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Devil:

Ewell, Alice Maud . WHITE GUARD TO SATAN (ORIGINAL WORK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Boston 1900 Houghton, Mifflin. Being an account of mine own adventures and observation in that time of the trouble in Virginia now called Bacon's Rebellion which same did take place in the year of grace 1676. Octavo, 187pp., dark grey cloth. Good, lower edge of rear board has shallow inch long chip. (a12391)
$65.00 Russell, Jeffrey Burton . THE DEVIL, PRECEPTIONS OF EVIL FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY
Ithaca 1977 1st Cornell. 8vo., 276pp., index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a1507)
$35.00 Russell, Jeffrey Burton . THE DEVIL, PERCEPTIONS OF EVIL FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY
Ithaca 1977 1st Cornell. Author Director of Medieval Institute and Prof. of Medieval Studies at University of Notre Dame. 8vo., 276pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a38190)
$28.00 (theology) . THE RISE AND FALL OR, THE ORIGIN OF MORAL EVIL
NY 1866 1st Hurd and Houghton. In three Parts: Part I. The Suggestions of Reason; Part II. The Disclosures of Revelation; Part III. The Confirmations of Theology. Sm.8vo., 311pp., hardcover. Portion of original Institution card holder inside rear cover. Institution bookplate inside front cover (marked discarded). Small paper square on lower spine end with Institution numbers. VG. Very scarce. (a45860)
$100.00 Rudwin, Maximilien . ROMANTISME ET SATANISME (signed)
Paris 1927. In French. Large octavo, 31pp., original printed wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Rudwin on the half title page. Good, toned, small chip at lower front corner, top edge of cover chipped. (a56372)
$40.00 Bekker, Balthasar . DIE BEZUBERTE WELT: ODER EINE GRUNDLICHE UNTERSUCHUNG DES ALLGEMEINEN ABERGLAUBENS, BETREFFEND, DIE ARTH UND DAR VERMOGEN, GEWIT UND WIRCKUNG DES SATANS AND UND DER GEISTER UBER DEN MENSCHEN UND WAS DIESE DURCH DIESELBEN KRAFFT UND GEMEINSCHAFT THUN: SO AUS NATURLICHER VERNUNFFT UND H SCHRIFRT IN 4 BUCHERN
Amsterdam 1693 Daniel von Dahlen bey der Borse. Argues against possibility of witchcraft and superstition and in favor of Descartes and empirical, scientific reasoning. In German. 4to., 40pp., 136pp. (actually 144pp. as there are 4 leaves misnumbered), 270pp., (2), 17pp., (actually 19pp. one misnumbered leaf is added), (3), 308pp., (3), Extra illustrated with fine engraved frontis portrait of Bekker tipped in. Full leather. Ink notes on rear end papers. Includes fullpaage "Horn" engraving in Book 4. Good, cover quite worn, some professional repair on backstrip; front inner hinge cracked;text lightly evenly browned. Mounted spine label gone but title still lightly visible beneath. Binding secure . Scarce. (a66621)
$1100.00 Todie, Eugen . HIRDAUL LUI SATAN ROMAN
Bucuresti 1923 (?) Editura de Stat Pentru Literatura si Arta. In Rumanian. Small octavo, original bright orange and yellow wraps with black lettering. Good, leaves browned (not brittle). (a66744)
$125.00Ingersoll, Robert G. THE DEVIL! A LECTURE
New york 1899 Farrell. Small octavo, 66pp., 24pp. (ads), pictorial cover with standing male red devil with outspred wings on front panel. wraps. Good, cover a bit soiled and lightly worn, spine lightly chipped. (a67947)
$95.00 Seymour, St. John D. . IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY
Baltimore 1913 1st American, Norman, Remington. Octavo, 256pp., original gilt printed maroon cloth hardcover. VG, light cover wear, corners bumped, very light spine end wear. (a67991)
$150.00 Andreyev, Leonid . SATAN'S DIARY
NY 1920 first edition (thus) Boni and Liveright. Authorized translation. Preface by Herman Bernstein. Hardcover. Octavo, 263pp., blue cloth. Near Good, small chip in middle of cloth on spine, leaves slightly browned, spine ends worn with one half-inch chip at one end, corners worn. Very Scarce. (a69651)
$140.00 Frazer, J. G. . SCAPEGOAT
London 1935 Macmillan. The Golden Bough Part IV. On the transfer of evil to animate and inanimate objects. Green cloth octavo with gilt decoration on front board. 453pp., index, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a77248)
$59.00