11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Witchcraft, Ten Volumes:

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$570$475
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Witchcraft, Ten Volumes: Soulie's Les Memoires du Diable, Paris: Dupont, 1857, disbound; Worthington Hooker's Lessons from the History of Medical Delusions, New York: Baker & Scribner, 1850, in boards; Walter Scott's The Existence of Evil Spirits Proved, London: Jackson & Walford, 1853, publisher's cloth; Ghostly Colloquies, New York: Appelton & Co., 1856, in embossed cloth; Zschokke's Alamontade, or the Galley Slave, Philadelphia: Grubb and Reazor, 1845, disbound, water damaged; Jung-Stilling's Theory of Pneumatology, London: Longman, Rees, et al., 1834, publisher's cloth, sewing loose; Frederick George Lee's Glimpses of the Supernatural, New York: Carleton, 1875, gold embossed cloth with creepy hand design; Rufus Blakeman's Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition, and Animal Fascination or Charming, New York: Appleton, 1849, half cloth; Catherine Crowe's The Night-Side of Nature or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers, New York: Redfield, 1850, in a signed cloth binding by George W. Alexander of New York; and Raphael's Familiar Astrologer, London: Bennett, 1841, illustrated throughout, with hand-colored engravings, in embossed cloth with fancy gilt-stamped spine.
Estimate $200-300

Keywords

London, Paris, Dupont, Walter Scott, Appelton & Co., Philadelphia, Frederick George Lee, Rufus Blakeman, Catherine Crowe, George W. Alexander