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0259209023.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original red cloth, backstrips lettered in white, red tops, backstrips a little faded, edges very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean set. The set comprises: Vol. I: Bibliography, General Introduction, Webster's Life, Webster's Imitation, The White Devil; Vol. II: The Duchess of Malfi; The Devil's Law-Case; Vol. III: A Cure for a Cuckold, Appius and Virginia, Shorter Poems, A Monumental Column, Moments of Honour; Vol. IV: Characters, Anything for a Quiet Life, The Fair Maid of the Inn, Appendices & Index. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE. NCBEL I, 1698.
704 p. Foxed. XLib bookplate (Juniata College). Embossed XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Early manuscript ownership of Michael D. Pouts?, 1862 on first fly leaf. Lacks Frontis? Lacks rear fly leaf. 185 mm. Original worn full leather binding. Title continues: "In A Period Of More Than A Half Century; With Reflections On Various Subjects, Religious, Moral, Political And Prophetic. Fourth Edition, Revised, Corrected And Improved." Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834) was an eccentric itinerant American preacher, said to have preached to more people than any other preacher of his era. He was an important figure in the Second Great Awakening. This autobiography at one time was the second best-selling book in the United States, exceeded only by the Bible. S&S/AI 18605. Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 1 x2
1334086257.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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344p. 8vo. Original stiff paper wraps. "An authentic historical narrative, it takes its dialogue from the actual trial records but applies modern psychiatric knowledge to the witchcraft hysteria that swept Salem Village in 1692. It was a tragedy of individuals, which underlined as sharply as has any event in history the power of self-righteousness, fantasy, and fear to turn decent people into fana tical persecutors." OCC 8
ix, 208 pages. Footnotes. Index. "A compelling yet tragic tale which, sadly, reflects little credit upon any of the participants." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Unpaginated. "His morality encompasses everything from aggressive criticism of corruption and hypocrisy to praise of new nations and of beautiful women." - Timothy Dunn in The Peace Bulletin. Recital handout laid in. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
199363624Creative Printing 1993. Signed First Printing. With signed bookplate from the author to the first page. Owner name and address fellow veteran. Very Good condition. Creative Printing unknown
195988003Concord California: Mount Diablo High School 1959. First edition presumed; no earlier dates stated. Hardcover. Very light wear to spine head and foot rear corners gently bumped extremely little bumping to top corners faint soiling to boards usual ink-yearbook writing to few pages throughout book else Very good. Large white faux leather octavo 142 p b&w illus photographs. Education Yearbook California. Book protected in archival mylar wrap. Very scarce. Mount Diablo High School hardcover
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty untrimmed page edges and bumping to upper corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with small stains to rear and small piece missing from top of sunned spine. 270pp. The Devil's temptation of Saint Anthony. One of 625 copies of a Limited Edition. A translation into English by Rene Francis from the 1849-1856 manuscripts edited by Louis Bertrand, New edition illustrated with twelve drawings by Katherine Low.
96 pages. Very attractively illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white. Chapters include: The History of Jigsaw Puzzles; Themes and Variations; Schoolmasters Puzzle Their Brains; Puzzle the Devil; Nature Puzzles; Going Places; Tell Old Tales; Pieces of History; The Puzzle is the Message; Puzzle Key Pictures; plus index. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Spray of small purple dots to bottom edge and bit of half-title page. Minor bit of adhevise on glossy back cover. A lovely gift for your special jigsaw puzzle afficionado. Very nice copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Tear on edge worn dust jacket. Stated First Printing. 240 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 330 pages. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.
2000G1893163075I5N00Berkeley Hills Books 2000. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Berkeley Hills Books paperback
SONG1893163229Brand: Berkeley Hills Books 0000-00-00. 2. paperback. Used: Good. 5.00x0.25x7.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Berkeley Hills Books paperback
The Magus - legendary magician of superhuman powers. The author considers the anthropological origins and identifies three distinct phases of the development of the myth.
