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BRODIE-INNES, J.W.

The Devil's Mistress.

London: William Rider and Son, Limited. No date [circa 1920]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued in 1915. Small octavo, original publisher's light brown boards titled and decorated in black on spine and front panel. 357 pp + [3] pp ads at rear. Minor browning to the text block, but a fine, fresh copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket which is lightly browned, has just a touch of wear at the spine tips and two minor internal tape repairs and a old price sticker (2/) on the spine panel. A wonderful copy in the beautiful and rare dust jacket depicting Isabel Goudie on the front cover and the 'man in red' (the devil) on the spine.
¶ An excellent historical novel of witchcraft set in 17th Century Scotland, it tells the tale of Isabel (Isobel) Goudie, a real person who was tried for witchcraft in 1662. With much folklore and supernaturalism, it is one of the best novels of witchcraft. The author was a practicing occultist, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and head of the Amen-Ra Temple in Edinburgh. Near Fine in Dust Jacket .

-- Thompson Rare Books - ABAC/ILAB

Book number: 303159

CAD 833.30 [Appr.: EURO 644 US$ 815.2 | £UK 518.25 | JP¥ 64777]

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