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[BLOW BOOK / MAGIC PICTURE BOOK].
, c.[1870]. 12mo. 14 x 9.7cm. Instructions in Spanish, Italian and Hungarian to rear pastedown. No title or publishing details as usual, several ills. with light crayoning, lacking upper wrapp. but supplied in colour photocopy, some browning, light browning, original chipped lower wrapp. present.
¶ Magician's blow book. These books were so designed that a blow of air by the conjuror and a swift riffling through the pages produced a different set of images or indeed showed a seemingly blank volume - depending on which way up the book was held and from which notch on the fore-edge it was thumbed. Seven topics each with 8 plates each, including Animals, Fairy Stories, Nursery Rhymes, Trades?men, all colour printed or chromolitho; alphabet, music and silhouettes in black and white. See Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak, Devices of Wonder, pp.252-255.
¶ Magician's blow book. These books were so designed that a blow of air by the conjuror and a swift riffling through the pages produced a different set of images or indeed showed a seemingly blank volume - depending on which way up the book was held and from which notch on the fore-edge it was thumbed. Seven topics each with 8 plates each, including Animals, Fairy Stories, Nursery Rhymes, Trades?men, all colour printed or chromolitho; alphabet, music and silhouettes in black and white. See Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak, Devices of Wonder, pp.252-255.
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THE COUNTING-OUT RHYMES OF CHILDREN. Their Antiquity, Origin and Wide Distribution. A Study in Folk-Lore.
Elliot Stock, 1888. 1st Ed. Sm. Slim 4to. [x] + 121pp. + [iii]. Dec. initial letters. Light marginal browning, from the Library of Dr James Bynon, hinges tender but firm, dec. e.ps., original gilt lettered green cloth, soiled, edges rubbed, corners and head and tail of spine bumped, gilt lettering dulled, fore and lower edge uncut.
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OBSERVATIONS ON POPULAR ANTIQUITIES: Including the whole of Mr. Bourne’s Antiquitates Vulgares, with addenda to every chapter of that work: As also An Appendix, Containing such Articles on the Subject, as have been omitted by that Author.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by T. Saint, 1777. 1st Ed. [xx] + 430pp. + [ii] errata. Engraved vignette title page by Beilby. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, lacking half title, e.ps. and title browned to edges, with ink annotations and the signature of Louisa Woodhouse née Rance 1851, some sporadic light browning and spotting to text, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary dec. gilt edged tree calf, rubbed, wear to corners, 1.5cm loss of leather to fore edge of upper board, rebacked in modern calf with gilt ruled raised bands blind tooling and gilt lettered leather title label to spine.
¶ ESTC T144127. John Brand (1744-1806), antiquary and topographer. First published in 1777, ‘This work contains much interesting information ...’ D.N.B.
¶ ESTC T144127. John Brand (1744-1806), antiquary and topographer. First published in 1777, ‘This work contains much interesting information ...’ D.N.B.
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THE WITCHES OF LORRAINE.
OUP, 2007. 1st Ed. xii + 404pp. 2 maps, 6 graphs, 2 tables. Very good in d/w.
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THE SACRED SYMBOLS OF MU.
Rider & Co. Publishers, 1933. 1st Ed. 258pp. Frontis., 33 text ills. Light marginal browning, couple of lower corners sl. creased, good in lightly soiled black lettered putty cloth, corners and head and tail of spine sl. bumped.
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TOM TIT TOT. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale.
Duckworth and Co., 1898. 1st Ed. x + 249pp. + [i] + [vi] adverts. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, hinges cracked but firm, light marginal browning, e.ps. lightly browned, contemporary ownership inscription, original gilt lettered red cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, edges of upper board sl. faded, spine browned and sl. bumped at head and tail.
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THE EVIL EYE. A Folklore Casebook.
Garland Publishing, Inc. New York & London, 1981. 1st Ed. xiv + 312pp. Frontis. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, very good in original gilt lettered blue cloth.
¶ Garland Folklore Casebooks, Volume 2.
¶ Garland Folklore Casebooks, Volume 2.
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THE FORCE AND THE CRUCIBLE. Translated from the French by Stephen Corrin.