1582143<p>Bodin Jean. <em>De la démonomanie des sorciers. A monseigneur Chrestophle de Thou chevalier seigneur de Coeli premier president en la cour de parlement & conseiller du Roy en son privé conseil. </em>Paris Jacques du Puy 1582.</p><p>4to 18th century half vellum on colored paper handwritten title to spine ff. 12 256. Dedicatory letter to Christophe de Thou father of the French historian and great bibliophile Jacques de Thou.</p><p>Third edition of the "Demonomania of Witches" the best sources on sorcery trials in the 16th century also providing detailed case-histories on sorcerers werewolves public exorcisms and deals with the devil as the case of Magdalena de la Cruz who confessed her pact witchcraft and sexual relations with the Devil for thirty years.</p><p>Arguably the most comprehensive and compelling account of witchcraft and its persecution by both state and religious authorities in the 16th century Bodin's work played a pivotal role in shaping the influential concept of "pact witchcraft"—the notion that sorcery stemmed from an explicit covenant with the Devil. Writing in uncompromising and severe terms he advocated for draconian judicial procedures rejecting conventional safeguards of justice and endorsing the widespread use of torture and execution by fire asserting that sorcerers should be condemned by the hundreds.</p><p>Du Puys first printed this work in 1580 and reprinted it in 1581; the first Latin edition was printed by Thomas Guarinus in Basel 1581.</p><p>Provenance: Some not identified ownership inscriptions crossed out and faded to title-page.</p><p>Condition: Title-page remounted and professionally restored with the name of the printer; the last leaf restored in the blank parts without affecting text. Internally good.</p><p>References: Not in Caillet. Dorbon 387: "Édition non citée par les bibliographes". R. Crahay <em>Bibliographie critique des éditions anciennes de Jean Bodin</em> Bruxelles: Académie Royale de Belgique 1992 no. F4. R. Yve Plessis <em>Essai d'une bibliographie française méthodique & raisonnée de la sorcellerie et de la possession démoniaque</em> no. 843. Pettegree-Walsby 6169. USTC 1699. NUC 0579484. Tchemerzine II 246.</p> Jacques du Puy hardcover
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear and curl to text block. Small spots on rear cover. 160 pages.
First edition, 8vo, 80pp., 10 engraved plates, text and plates a little browned and spotted, orig. boards, stained, upper board almost detached.
Complete with hundreds of color and black and white photographs, drawing and medieval woodcuts, this book introduces the astonishing world of the unknown - the world of the practitioners of the occult: the alchemists, the devil worshipers, the witches... and the infamous Balck Mass
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Features include: The Road to Wonderland - Construction of a highway and tunnel through a mountain wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand; Kamal Ram's Come-Back - tale of a stationmaster at Manijan, in northern Assam; Saga of the Snow-Dogs - An account of the Arctic Husky; The Hut-Tax Affair - a tale from Northern Nigeria; All Aboard For Adventure - Part I of a tale of 5 young Americans who set out on a sailboat for tropic seas; The Beneficent Bamboo; Dogsbody - an amusing incident involving a very junior officer aboard a British freighter; The Telephone Mine - Adventures of two South African prospectors in search of King Solomon's Mines; Our Leopard - A Kenyan farmer's story; Down Texas Way - the story of 3 youngsters, a gang of desperate escaped convicts, and a night alarm; Appointment with the Devil - An extraordinary story from Abyssinia; Illustrated in black and white. Covers and spine missing. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part I - the story of a British officer's remarkable exploit - a journey, disguised as an Oriental, across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives as one of themselves; Two Wanderers in the Faroes - John Dickson's account of the wild nature and unsophisticated people - article with excellent photos; "Grip" and I - Count Nils Cronstedt saved a doomed thoroughbred bull-terrier which proceeded to save him on several occasions during his stay in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; The "High-Jackers" - an audacious gang of murderous bank robbers terrorize the Canadian prairies, beginning in Moosomin, SK and ending in Pipestone, MB; The Islands of the Mammoths - a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Siberia is the world's best hunting ground for the tusks and bones of the prehistoric mammoth - article with photos; The Three Angleteers - Part III - The troubles and adventures of three bored young men who leave England to travel in Europe; With Canoe and Camera - Capt. M.H. Albert explored Northern Ontario and Quebec to photograph wild animals - article with photos; The Mystery of Diablo Canon - The adventures of Senor Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Two photos of two-room house built in the trunk of an immense California redwood; The Terror of Rampur - two hunters undertake to kill a murderous tiger in India; The Head-Hunters of the Sepik - Part I - Photo-illustrated article by Beatrice Grimshaw describing her trip up the Sepik river in New Guinea, where she met the local native peoples - who were none-too friendly; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part IV - A small English expedition sets out to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study their local peoples; Some Sensational Prison Escapes - Carl Otto and Jack Foster bust loose from Folsom Prison; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Story of John Jewitt - A young Englishman is taken as a slave by Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island; The Children of the Wilderness - Part I - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated journey in little-known Mongolia; Winning a Wife - An incident involving an Englishman in Tirah; Down the Araguaya in a Dug-Out - Part I - The conclusion of Frederick C. Glass's adventures on a little-known Brazilian river; The Sea Devil - An extraordinary six-hour battle with a huge West Indian manta, or ray; Where the gold went - Charles Siringo describes the pursuit of two men who had robbed the famous Treadwell mine in Alaska; The Cannibal Islands - Part I - Clifford W. Collinson has spent several years in the Solomon Islands - article with photos; Three Asses in the Pyrenees (conclusion) - a couple with a donkey cart set out to explore the area without any modern luxuries; My Motor-Boat - what happend when a man tried to run a second-hand boat he purchased; How We Killed the "Rat" - a scheme to kill an intruding rat goes sadly wrong; A Woman in Unknown Albania (conclusion) - Rose Wilder Lane explores the remote northern mountains where tribal blood-feuds still flourish; A Lonely Job - a young ship's officer acts as caretaker of a vessel wrecked off the Australian coast; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
