New York and London: Macmillan & Co., [1895] 1896. none. First Edition. Decorated cloth. 8vo (8 1/4" x 6"), red decorative cloth, no illustrations, bibliography, index, x + 464 pages + 2 pp ads. An important comparative anthropological and folkloristic study of childhood. Cloth is somewhat faded; text is clean and...
London: Luzac & Co., 1938. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, ochre cloth, Mylar-protected typographic dust jacket, illustrated with six B&W glossy plates relating to rue, 216 pages. Rare botanical and folkore study conducted on Muslim magical practices--mainly in Khorasan, Iran--prior to World War by a very insightful missionary-turned-anthropologist. As a woman...
New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. Photographs. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, purple quarter cloth with title in gold & authorship in deep purple over mottled beige boards, illustrated with 16 glossy B&W plates, Mylar-protected purpled dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a French engraving of witches riding to a Sabbath...
New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Michael Hague. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. ILLUSTRATED with a SKETCH & SIGNED by the Author-Illustrator, small 4to (10 3/8" x 6 7/8"), black pictorial boards with colored depiction of young Kate being menaced by a ghost from a graveyard, illustrated throughout with reproductions...
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1922. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, green cloth, 11+ sepia-toned photographic illustrations, 312 pages. Scarce and important study. Introduction by Sir James Frazier, famous and highly respected author of The Golden Bough. Light green cloth boards (rubbed; a few light spots; corners bumped), pages with deckle...
