Montague Summers Notes (14 results)
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Language: English
Published by The Hand and Flower Press, Aldington, 1951
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Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.Counterpane Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited Edition. EX-LIBRARY LIMITED EDITION (TO 1000 COPIES) hardcover, sewn-bound in dark red cloth with yellow, black, white, purple, green, and blue stamped lettering on cover, is in FAIR condition, having what was no doubt library classification on the spine removed, taking the red colo…r partially out (see photo); what library it was is not known; there is also a library impression stamp (seem to make out the word "state") but it is non-determinable, and some sort of classification or inventory number rubber-stamped below publisher name on title-page: "209055", and this stamp reappears on Bovet biographical page; former owner has placed their bookplate over what may have been the library identity sticker on first fixed endpaper, and former owner has signed his bookplate; corners bumped and worn; looks like some staining at top of back cover, and both covers and spine show some rubbing/scuffing; top and bottom spine worn; some light cracking to gutter in first and last endpaper sections; some soiling to pages from first endpaper section to Introduction; the closed page edges show some darkening and also staining to bottom right corner. Introduction and notes by Montague Summers (this book was published three years after his death). " 'Pandaemonium,' or 'The Devil's Cloyster,' by Richard Bovet, Gent., London, 1684, is without question one of the most extraordinary works in the immense library of occult research."---from Introduction. Scarce item. Supernatural beliefs. DB[6].
Restoration Comedies : The Parsons Wedding, The London Cuckolds & Sir Courtly Nice, or, It Cannot Be
Language: English
Published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, 1922
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- First Edition
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. No DJ. 1ST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION #991 OF 1000 COPIES. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers (orange and gilt design) show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Demonolatry (Volume I only of 2)
Remy, Nicolas Edited with Introduction and Notes by the Rev. Montague Summers
Published by University Books, 1974
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Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.Mythos Center Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First of this edition. New preface to this University Books edition by Leslie Shepard. Stained front edge. Else good in good dust jacket, now in mylar. Documentation drawn from the capital trials of 900 persons, more or less, who within the last fifteen years have in Lorra…ine paid the penalty of death for the crime of Witchcraft". First published in 1595. Translated by E. A. Ashwin. First American edition of this rare work.
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Language: English
Published by EP Publishing Limited/Rowman & Littlefield, 1975
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Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.Gates Past Books Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. England/New Jersey: EP Publishing Limited/Rowman & Littlefield, 1975. Appears Unread. Fine in Fine DJ. Shares ISBN: 0 87471 792 0 (Rowman & Littlefield). Facsimile: "from the 1951 edition published by The Hand and Flower Press, Aldington, Kent". . Facsimile Ed…ition, First Printing. Hard Cover/Cloth/Sewn. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Frontispiece : "A Witch. A Spirit Raised by the Witch. A Friar raising his Imps. A Fairy Ring. A Witch Rideing on the Devill through the Aire. An Enchanted Castle.". 8vo - over 8¾" tall.
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Language: English
Published by University Books, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974
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Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.Gates Past Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Secaucus, New Jersey: University Books, Inc., 1974. A Fine, evidently Unread copy. Facsimile of the 1929 Rodker First English Edition. Square, Sewn binding Extremely tight. Dust Jacket light extremity wear (see image), and conservatively Very Good+. Volume II of University Books Summers/R…odker reissue. First Edition Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover/Full Cloth/Sewn. Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by "40 curious wood cuts, some of extreme beauty and numerous decorated initials taken from the 1st edition". 4to size - over 10" tall.
DEMONOLATRY
Summers, Montague; Nicolas Remy; Edited with Introduction and Notes By Montague Summers; Translated By E. A. Ashwin
Language: English
Published by John Rodker, London, 1930
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Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.Entropy Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter saffron-stained parchment, grey buckram-covered boards, small 4to., xliii, 188 pages. Volume IV in the "Church and Witchcraft" series. One of 1,275 numbered copies printed by Richard Clay. Minute pencilled inscription, else a clean, very good copy with minor soiling and wear to the covers… and slight fading to the spine, in archival mylar.
