THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL: THE HORNED GOD OF THE WEST
Book Details + Condition: Harcourt Brace and Company (New York). First US Edition, 1929. Hardcover. Large octavo. 172 pages. Original red cloth boards; black-and-white frontis and illustrations; index. A serious study of the development of ideas about the devil and the nature of evil, from ancient times through classical paganism to the modern day. Content includes: The Belief of the Stone Age Men, The Power of Magic, Magicians and Priests, The Horned God of the West, Witch God and the Devil, The Evolved Magician, Herne and His Kin, The Decline of the Devil, Magic Today. Tight binding; rubbed corners; normal light shelf wear to boards; spine faded, with some wear to ends; text pages lightly toned but clean and unmarked save owner's name on front free endpaper.
