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THE CHARMS OF LOVE.

by GIFFORD, EDWARD. S:

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj but there is a red ink,lower written price over the actual published price.Minimal shelf-wear and creasing to dw/dj edges with a closed tear to top right hand corner and a tinier one to foot of spine/backstrip.Very light creasing and rubbing also to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Lightly grubbed rear wrap, black text publisher adverts to white background.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and lightly aged; fore-edge also lightly aged and marked,but contents bright,tight and very clean. Publisher's original cerise cloth boards with stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white slightly grubbed endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,viii+1-277pp includes foreword,an epilogue,a bibliography and an index. The extremes and subterfuges to which otherwise normal men and women have gone in their attempts to win love and lovers have at times been astounding.Dr. Edward S. Gifford,delightful in his pungent wit and amazingly extensive familiarity with the subject of love charms,paints an unparalleled picture of this area of human foolishness,self-deceit,and pathos - a brilliant account of man's constant agelong search for potent prayers,amulets,potions and aphrodisiacs. Dr. Gifford's study is based on considerable research and ranges from Classical times to the present,and from the Orient to the Occident,and is principally concerned with the many and varied devices hopefully used for winning a reluctant companion.It also deals in detail with the supposed restorers of diminished emotional and physical response. Unhappily for the Hopeful,'The Charms of Love' offers no short cuts to bliss - throughout it expresses the clear conviction that the effects of love charms,love magic,aphrodisiac foods and drugs are largely psychological. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct and possibly, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE CHARMS OF LOVE.
Author
GIFFORD, EDWARD. S:
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - VG.
Jacket Condition
VG.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Publisher
LONDON.FABER & FABER,1963.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
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