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Vintage Witches Book Witchcraft in England Christina Hole 1st Ed. 1977 Mervyn Peake Wiccan

Vintage Witches Book Witchcraft in England Christina Hole 1st Ed. 1977 Mervyn Peake Wiccan

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Witchcraft in England by Christina Hole illustrated by Mervyn Peake.

This fascinating vintage book details the history of Witches and practice of Wicca from the earliest Pagan Magick through to the 18th Century. Christina Hole was renowned as an expert on Witchcraft and her deep esoteric knowledge shines through this interesting book.

The author explores actual true life histories of Witches such as Elisabeth Frances with her Spotted Cat old Chattox, the art of the familiar and many other folkloric histories of witches and witchcraft. She explores how witches were persecuted and why the art of witchcraft went into decline.

This is the English Book Club Associates 1st Edition Thus printing in 1977 of a book that was first published in 1949 by Batsford Ltd.

Still a scarce copy of an extremely interesting esoteric text on Witchcraft that has been painstakingly researched by one of Englands most experienced and knowledgeable writers on Folklore, Christina Hole and a must for anyone interested in the history of the Wiccan Arts.

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Kittys Reader Notes

The illustrations were specially drawn by the revered illustrator Mervyn Peake.

The eerie cover adds to the appeal of a handsome book in super vintage condition. The book is fittingly bound in black with gilt titles to the spine with grey pictorial endpapers.

Contents:
Witchcraft in England
Witchcraft and Religion
Familiars and Shape Shifting
Maleficium
The Discovery of Witches
Fraud and Malice
Witch-Bands
Witchcraft in High Places
The White Witch
Prophets and Astrologers
The Decline of Belief
The Ebbing Tide

ILLUSTRATED: Black and White (Line Drawn Illustration)

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Hardback
  • Illustrated
  • Collectable
  • First Edition
  • Vintage Horror Book

BOOK ERA:

  • 1970's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

Author Bio & Publication

Christina Hole

The author was one of the most experienced and knowledgeable writers on all aspects of English Folklore including Witchcraft.

Her many works include:
English Traditional Customs
Haunted England
English Folklore

At the time of writing this book Christina Hole was acclaimed as one of the most authoritative authors on the subject of Witchcraft.

Publisher: Book Club Associates London
Date: 1977
Edition: First Thus (First edition in this format)
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: Yes
ISBN: N/A
SKU: KT-Wit-231176

Condition Notes: EXCELLENT

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This is fresh from the attic in excellent vintage condition .

The black cloth boards are excellent with little sign of any wear just tiny bumps to extremities.

All the pages are clean with no messy graffiti or inscriptions of any kind.

Spine Intact with gilt titles visible and good

Lovely fresh vintage book dating from the 1970's.

Top of the text block was tinted dark blue and has faded a little.

Please remember this vintage book has been loved before and is not new condition is graded taking this into consideration.

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SIZE: Height 22 cms x Width 14 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 200pp inc. Bibliography and Index.

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