Search Results: the encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology by robbins rossell hope

New York: Crown (1973), 1973-01-01. 11th Edition. hardcover. Ships same or next business day . 9x6x1.

Spring Books, 1967. 4th Imp. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is scuffed, worn and chipped. staining. foxing and markings throughout. ownership plate. sound binding. may require extra postage[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Crown. Fair/Fair. 1973. Binding Loose, Worn Condition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library (S314) .

Includes extensive bibliographies (558-571)

London: Spring Books. 1967. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Book has some mild flecking to board edges and faint scattered foxing to top edge. Black & white illustrations. 571 pages. . 4th impression. Hardback.

Crown Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Seventh printing. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Heavy rubbing, spiderweb creasing and shallow chipping to the edges and corners of the DJ. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover. Binding is tight, square and strong.

NY: Bonanza Books, 1981. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 571pp. Light foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some tears. Spine base and bottom edges of boards rubbed. 1959 Hard Cover. 571 pp. Includes 250 illustrations. With research sourced by the world's greatest libraries, Robbins has compiled a rational, balanced history of 300 years of horror concentrated primarily in Western Europe. Spanning from the 15th century through the 18th century, the witch-hunt frenzy marks a period of suppressed rational thought; never before have so many been so wrong. To better understand this phenomenon, Robbins examines how the meaning of "witch" has evolved and exposes the true nature of witchcraft—a topic widely discussed in popular culture, though remarkably misunderstood. First published in 1959, Robbins' encyclopedia remains the most authoritative and comprehensive body of information about witchcraft and demonology ever compiled in a single… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, 1959 Clean and tight, some chipping and wear to the jacket.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1959. Book Club Edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild dust/soil to edge text block, toning/offset to endpapers and paste downs, text clean, binding tight/DJ Fair: heavy chipping and creasing, edge and corner wear, not clipped. Under protective mylar cover. 8vo 571pp. 250 illustrations. Book Club Edition. from front flap: "This, the most authoritative and comprehensive body of information about witchcraft and demonology ever compiled in a single volume, was written by an outstanding scholar who spent years accumulating material from the great libraries of the world. Here is a full scale compendium of fact, history and legend about every phase of this fascinating subject form its origins in medieval times to its last eruptions in the eighteenth century. Included are articles about witches' sabbat and pact, night flight and metamorphosis, incubi and succubi, verbatim reports of trials, werewolves and vampires, devils, demoniacal possession and exorcism, poltergeists, the… Read More

New York: Crown (1973), 1959. 11th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1960 Second printing of the 1960 first edition. Clean tight and unmarked in price intact jacket. Looks unused. B73 Please email for photos.

Crown Publishers, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Chips and tears to edges of dust jacket which is now in protective mylar. Oversized, will require additional fees for international options..

London, Bookplan 1965 2ND imp. 10 x 6.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine, WITH ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPER In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly rubbed around edges with a few small tears. Not Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 571pp. Many B&W illustrations within text, some full-paged. The author discusses the traditional image of the Witch in fiction, and the more serious idea of Witchcraft as a Christian Heresy which was seen as a threat to Society and the Church. The main period covered is from the beginnings in the 15th century to its ending in the 18th. There is a clear distinction made between Witchcraft, Satanism and Sorcery. Many accounts from historical records of the persecution of individuals, especially old women, and groups.

New York: Crown Publishers. 1959. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Cocked spine. Rubbing along panel edges. Chipping at spine crown. .

London, United Kingdom: Paul Hamlyn for Bookplan, 1964. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS, n.d [ 1964 ] Octavo, pp. 571. ill.,ports. original maroon cloth boards, spine panel stamped in gilt. Tight binding, Internally some light toning to the pages else unmarked, in original jacket which is price clipped, some chipping and wear to the extremities. Uncommon. .

London: Bookplan by Paul Hamlyn Ltd., Westbrook House, 1964. True First Printing of the 1964 Bookplan Edition. Book is square, corners sharp. Pages show toning as per usual with all Bookplan Editions, but the printing is of much higher quality than the more common Book Club Editions, with images sharper, and much more clear. Previous owner to ffep., otherwise Unmarked. DJ is present with some extremity wear, corner chips, price clipped, now under mylar and shows quite well (see scan).. First Thus/First Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Copious Illustrations, Photographs, Line Drawings, Facsimile Titles Pages, etc. . 4to size - 10" tall.

New York, Crown, 1959. Gr.8°, 571 S., unzähl. Abb., OLwd., Rücken beschienen, min. gebrauchspurig - gutes Exempl. Text engl. Umfangreiche Bibliographie. 010

London: Spring Books, 1959. Fourth impression 1967 of this comprehensive study of witchcraft. Profusely illustrated. Both unclipped DJ and book in VG condition. Please note very HEAVY book, so please enquire re postage. 571 pgs. very rare.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.