCHCRAFT
Book Details + Condition: Publisher: Philosophical Library, New York (1961). True first edition. 271 pages, with illustrations throughout. By Harry Wedeck. Hardcover with dust jacket. Quarter brown cloth with yellow papered boards; black-and-white illustrations. A first edition, with "BJH" code on the inside jacket. A TREASURY OF WITCHCRAFT is an extensive collection of material on witchcraft and other occult practices from a variety of times and cultures. The author, Harry E. Wedeck (1894-1996), was a linguist, classical scholar and writer whose literary forays into non-mainstream subjects included "Dictionary of Astrology," "A Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs," "A Treasury of Witchcraft" and "Triumph of Satan." His "A Treasury of Witchcraft" is effectively an encyclopedia of witchcraft and the occult arts. In very good condition: tight binding; light shelf wear, with a few nicks to the covers; text is clean and unmarked save owner name on front free endpaper; dust jacket is in very good condition and remains uncut and protected with a plastic cover.
