Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original gray cloth titled & decorated in red on spine panel. 247 pp. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE LEAF: "To Linda Carrothers, with Best Wishes, Farley Mowat 1968". The recipient has signed her name..... More
Chicago, IL: The de Laurence Company. No Date [circa 1960's-1970's]. Reprint. Quarto, publisher's original patterned brown cloth with gilt lettering on front panel, title and frontispiece printed on glossy paper, all edges dyed light red. xvi + 130pp, black & white illustrations and full page plates throughout. This volume has..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1978]. First Edition, First Impression. Large octavo, original blue boards, spine panel lettered in gilt. 667 pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "For Dick, warm regards, Colin / Jan 79". Bump to head of spine, affecting the inner upper..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser, [1973]. Second Edition [First American Edition]. Second Edition (Stated), and the First American Edition. Octavo, original green boards lettered in gilt on spine. 87 pp. Red pencil underlining to title list on verso of half-title leaf; Small rubberstamp of a lotus flower [Banyan Books] on front..... More
Oxford, UK & Cambridge, USA: Blackwell. [1991]. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 397, Notes, Index, Illustrations. Small blemish to front board , a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ The first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., [1971]. First Paperback edition. Second printing of the University Books edition. Large octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 271 pp., Index, Illustrated throughout. Mild wear, a very good clean copy. ¶ Originally issued by Unwin in 1891. Witchcraft, Shamanism Sorcery and Magic of the..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. [1972]. Reprint. Third paperback edition; originally issued in hardcover in 1957. Octavo, original printed wrappers (trade paper format). 316 pp, Index, illustrations in the text.One pronounced spine crease, light creasing to front cover & mild wear; a sound, very good copy. ¶ History of Black..... More
Custer, WA: Phoenix Publishing Co., [1989]. First Edition. Small quarto, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 99 pp, Index, Illustrations. Light wear to spine, small crease to rear cover and last few pages; a very good, sound copy. Rhiannon Ryall (pseudonym) is an English-born Australian Wiccan who achieved claims the..... More
Frogmore, St. Albans: Mayflower, [1973]. First Paperback edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers (paperback format). 464 pp. Index. Underlining in red pencil to about 30 pages of the text, all near the beginning of the book; light wear and small bumps, one faint spine crease. A very good, sound copy..... More
Toddingham, Cheltenham, Glos. Helios Book Service (Publications) Ltd., [1966]. First Printing of the Revised Edition. Octavo, original light grey boards lettered in silver on the spine panel. 157 pp. Ink notes and underlining to 4 pages of text and the list of "Other Books" on verso of half-title leaf; otherwise..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. [1973]. First Paperback edition. Ocatvo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 246 pp. Index at rear. Small sticker pull over the price on front panel, light reading crease along front spine hinge (but no spine creasing); light wear; a very good sound copy. ¶ 'A..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. No Date [circa 1975]. Reprint. Early printing of the paperback edition, likely the 3rd impression, with code to "3" on copyright page. Octavo, large pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 231 pp., Bibliography. A fine copy. ¶ Dr. Martello writes about the roots of the "Old..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1973. First Printing. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered and with the publisher's logo in gilt on spine panel. 128 pp., Illustrations including full page frontispiece. Includes bibliographical references and index. A fine copy, without dust jacket. ¶ Originally issued in 1570 [as 'The Boke of..... More
New York: Samuel Weiser Inc., [1973]. Second Edition [First American Edition]. Second Edition (Stated), and the First American Edition. Octavo, original dark blue boards lettered in silver on spine. 110 pp. Some pen notes and red underlinings / highlighting to about 16 leaves; otherwise a fine copy in a fine..... More
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: The Aquarian Press, [1972]. Second Edition. Second Edition, originally issued by Rider in 1930. Octavo, original red boards lettered in gilt on spine. [126] pp. Small rubberstamp of a lotus flower [Banyan Books] on front endpaper; otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The jacket is..... More
London: The Aquarian Press, 1974. Reprint. Reprint [Fifteenth Edition]. Octavo, original black boards lettered in gilt on spine. 212 pp., Bibliography. Some pen notes to margins and red highlighting to two leaves; small rubberstamp of a lotus flower [Banyan Books] on front endpaper; otherwise a fine copy in a fine..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, [1961]. Later Printing. Octavo, original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 271 pp., Bibliography. A fine copy in a very slightly rubbed dust jacket. ¶ First issued by The Philosophical Library in 1961, this is a later printing, dating from the late 1960's - early..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1972]. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in silver on spine & front panel. 148 pp, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Tiny (tiny!!) bookstore stamp on front free endpaper; a fine copy in a slightly dusty and darkened dust jacket, small closed tear to bottom edge. ¶ Overview..... More
Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo, original grey boards titled in black on spine panel. 277 pp., Frontispiece, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, as new. ¶ Urbain Grandier, a 17th Century priest, with enemies in the church, was accused of..... More
East Ardsley, Yorkshire: S.R. Publishers Ltd., 1972. First Edition Thus. Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. (x) + 268 pp. Corners lightly knocked; page edges dusty, a very good clean copy in a very good dust jacket, mild fading to the purple background on spine panel..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. [1972]. First American Edition. First American Edition, and the First paperback Edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (trade paper format). 110 pp. Illustrated. Lightly rubbed covers, but a fine copy, with no reading creases. Uncommon. ¶ Originally issued in Hardcover by W.H. Allen in London in 1972;..... More
New York: Avon Books, [1972]. First Edition, First Impression, Canadan issue. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 220 pp. The first Canadian Edition, identical to the First US edition, but with "Printed in Canada" on the copyright page. Issued as Avon 380-00359 ($1.25). Rear panel with portrait of LaVey. Tiny..... More
New York: Avon Books, [1969]. First Edition, First Impression, Canadan issue. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (paperback format). 272 pp. The first Canadian Edition, identical to the First US edition, but with "Printed in Canada" on the copyright page. Issued as Avon NS44 (95¢). Spine leaned with reading creases, scuff to..... More
Saint Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, [1974]. Second Printing. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers [trade paper format]. 241 pp. Covers lightly rubbed, mild creases; a very good, sound copy. Originally issued by Llewellyn in hardcover in 1968, this is the "Second Printing " of 1974, and the first paperback edition. Contents include..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, [1973]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Issued simultaneously in hardcover and trade paper format, this is the paper edition. [298] pp, illustrated. Small mark to page edges, corners of 4 leaves folded over (now straightened); a very good sound copy. ¶ A...... More