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Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947. First Edition black hardcover, gold lettering on spine, no DJ, 168 pp. Excellent interior illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Ex-library copy. Boards show considerable wear, scuffing. First 3 pages of text have yellow highlighting; rest of book, including illos, seems unmarked and fine.
Published by Fitzhouse Books; B.T. Batsford, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0713402776ISBN 13: 9780713402773
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). reissue. Reissue Octavo hardback. 196 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Page edges tannedVery Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket.Owner's name written on front free end paper and edge of page block.
Published by Book Club Associates. London.
Seller: Antiquariaat Ovidius, Bredevoort, Netherlands
Condition: Gebraucht / Used. 1977. Hardcover with d.j. 200pp.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First American Edition. Good with fraying to cloth along lower edge and rubbed lettering on spine. No previous owner markings or bookplates. In poor condition dust jacket, falling apart, many tears and abrasions and chipping. Nicely illustrated, indexed.
Published by BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES, UK, 1977
Seller: Anitabooks, HEREFORD, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. MERVYN PEAKE (illustrator). THE EDGE OF THE BLOCK IS FOXED, AND THERE IS LIGHT SPOTTING ON THE END PAPERS/PRELIMS. OTHER WISE THE TEXT IS LARGELY CLEAR OF FOXING. THERE IS DIAGONAL CREASING ON PAGE 190, WHICH IS PART OF THE NOTES AT THE END. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING FAULT. THE BLACK HARD COVERS ARE VERY TIDY. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS FADED TO GREEN ON THE SPINE, AND SPOTTED ON THE REVERSE ( BLANK ) SIDE, BUT OTHERWISE TIDY. PLEASE ASK FOR SCANS.
Published by 1st UK. Batsford., 1977
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Fine in VG d/w.
Published by Book Club Associates, London, 1977
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Mervyn Peake(Illustrator) (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Witchcraft in England by Christina Hole (Book Club Edition, 1977) A square firm copy. Bright color and lettering. Bookplate to front pastedown. Sunned spine, bright cover. No tears. First published 1977, Copyright 1977 stated. This edition published 1977 by arrangement with B.T. Batsford, Ltd., stated. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. BOOK.
Published by London : B.T. Batsford
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. 1947 B. T. Batsford hardcover edition. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Published by Book Club Associates, 1977
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Book Club Associates Hardback 1977 - Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. slight fade on spine. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 2nd Impression. 2nd Impression in year of publication. Red bds with bright Gilt title (unworn with sl faded spine and slim strip top) pp 167 with numerous illus by Peake produced when he was in his recognised best period. ight and clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Book Club Associates, United Kingdom, 1977
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Contents include: The Art of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion, Maleficium, Familiars, Alien Worship, The White Witch, and Witchcraft in High Places. Atmospherically illustrated by one of the greatest fantasists. Book Club Associates 1977. illus 200pp hb dw sunned, book fine.
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1945
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Drawings by Mervyn Peake. (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1945. "First published spring, 1945.". Hardback. Integral illustrations by Mervyn Peake and 16 plates. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Stamp to title-page; Presented by Boots. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. 168 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163). 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.
Published by B.T. Batsford, London, 1945
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). Hardcover without dust jacket. Red cloth boards have a watermark to front and to rear, corners lightly worn. Text and illustrations remain clean and unmarked throughout. AD. Used.
Second impression. A survey giving a general impression of witchcraft in England as it appeared when all believed in it and in the subsequent period when doubt was in the ascendant. "In striking contrast to the objectivity of the writing are Mr Mervyn Peake's illustrations.He contributes over fifty drawings, ranging from thumbnail sketches of astonishing expressiveness to elaborate plates in line and wash, which convey all the sinister horror, that lurking dreadful fascination that the word 'Witchcraft' conjures up."(The Birmingham Post). Pp.168, over 50 illustrations throughout by Mervyn Peake. Red cloth, edge slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper, illustrated by Mervyn Peake, has small tears and losses to top and tail of spine and corner tips, scuffing to spine edge, in a clear protective wrap. Scarce. VG/VG.
Published by B.T. Batsford London, 1945
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. B.T. Batsford, London. 1945. Hardback, NO DW. Red cloth, gilt. Frontis. + drawings throughout. 168 pages. Index. Spine and board margins faded. Gift inscription to front free end-paper, some occasional light foxing to o/w clean and sound contents.
Published by London, B T Batsford, 1945, 1945
Seller: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st Edition ( 2nd Imp ). 168 pages. Very good but faded wartime red cloth. Very good Mervyn Peake designed dust jacket but with loss to the bottom right-hand panel. Internally very good with numerous ills by Mervyn Peake. Scarce.
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd, United Kingdom, 1945
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO Dustwrapper. Contents include: The Art of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion, Maleficium, Familiars, Alien Worship, The White Witch, and Witchcraft in High Places. Atmospherically illustrated by one of the greatest fantasists. B.T. Batsford Ltd 1945. illus 168pp hb ex libris plate of Philip Panton (artist), covers showing signs of wear with small dab of paint, pages browned, vg.
