JADOO de Keel, John

New York:: Tower Publications, 1957.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: mass market paperback; name written inside; the cover is creased, and paper is tanning; Good condition.. 12mo (7 inches tall) . Description: Cover design by Adelson & Eichinger. ''Author-adventurer John Keel traveled in search of Jadoo, the black magic of the Orient, and found that it has a language of its own. Strange but true -- stories of the bizarre and the inexplicable. The secret of the X-ray eyes. The city of snakes. The Yezidi devil-worshippers. Eyewitness accounts of the Abominable Snowman. Mummy dealers of the Muski, who manufacture ancient mummies from fresh corpses.'' The only printed date is a 1957 copyright; this probably from the late 1960s. Publisher's book number 43-620.

Paperback, spine creased, cover edges rubbed, dents and spotting on cover, pages a little yellowed, text clean

book's binding is clean, square & tight. Internals are clean. Unclipped wrapper has an 8mm tear at the front along the top and smaller ones at each flap fold. There is a 8 cm crease on the front near the flap. A lima bean size chip is on top of reverse very near to spine cap. A water stain is at interior of spine tail. Plus wear at hinges, folds and spine caps. Spine doesn't appear to be faded.
Inv. # 63796 J* bds 11/2023

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New York. : Pyramid Books, 1972 A Solid Tight Mass Market Paperback With A Very Slight Lean, Green Block Edges Previous Owners Label On Ffep Otherwise Unmarked. Black Card Covers With White Title Over Stylistic Eyes.In Very Good Condition

Canada: Pyramid, 1972. Solid with a crease on the spine and a reading crease along the spine on the front cover.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

London; W. H. Allen; 1958.. First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp.237; frontispiece portrait of author with constrictor, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket minor chips on edges, bookplate on front endpaper, name on front endpaper, good copy. The astounding story of one man's search into the mysteries of Black Magic in the orient. Here is the truth behind the Indian rope trick, living burials, x-ray vision, two-headed snakes and other "supernatural" phenomena; and here, too, is magic with no logical explanation that will intrigue even the most sceptical of men".

8 West 40 Street, New York: Julian Messner, Publisher, 1957. Blue marbled boards, navy stamped spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Pages very good, clean. Dj moderate edge wear, rub at back; unclipped 3.95, protected in new, clear sleeve. Classic hazy violet jacket art w/image of a young slender John Keel handling a powerful constrictor in Bombay. Very attractive. Here is the truth behind the Indian rope trick, living burials, x-ray vision, two-headed snakes and other "supernatural" phenomena; and here, too, is magic w/o a logical explanation that will intrigue even the most skeptical of men. From the Upper Nile to the lower Ganges and the Roof of the World in Tibet, John Keel traveled in search of Jadoo - the black magic of the Orient. Everywhere he went he hunted down the mystcs, lamas, jadoo-wallas, and fakirs, befriending them and ferreting out their secrets. 249 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1957. First Edition. First edition. 249 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with blue spine lettering. Former owner's bookplate on paste down, else Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket, a little edge-worn, price-clipped. The first book by the author of The Mothman Prophecies, an entertaining travelogue of magic in Tibet, India, and Egypt.

mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.