A Handbook On Witches : Gillian Tindall [ Witchcraft , Occult History ]

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First American edition of A Handbook on Witches , early nonfiction book from Gillian Tindall characteristic of the 1960s Occult and Witchcraft revival

 

Tindall, Gillian. A Handbook on Witches. Castle Books : New York. 1965. First American Edition.

 

A well loved but well preserved copy of the First American edition of A Handbook on Witches , an introduction to the history and theories of witchcraft by Gillian Tindall published the same year as the original London edition. Primarily focused on British witch lore, this text traces the history of witchcraft from its appearances in the bible through to the last witch hunters in early modern England with some mention of equivalent persecutions and practices from the rest of Europe.

 

8vo, 156pp, mustard yellow boards with title, author and publisher printed to spine. Small white scuff to front board lower hinge. Spine ends bumped. Some pages dogeared to lower corner. Occasional underlines and emphases in red pen. Contains 12 black and white illustrations. Non-price clipped dust jacket worn at edges. Minor tear to front face top edge and at top spine’s rear hinge. Back face scuffed. Good in good.

 

If you liked this book you might also like this first edition of Montague Summer’s Geography of Witchcraft with partial dust jacket.