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SIR WALTER SCOTT. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, 1830.
Sir Walter Scott
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450 GBP i originalvaluta · 19 bud
Sir Walter Scott
· · Crewkerne
450 GBP i originalvaluta · 19 bud
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spotting and browning, some light damp staining and dust soiling to page edges, some pages dogeared, hinges cracked or starting, extremities scuffed or worn.
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Sir Walter Scott. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, first edition, engraved frontispiece, without the twelve plates from Cruikshank that were included in a subsequent edition, also published in 1830, contemporary half calf, gilt, sml. 8vo, London: John Murray, 1830 The first edition of Walter Scott's exploration of the supernatural, examining ideas surrounding demonology and witchcraft, as well as ghosts, elves, fairies, and other beings. Fascinated by ideas of the supernatural from childhood, Scott wrote this book in the form of ten informal and discursive letters addressed to his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart.