THE VAMPIRE IN EUROPE
Book Details + Condition: University Books (New Hyde Park, NY). First modern edition from the publisher, 1961 (nd). Hardcover with dust jacket. 329 pages, with Index. A modern edition of Montague Summers' famous and exhaustive study, on the history, lore and legends of the vampire. Chapters include:
- The Vampire In Greece and Rome of Old
- The Vampire in England, and Ireland, and Some Latin Lands
- Hungary and Czecho-Slovakia
- Modern Greece
- Russia, Roumania and Bulgaria
PROVENANCE: From the massive occult collection of Dr. Alan Gauld (1932–2024), distinguished British psychologist, parapsychologist, and historian of psychical research based at the University of Nottingham. His library included significant works on mediumship, hypnotism, and the founders of psychical research, often marked with his ownership inscriptions or ex libris labels. He authored many respected works, including The Founders of Psychical Research (1968), Mediumship and Survival (1982), and A History of Hypnotism (1992). In very good condition, with light shelf wear to spine ends; Gauld's ex libris to inside front board and name to ffep; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows normal aging and wear, mainly at edges and corners; it retains the original price. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