Rider & Company, 1962. 1st English Translation. 208pp. Numerous ills. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, good in lightly soiled and very sl. chipped price clipped d/w.
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WITCHCRAFT, WITCH-HUNTING, AND POLITICS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND.
OUP, 2016. 1st Ed. x + 369pp. Very good in pictorial d/w.
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MEDICINE AND MAGIC IN ELIZABETHAN LONDON. Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician.
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2005. 1st Ed. xviii + 181pp. + [v]. Port. frontis., 26 figures, 4 tables. Very good in d/w.
¶ Oxford Historical Monographs.
¶ Oxford Historical Monographs.
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ADONIS Étude de Religions Orientales Comparées. Traduction Française par Lady Frazer.
Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1921. 2 vols. in 1. Large 8vo. [viii] + 316pp. + 185pp. + [v]. French text. Original black lettered green limp paper wrapps. bound in, marginal browning throughout, ex.-lib. with several sm. marginal lib. ink stamps, title page in vol. 1 rebacked, lib. label to lower pastedown, bound in dark green lib. cloth with blind embossed lib. stamp to both boards, some rubbing minor soiling and fading, gilt bands gilt title and gilt accession nos. to darkened spine.
¶ Ministrère de l’Instructions Publique et des Béaux-Arts. Annales du Musée Guimet, Bibliothèque d’Études Tomes Vingt-Neuvième et Trentième
¶ Ministrère de l’Instructions Publique et des Béaux-Arts. Annales du Musée Guimet, Bibliothèque d’Études Tomes Vingt-Neuvième et Trentième
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THE GOLDEN BOUGH. A Study in Magic and Religion.
Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1950 Abridged Ed. xiv + 756pp. F.e.ps. sl. browned, contemporary ownership inscription, good in lightly soiled and chipped d/w. browned to spine.
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GREEK FOLK POESY: Annotated Translations, From the Whole Cycle of Romaic Folk-Verse and Folk-Prose. Edited With Essays on the Science of Folklore, Greek Folkspeech, and the Survival of Paganism, by J.S. Stuart-Glennie.
Guildford: .... Billings and Sons ... David Nutt ..., 1896. 1st Ed. 2 vols. xlv + 477pp. + vii + 541pp. + [ii]. Ink ownership stamps to half title and t.ps., original gilt lettered cloth with gilt devices to upper boards, minor marking, sm. dent to head of upper board of vol. 1., spines sl. bumped.
¶ Including the Science of Folk-Lore; Translations of Folk-Verse- Mythological Folk-Idylls, Social Folk-Songs, Historical Folk-Ballads; Translations of Folk Prose Mythological, Social and Historical Folk Legends; the Survival of Paganism. With a useful bibliography of Greek Folk-Lore.
¶ Including the Science of Folk-Lore; Translations of Folk-Verse- Mythological Folk-Idylls, Social Folk-Songs, Historical Folk-Ballads; Translations of Folk Prose Mythological, Social and Historical Folk Legends; the Survival of Paganism. With a useful bibliography of Greek Folk-Lore.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SEX RITES AND CUSTOMS. An Annotated Record of Books, Articles, and Illustrations in all Languages
George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1931. 1st Ed. 4to. [vi] + 752pp. F.e.ps. very lightly browned, good in original gilt lettered green cloth, some minor dampspotting to lower board, spine lightly faded, t.e.green.
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THE RAINCLOUD OF KNOWABLE THINGS. A Practical Guide to Transpersonal Psychology. Editor Hazel Marshall. Foreword by Dr. Anthony Thorley.
Archive Publishing, Lincolnshire, 2008. 1st UK Ed. xxviii + 448pp. + [iv]. Colour port. frontis., colour plates by Frances Crawford, ills. by Ian Thorp. Prospectus loosely inserted, good in d/w.
¶ No. 74 of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies. Signed by Barbara Somers, Ian Gordon-Brown and Hazel Marshall.
¶ No. 74 of a Limited Edition of 350 Copies. Signed by Barbara Somers, Ian Gordon-Brown and Hazel Marshall.
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