Witchcraft In England

1st Edition ( 2nd Imp ). 168 pages. Very good but faded wartime red cloth. Very good Mervyn Peake designed dust jacket but with loss to the bottom right-hand panel. Internally very good with numerous ills by Mervyn Peake. Scarce Christina Hole (1896-1985) was an award-winning British folklorist and author, who was described as for many years the leading authority on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Witchcraft in England by Christina Hole (B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1st edition Spring 1945), illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Distinctive dustwrapper art by Mervyn Peake. From the blurb: Christina Hole, whose previous books on the Folklore, Customs and Ghostlore of this country are familiar to many readers, has […] produced a brilliant general impression of Witchcraft in England…Mervyn Peake, in his… Saber más sobre este artículo

B.T. Batsford LTD, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, 168 PAGES,… Saber más sobre este artículo

s upstairs white: Dar Al Taqwa Ltd, 1994. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition, readable, clean, has a few creases to the edge of a few pages. ref ZKVQ

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford Limited,, 1945. Book. Illus. by Mervyn Peake. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, (First Printing). Octavo, pp.[6-7 Preface] 9-160 [219: blank] [161-163 Bibliography] [164-168:Index], original red cloth boards, spine panel stamped in gilt, true first edition, first printing (first impression with 'First Published 1945' to the copyright page. Tight binding, Internally clean, in… Saber más sobre este artículo

slight edgewear, upper corners slightly curved in & edges a bit foxed. Internals clean. Clipped wrapper (price sticker affixed) is rubbed/dust dulled, faded to spine and has two long creases to rear flap. No tears, or chips. Inv. #63759 WE* bds 10/2023

Folklore expert Christina Hole turns her attention to the story of witchcraft in England. A very well written account with fascinating stories. Beautifully illustrated by Mervyn Peake. This is the first edition Book Club printing of 1977. In excellent condition. Pages are clean bright and unmarked. DJ is unclipped and with just minor rubbing to rear and the odd small… Saber más sobre este artículo

B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. First Edition. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to front pastedownj. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Second edition 1990 originally published 1977. Book near fine pages tanned with age. No owner inscription. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake

London: B.T. Batsford. 1945. Second impression in year of publication. Original cloth boards, dustjacket, many b&w illus, pp 168. Dustjacket: small chip to head and foot of spine, very small chips corners, repaired and protected. Small previous owner's signature front free endpaper, otherwise clean. Very good condition in like d.j. Christina Hole was a renowned folklorist and published… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, United Kingdom: B.T. Batsford Limited,, 1945. Book. Illus. by Mervyn Peake. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, (First Printing). Octavo, pp.[6-7 Preface] 9-160 [219: blank] [161-163 Bibliography] [164-168:Index], original red cloth boards, spine panel stamped in gilt, true first edition, first printing (first impression with 'First Published 1945' to the copyright page. Tight binding, Internally clean. light… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: B. T. Batsford. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1947). Hardcover. No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; No date (copyright 1947). "Book Club Edition" on front flap of dust-jacket. 222, [2 (blank)] pages. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 207 x 137mm. Dust-jacket illustration by Milton Glaser. No illustrations… Saber más sobre este artículo

B T BATSFORD LTD, 1990. HARDCOVER. GOOD/GOOD. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN AND BRIGHT UNMARKED COPY OF THIS BOOK~TANNING TO THE PAGE EDGES

Totowa, N.J. : Rowman and Littlefield, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 200p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Witchcraft -- England.

Second edition 1990 originally published 1977. Book near fine pages tanned with age. No owner inscription. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake

B T Batsford Ltd, 1991-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Peake, Mervyn. A true first edition. The dust jacket is in poor state; with only the front panel and flap (quite marked and worn) having survived. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain otherwise sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within… Saber más sobre este artículo

B.T. Batsford, London. 1945. First edition. B.T. Batsford, London. 1945. Hardback, NO DW. Red cloth, gilt. Frontis. + drawings throughout. 168 pages. Index. Spine and board margins faded. Gift inscription to front free end-paper, some occasional light foxing to o/w clean and sound contents.

New York: Charles Scibner's Sons. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition, some soiling to covers, a bit of wear, contents are clean and Very Good .

London: B. T. Batsford, 1945. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Mervyn Peake. A first impression of this introduction to occult practices in England by the award-winning folklorist Christina Hole, with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated throughout by the English writer and artist… Saber más sobre este artículo