{"product_id":"witch-warlock-and-magician-historical-sketches-by-w-h-davenport-adams-1889","title":"WITCH WARLOCK AND MAGICIAN: HISTORICAL SKETCHES... BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS 1889","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e[ADAMS, WILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT]. \u003cb\u003eWitch, Warlock, and Magician: Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland. \u003c\/b\u003eLondon: Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, 1889.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST UK EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; large octavo (23 x 14 x 4 cm); pp. vii, [1, blank], 428, [32, publisher's catalogue]. English text. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine; gilt hexagram design on front cover; black endpapers; half-title; printed footnotes. Printed in Great Britain by Billing and Sons. Condition: VERY GOOD. Contents complete. Binding tight and secure. Trivial marks to covers, spine slightly darkened, the spine ends faintly bumped. Interior well-preserved, with a contemporary ownership inscription inked to head of title and a few marginal annotations in pencil. Scarce thus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: Written from the viewpoint of a 'sympathetic, though incredulous, observer,' by the popular nineteenth century author William Henry Davenport Adams (1828-1891). Approximately half of the book is devoted to 'The English Magicians': Bacon, Dee, Lilly, etc., and the other half to the history of Witchcraft in England and Scotland. An excellent copy (no dust jacket issued).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56994727494007,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/image_4b1bc49c-4e8f-47f2-ab2a-372893194632.jpg?v=1775736878","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/witch-warlock-and-magician-historical-sketches-by-w-h-davenport-adams-1889","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}