PRINCE OF DARKNESS

Author: Verner, Gerald (Ed.)
Title: PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Publication: New York: Rider and Company, 1951
Edition: Reprint

Description: Hardcover. 12mo, 7.4 in,. x 4.9 in., pp. 250. Illustrated with several engravings by James Callot (1593-1636). Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Touch of shelfwear to the edges. Clean interior with bookseller's price sticker to rear pastedown. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges with three short closed tears to top edge and small chips to bottom corners. Protected in mylar. Very Good Plus / Very Good.

The book is divided into four sections: Witchcult, Satanism, Sorcery, and Lycanthropy. Each section has multiple entries, both fiction and non-fistion; titles include The Covens by Gerald Verner, The Black Mass from Montague Summers, Witch Trails by Cotton Mather, The Birth of Sorcery by Sax Rohmer, The Cyprian Cat by Dorothy L. Sayers, The Witch Wood by John Buchan, The Peace of Mowsle Barton by Saki, Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood, The Earlier Service by Margaret Irwin, and The Tomb of Sarah by F.G. Loring.

Originally published in 1946.

Seller ID: 100074

Subject: Occult, Metaphysics, UFOs

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