The History and Practice of Magic To Which is Added an Appendix of the Most Remarkable and Best Authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, Divination, Witchcraft, Vampires, Fairies, Table-Turning, and Spirit-Rapping
by Christian, Paul
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
C3b: University Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Citadel Press, New York. 1963. 2 Volumes in one. Xxviii, 621 pgs. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (chipping and missing pieces present to the extremities of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are soiled and worn especially to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book was a standard work in his time, Blavatsky referred to it in her "Secret Doctrine" (1888). - Main chapters: At the Gates of the Supernatural; The Mysteries of the Pyramids; The Ancient Oracles, the Sibyls and the Fates; Magic from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the End of the Middle Ages; Supernatural Sciences and Curiosities; General Theory of the Horoscope; The General Keys of Astrology. EB; 9.3 X 6.2 X 2.0 inches .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66121
- Title
- The History and Practice of Magic To Which is Added an Appendix of the Most Remarkable and Best Authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Somnambulism, Predictions, Divination, Witchcraft, Vampires, Fairies, Table-Turning, and Spirit-Rapping
- Author
- Christian, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- University Books
- Place of Publication
- C3b
- Date Published
- 1970
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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