By Margaret Alice Murray
1933   Sampson Low
9" by 6" ix, 214pp.
A scarce first edition copy of this work regarding medieval religion and witchcraft, with the original dust wrapper.
By Margaret Alice Murray

1933 The God of the Witches

1933   Sampson Low
9" by 6" ix, 214pp.
A scarce first edition copy of this work regarding medieval religion and witchcraft, with the original dust wrapper.
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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper

The scarce first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. With twenty-one plates. Collated complete. An interesting work by Margaret Alice Murray, regarding medieval religion and witchcraft, specifically a cult of the witches. Murray was a firm believer in a witch-cult theory, which argued that all the European witches followed a definitive religion which worshipped a horned god. Murray's works have been highly influential in the modern study of witchcraft. Margaret Alice Murray was an Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist and folklorist. She was president of the Folklore Society between 1953 and 1955, and was the first female archaeology lecture appointed in the United Kingdom. The half title page is present.

Condition

In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Fading to the upper and lower spine. The odd light mark to the boards. Offsetting to the free endpapers. Hinges strained but firm. The original, unclipped dust wrapper is a trifle rubbed. Chipping to the edges. Loss to the upper and lower spine and to the rear flyleaf. Spine is darkened. Marks to the panels. Closed tear of about three inches to the front panel. Several other closed tears to the edges. Pencil annotations to the rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise bright and clean. Some scattered spots towards the front and rear of the book. Spotting to the fore-edge.

Very Good

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