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1974008025United Kingdom: Rigel Press Ltd 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Complete Texts of the Witches' Rituals. The author's Peter West courageous decision to publish these sacred ceremonies known as The Book of Shadows have put him under 'pain of death' - it says on the fep. First Edition. Rigel Press Ltd London 1974. 72pp hb dw clipped & slightly frayed dw has "Proof Publication Date 15 April 1974" printed on reverse signs of a small label removed scarce book book fine <br/> <br/> Rigel Press Ltd hardcover
18203013Paris, L'Huillier et Lemoult (imp. de Pierre Gueffier), 1820 ; deux tomes in-12, reliés en un volume demi-veau vert foncé, dos lisse à faux-nerfs dorés, fleurons dorés, titre doré (reliure mi-XIXe) ; 284 pp., (2) ff., 248 pp.
Pages 81- 120 plus xx pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Ad for the Clinton Fireproofing System includes great photo of the mansion of Mr. Spreckles under construction in San Francisco; "Overloch" - The fountain of the formal garden; "Overloch," The Country Home of John A. Burnham, Esq., Wenham, MA; The Disposal of Bric-A-Brac; Residence of Van Wyck Rossiter, Esq., Nyack, NY; Fences in Towns and Villages; Illumination at Mount Vernon; The Summer Home of Spencer Hall, Esq., Water Witch, NJ - Built in the Mission style of Architecture; Planning a Country Home; The House Roof and It's Garden - a neglected opportunity / a successful house-top garden; The Historic Wentworth House at Little Harbor, NH, owned by Mr. J. Templeman Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, MA; Three Pennsylvania Houses designed by Mr. D. Knickerbacker Boyd, of Philadelphia; The Plant and the Season; Fantastic back cover ad for Pacific Mail S.S. Co. of San Francisco promotes their boat service from San Francisco to Hawaii, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila; and more. Printed on glossy stock. From a bound volume. Complete and unmarked with Average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
7 vols., 8vo., Seventh Impression, with numerous illustrations throughout; dark green buckram, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and silver, a near fine set in publisher's illustrated gold board slip-case with maps mounted on two sides. The series comprises (in order of publication): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and his Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
013887Guillaume Yvelin (?-1644), médecin spagirist des rois Henri IV et Louis XIII, médecin ordinaire de la reine Anne d'Autriche, originaire de Rouen ou Evreux. Yvelin a laissé une trace en tant que membre de la commission nommée par Anne d'Autriche pour étudier le cas des possédées de Louviers et c'est lui qui conclut à une simulation et non une possession. Michelet le cite dans La Sorcière. P.S., 12 août 1620, 1p in-8 oblong. Sur parchemin. Reçu pour le paiement de ses gages pour les six premiers mois de 1620. Il est parfois prénommé à tort Pierre. [331-2]
189515352Paris, Chamuel, 1895 ; in-12, broché ; 177 pp., (1 bl.), (2) pp. de catalogue, couverture crème rempliée, illustrée, imprimée en vieux-rose et noir, petites figures.
19031220251965<p><em><strong>DICKINSON E. E. Co. Essex Connecticut.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Company Ledger for Dickinson's Witch Hazel Co. 1903–1906.</strong></em></p><p><strong>Large folio ledger approx. 20 x 12 in. contemporary half calf over ribbed cloth gilt-lettered spine; marbled endpapers with original Dickinson's Witch Hazel advertising labels. Several hundred pages extensively filled in a neat clerical hand; minor wear to binding internally clean and legible throughout. A substantial early 20th-century business ledger documenting the operations of the E. E. Dickinson Company one of the most prominent American producers of witch hazel extract during a period of established national distribution. Entries record "Cash Received" and "Cash Paid" detailing transactions with druggists wholesalers and regional firms with columns for freight discounts and credit structures offering a clear view of the firm's commercial network and accounting practices.<br />Founded in 1875 by Edward E. Dickinson Sr. building on earlier developments by the Rev. Thomas N. Dickinson the company expanded into the dominant force in the trade at one point supplying a substantial portion of the world's witch hazel. The present volume reflects that scale capturing the routine mechanics of a mature manufacturing enterprise operating within a national market.<br />Retaining original Dickinson's advertising labels the ledger underscores the firm's developed brand identity and provides an unusually vivid and well-preserved record of American pharmaceutical commerce at scale.<br /></strong></p> hardcover
Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
441-Eo.J. Pinsel in Grau, grau laviert und mit Deckweiß gehöht, auf blauem Bütten. 25,4 x 21,5 cm. Provenienz: Sammlung ABV mit Dreifachkreuz, nicht bei Lugt. Die Schlange zählt zu den Hilfsgeistern der Hexe. Durch das Abstreifen der Haut verkörpert sie das Ewige.
