VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN
VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN

VOODOO FIRE by Loederer - 1st Ed, 1935 - MAGIC WITCHCRAFT OCCULT HAITIAN VODUN

Regular price $50.00 Sale

Title: VOODOO FIRE IN HAITI

AuthorRichard A. Loederer
Publisher: The Literary Guild
City: New York
Year: 1935 (First Edition)
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 274

Illustrated: Yes

Book Details + Condition: First edition of "Voodoo Fire in Haiti" by Richard A. Loederer. Translated from the German by Desmond Ivo Vesey. A nonfiction first-hand account of Voodoo, as seen by Loederer, armed with his paint brush and machete in the jungles of Haiti. A stunning production from the 1930s, with incredible woodcuts in an Art Deco style. Printed green maps of Haiti as endpapers. Original orange cloth with ornate flower and leaf embossed border; gilt lettering on black background on spine. An examination of supernatural beliefs by an artist who held a series of art exhibitions using these same, fine illustrations (this famous series of Haitian woodcuts was originally exhibited in Vienna and New York). In very good condition: bruised and bumped corners; wear to board edges; old water staining to back board (which does not affect the rear endpapers or interior); interior is clean and free of marking. Original dust jacket is in poor condition but holds the book firmly. Please see pictures for more condition detail. From the jacket: "This is the most atmospheric book about Haiti, its history, its legends, its superstitions and its native rites and customs ever written."

 

"Don't you realize, monsieur, that many of the workers on the sugar fiends are mere soulless carcasses, brought back to life by magic and now slaving for their master? Several times I have seen the black spirits flying overhead. I swear it; I saw this with my own eyes. No one can escape from the terrible powers of evil."