Published by B.T. Batsford, London, 1945
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Boards in d.j. Illus. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 2nd impression. Second impression in year of publication. Original cloth boards, dustjacket, many b&w illus, pp 168. Dustjacket: small chip to head and foot of spine, very small chips corners, repaired and protected. Small previous owner's signature front free endpaper, otherwise clean. Very good condition in like d.j. Christina Hole was a renowned folklorist and published on folk customs, ghosts and witchcraft. Her book is a serious study of witchecraft and associated beliefs. The book is particularly notable for Mervyn Peake's illustrations: over 50 illustrations, full-page and text, all suitably macabre.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American Edition. First American Edition. Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, fine in very good, unclipped, illustrated dust jacket with minor tear and wear to fore edges and head of spine Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. 1 vols. 8vo.
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London, Great Britain, 1945
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 1st Edition. 168 pages, 8vo. First Edition, First Impression, with "First Published Spring, 1945" printed on copyright page. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake, with Peake illustrated dust-jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Heavy shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers, 1-inch missing piece at top spine edge and 1.5-inch missing piece at bottom spine edge, a few small tears along edges, spine fade, price is clipped. DJ in mylar. Light scuffing on cloth board edges, light spine fade, remnants of previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, light tanning along page edges. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Volume is in Very Good condition. DJ in Fair condition.
Published by B. T. Batsford, London, 1945
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. 2nd impression, 1945. Octavo. 167pp. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Publisher's red cloth, minor rubbing/bumping to extremities. In the illustrative dust wrapper, some edge wear including minor nicks, chips and creases (see images). Occasional light spotting internally. Former owner's signature to f.f.e.p. Otherwise a 'Very Good' copy. Scarce.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1947
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Large octavo, pp. [168], illustrations by Mervyn Peake, cloth. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $3.00 on the front flap with 6 mm closed tear at upper front flap fold. A lovely copy. (#159062).
Published by B.T. Batsford Limited,, London, United Kingdom, 1945
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, (First Printing). Octavo, pp.[6-7 Preface] 9-160 [219: blank] [161-163 Bibliography] [164-168:Index], original red cloth boards, spine panel stamped in gilt, true first edition, first printing (first impression with 'First Published 1945' to the copyright page. Tight binding, Internally clean, in original jacket which is not price clipped, some light wear to the extremities, chipping to spine and some strengthening to folds and repair to upper spine of jacket. Uncommon.
Published by B.T. Batsford Limited,, London, United Kingdom, 1945
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, (First Printing). Octavo, pp.[6-7 Preface] 9-160 [219: blank] [161-163 Bibliography] [164-168:Index], original red cloth boards, spine panel stamped in gilt, true first edition, first printing (first impression with 'First Published 1945' to the copyright page. Tight binding, Internally clean. light spotting to edges, , in original jacket which is not price clipped, some light wear to the extremities. Uncommon.
Published by London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1945
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Tonbridge, KENT, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.168. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, red top edge. Striking dust-jacket with printed price of 21s. net to front flap. Profusely and atmospherically illustrated by Mervyn Peake throughout with a combination of full page plates and in text illustrations. Textblock lightly toned, with some light occasional spotting. Top edge stain bright with just a few marks, moderate spotting to other edges. Cloth very fresh and clean. Dust-jacket shows very well, split all along the upper spine fold and halfway down the rear flap fold, now neatly repaired with archival tape to reverse. Spine panel a little toned. Small hole to spine panel, all folds a little rubbed, some light bruising to edges and a couple of small closed tears. A tidy copy of a book rather hard to find in presentable condition. Very good.
Published by Batsford, London, 1945
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Batsford, London in 1945. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with just a little rubbing to the edges and at the spine ends. Free from inscriptions. Light offsetting to the end-papers with a little spotting to the prelims and the text-block. A little toning to the page edges due to the quality of the wartime paper stock used. The spine is lettered & ruled in gilt, with a scraper-board frontispiece & 15 drawings in line & wash & gouache, two-colour line blocks & half-tones, and 38 illustrations in the text. Top edge claret red still present. The fragile stiff paper WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good condition. Some edge wear with a some loss at the upper spine and edges (see images). Rubbing to the folds and a few nicks and mild creasing to the edges in places. Supporting archival tape to the verso of the front flap and the rear spine folds which does not show through to the front. Some splitting to the spine folds. Toning to the spine lettering with a little spotting to the flaps. Despite its faults, the scarce wrapper presents well in the removable Brodart archival cover. The line & wash wrapper artwork design by Mervyn Peake of a crone gazing at a pierced wax figure is very striking . An increasingly elusive title with its original wrapper and the masterly illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1945
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
168 pp. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a jacket with a few shallow (1/8") chips and some slight rubbing at the edges.