London: Durtro. At The Sign of the Sigh. 1998. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original black cloth blocked in yellow and red, a very art-nouveau style binding design reproducing the cover design of the original edition (San Francisco: Doxey, 1901); hand-marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, silk ribbon bookmark bound in..... More
London: Printed and Published by G. Martin, 6, Great St. Thomas Apostle, No Date [1825?]. First Edition Thus. Half-Leather. Small octavo, publisher's original half-leather over marbled paper boards, the spine with small gilt rules. 36 pp + [2] pp publisher's ads at rear; with five hand-coloured plates, including a large..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill, [1925]. Signed Limited First Edition. Vellum over Boards. Octavo. The Special, Large-Paper Edition, in the original publisher's binding of orange paper-covered boards with vellum spine and corners, leather label on spine with titles in gilt, top edges gilt. Issued in a...... More
Seattle, Washington: Published by Ouroboros Press, 2011 [actually, 2012]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Stout Octavo, 6 x 9 inches. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles on spine. 528 pages. Rubricated title page in red and black ink. Illustrated with alchemical engravings, ornamental grotesques, dragons, trees, and fleurons. Includes the 11 x 14 folding..... More
London: Grayson & Grayson, [1934]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel, top edges stained green (the first issue binding). [287] pp. Tiny bookseller's label on rear paste-down, very light rubbing to cloth, light fading to green on top page edges, a...... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1912. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth with a decorative device stamped in black on front panel, titled in gold on front panel & spine. [532] + [4] pp ads at rear; frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous black & white illustrations by..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1913. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth with a decorative device stamped in black on front panel, titled in gold on front panel & spine. 506 pp + [10] pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Light cracking to inner hinges, corners a bit..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1918. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original olive green cloth with a decorative device stamped in blind and gilt titles on spine & front panel. 275 pp + [4] pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "PRESENTATION COPY" embossed in blind on..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1916. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original olive green cloth with a decorative device stamped in blind and gilt titles on spine & front panel. 435 pp + [4] pp ads + [4] pp publisher's catalogue, dated 10.8.16, bound in at rear. Inner rear..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 260 pp, Index, black & white illustrations. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 225 pp, Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and..... More
London: Neptune Press, 2012. First Edition. Original wrappers in dust jacket. Octavo, plain white card wrappers in stout colour dust jacket. 155 pp., illustrated throughout, with a full colour reproduction of the complete manuscript of the Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer, a Latin manuscript dating from 1580 currently located in the..... More
London: The Mandrake Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Crown octavo, publisher's original dark green cloth, spine titled and ruled in gilt. 335 pp. Printed by the Crypt House Press. Bookplate on the front pastedown with a previous owner's signature on it, very mild browning to endpapers, as is..... More
London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1924. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original grey boards with buckram spine, leather label on spine titled in gilt. Printed on fine handmade paper. 274 pp, colour frontispiece and 11 addition full-page black & white illustrations throughout the text. Issued in a limited edition of..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1839. First Edition. Octavo, bound in mid-20th Century half brown calf over brown cloth boards, the spine with five raised bands titled gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers. 624 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece, plus 38 additional full-page plates throughout the..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. 1840-41. First Edition, First Impression. Half-Leather & Marbled Boards. First edition. Three volumes. Large octavo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands, contrasting green labels titled in gilt. 306 + 306 + 426 pp. Engraved frontispieces in each volume, plus..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 255 pp, Notes, Bibliography, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The first comprehensive history of magical treasure hunting from the Middle Ages..... More
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue cloth titled & ruled in gilt on spine panel. 208 pp. Minor browning to endpapers; a fine copy. In the original printed dust jacket which is heavily reinforced both front & back with old sellotape..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 257 pp, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ This book marks twenty years since the publication of Professor Ronald Hutton’s The Triumph..... More
London: Centaur Press. 1934. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow buckram cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. Issued in a limited edition of 60 copies of which 50 are for sale; this copy unnumbered. 84 pp, frontispiece and two additional full-page plates by Easton printed on white coated paper. This..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 258 pp, Bibliography of Scottish Witchcraft, Index. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an..... More
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., [1943]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original yellow cloth stamped in red on spine panel. 291 pp, decorated title page printed in blue and black. A very good, bright copy in like dust jacket, price corner intact. An attractive copy. ¶ Reincarnation novel, or what..... More
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., [1945]. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original light gray cloth stamped in red on spine panel. 264 pp, decorated title page printed in red and black. Bookplate on front free endpaper, dated 1945; otherwise a very good / near fine copy in dust jacket that..... More
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover, original pictorial boards. 261 pp, Index, black & white illustrations. A volume in the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic Series. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. ¶ This volume investigates the physical evidence for magic in medieval..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1948. First Edition, First Impression. Octavo, original green cloth, spine panel blocked in brown and gold, gilt titles, top edges stained red. 765 pp. A few minor and tiny aterstrikes to cloth & top page edges, a very good, tight clean copy in the original..... More