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Language: English
Published by Dover Publications, Inc./Peter Smith [Publisher, Inc.], New York [Gloucester, MA], 1971
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Seller: Gates Past Books Inc., NY, NY, U.S.A.Gates Past Books Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York [Gloucester, MA]: Dover Publications, Inc./Peter Smith [Publisher, Inc.], 1971. NEW / Unread old stock, RARE thus. Touch of shelfwear, light edge age. Handbound in Thick Buckram. "This Dover [Peter Smith] edition, first published in 1971, is an unabridged republication of the work… originally published by John Rodker, London, in 1928, It also contains an Introduction by the Rev. Montague Summers prepared for the 1948 reprint". First Edition Thus. Hard Cover/Buckram/Sewn. New/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Frontispiece of Pope Innocent VIII / "Innocentivs . VIII . Papa . Genvensis . ". 4to size - over 10" tall.
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Published by Tragara Press, Edinburgh,, 1986
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Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United KingdomBertram Rota Ltd
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Add to basketWrappers. First Edition. One of 145 numbered copies Fine copy Ogden was responsible for publishing Summers's The History of Witchcraft and Demonology and The Geography of Witchcraft.
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Published by The Hand & Flower Press, 1951
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Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, NetherlandsNeverland Books
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Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1921
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Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited Edition. #328/1000 numbered copies bound in tan cloth over colorful orange and tap patterned paper covered boards, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, a Fine copy, in publisher's original dustwrapper, only Very Good with toning to spine panel, tri…vial wear to crown. In addition, this copy sports a decorative bookplate from the publisher pasted to the front pastedown, with Christmas Greetings for 1922. 400pp. The author, a clergyman, had varied interests including 17th Century English drama, including vampires, werewolves and witchcraft. Q14664.
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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1921
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Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United KingdomGodley Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good (+). No Jacket. First Edition. Limited Edition no 53 of 1000. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked very slightly rubbed boards, tanning to end papers and no bumping to corners. Paper title plate to spine slightly scratched and… page edges untrimmed and foxed. 400pp. The Parsons Wedding by Thomas Killigrew, The London Cuckolds by Edward Ravenscroft and Sir Courtly Nice by John Crowne, all originally published in the 17th century, these three plays are here collected together for the first time. Very scarce Limited Edition. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
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Shakespeare Adaptations | The Tempest; The Mock Tempest; and King Lear
Summers, Montague [Introduction and Notes by Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 - 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, published in 1928, of the notorious 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum]. William Shakespeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [1564-1616].
Published by Published by Jonathan Cape, Eleven Gower Street, London First Edition . 1922., 1922
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Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange and blue chevron patterned paper covered boards, cream, red and black title and author lettering label to the light brown cloth spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains [cviii] 282 printed pages of text. Hand written… number 200 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Age tanning to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in scarce Good condition dust wrapper with age tanning to the spine and edges, not price clipped, 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHAKESPEARE, William.
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Restoration Comedies | The Parsons Wedding; The London Cuckolds; & Sir Courtly Nice, or, It Cannot Be
Summers, Montague [Introduction and Notes by Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 - 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, published in 1928, of the notorious 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum]. Thomas Killigrew; Edward Ravenscroft; John Crown(e).
Published by Published by Jonathan Cape, Eleven Gower Street, London First Edition . 1921., 1921
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Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange and light brown chevron patterned paper covered boards, cream, red and black title and author lettering label to the light brown cloth spine, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains [xlvi] 400 printed pages of text. Hand w…ritten number 354 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Age tanning to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in scarce Good condition dust wrapper with age tanning to the spine and edges, not price clipped, 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. From the private library of William Leigh, General Manager of The Old Vic, London, and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper 'William Leigh'. Member of the P.B.F.A. PLAYS (Theatre Performance).
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Covent Garden Drollery
Summers (Montague). Edited, with prefatory note and explanatory notes, by Montague Summers
Published by Fortune Press,, 1927
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United KingdomBertram Rota Ltd
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Add to basketFirst Edition thus. Frontispiece One of 575 numbered copies Very nice copy in very slightly nicked dust-wrapper A reprint of Covent Garden Drollery, or a Collection of all the Choice Songs, Poems, Prologues and Epilogues (Sung and Spoken at Courts and Theaters) never in print before, collected by A.B., 1672.
