WITCHCRAFT AND THE BLACK ART: A BOOK DEALING WITH THE PSYCHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE OF THE WITCHES
Book Details + Condition: Robert M. McBride & Company (New York). First American Edition, 1926. Hardcover with red label to front and spine. 320 pages, with Index. Author J.W. Wickwar details the history of witchcraft in England, Europe and America. He provides examples of initiations, beliefs in demons, and witch trials. Chapters include:
- Demons and Mascots
- Initiation and Ceremony
- Practical Witchcraft
- Werewolves and Vampires
- Practical Witchcraft
- A Typical English Witch-Trial
- Spells, the Evil Eye, and Possession
- And more.
A firm and clean copy of a very scarce first American edition, with solid binding; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards; bookplate and stamp to inside front board, with owner info to ffep; pages are otherwise clean and free of markings.
