New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." 341 pp. ISBN: 0-446194204.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." 341 pp. ISBN: 0-446194204.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 341 pp.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.) dj. Hardcover - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." Ribbon book mark bound in. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-446194204.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." SIGNED by the author on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-446194204.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.). First edition - The author's rather offbeat but very highly praised first novel - Publisher's Weekly says that this "mixes the exuberant eccentricities of John Irving's Garp, Anne Tyler's relationship savvy and the plangent voice of Margaret Atwood. . . Haunting the margins of Truly's story is that of Tabitha Dyerson, a rumored witch whose secrets afford a breathtaking role reversal for Truly. It's got all the earmarks of a hitÑinfectious and lovable narrator, a dash of magic, an impressive sweep and a heartrending but not treacly family drama." 341 pp.

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel / Universal Press Syndicate Company (1996). First edition - Includes nearly seventy interviews, profiles, articles and sidebars on both the world of Anne Rice and her books over the past two decades. Foreword by Colleen Doran xiii- black and white photographs by Scott Stewart and George Beahm. ,xvii, 246 pp. ISBN: 0-836210360.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A carefully researched novel of life in 1640's Puritan New England, inspired by accounts of an unsolved murder of a young woman near what is now Exeter, New Hampshire. A story involving witchcraft, religion, evil - and also passion, excitement and strength. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-56-4.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A carefully researched novel of life in 1640's Puritan New England, inspired by accounts of an unsolved murder of a young woman near what is now Exeter, New Hampshire. A story involving witchcraft, religion, evil - and also passion, excitement and strength. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-56-4.

London: Oxford University Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to solve the mysteries surronding this 17th century murder trial in which 3 people were hanged for the death of a man who reappeared 2 years later. Includes 2 of the best known previous attempts by John Paget and Andrew Lang, as well as new contributions by Maugham and Davis. Index. 155 pages.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - a "fast-paced, scathingly funny black comedy" set in Sierra Leone in Africa where a Peace Corps volunteer has gone missing. Both his father and his best friend search for him and in doing so they encounter witches and witch-finders, bush devils, bad medicine, and even a bundle of rags that might have caused supernatural disturbances. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-374-289514.

(Porto-Novo (Benin) STRC / OUA, 1996. First edition - Published under the auspices of the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (STRC) of the Organization of African Unity, this is the first comprehensive survey of the medicinal plants of the area, including many which are indigenous to Cameroon. Each plant is described in alpahabetical order and is illustrated by a line drawing. Also includes listings of the major diseases and their treatments, a glossary, an index of the medicinal plants by disease, an index of the vernacular names of these plants and more. vi, 641 pp. ISBN: 9782453661.

New York: Times Books, (1980) dj. A novel set in what was then the near future when scientists learn to tap the power of the planet's electromagnetic field to solve the energy crisis, only to nearly destroy Earth by earthquakes - a story of the "conflict between the forces of technology and greed and the gentle men and women who have respect for the land, are in touch with nature, and practice the "craft of the wise" - witchcraft." Although Farrar wrote many novels, he is best known for his practice of, and writings on, wicca - or witchcraft. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-812908619.

London: Basil Blackwell , (1963.) dj. Hardcover - Six anthropological lectures on the ways in which quarrels are handled by African societies based upon their customs, including witchcraft, conflicting allegiances, morals, rituals and beliefs. Reading list. ix,173 pp.

Brighton, UK: Fig Tree Press, (2004). First edition - The author's first novel, a story of Wicca and a young girl's quest to find an unbroken thread from olden times. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 095468270X.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition - Twenty stories of life, beliefs and customs of the Nzema tribe of southern Ghana in Western Africa. The Nzema inhabit the forests and lagoons along the Atlantic coast, and Grottanelli was the only anthropologist to live among them - as he did intermittently over a period of more than 30 years. Map, phototgraphs, an appendix on "Witchcraft as an Allegory," notes, glossary, index. xi, 223 pp. ISBN: 0-226310051.

New York: Penguin, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's wonderful and magical first book, inspired by her own childhood in France (her great-grandmother was known locally as a witch) and the basis for the equally charming movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp and Juliet Brioche.). ISBN: 0-670-881791.

New York: Penguin, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's wonderful and magical first book, inspired by her own childhood in France (her great-grandmother was known locally as a witch) and the basis for the equally charming movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp and Juliet Brioche.). ISBN: 0-670-881791.

London: Doubleday, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of Harris's best known book, inspired by her own childhood in France (her great-grandmother was known locally as a witch) and the basis for the movie of the same name, starring Johnny Depp and Juliet Brioche.) SIGNED on the title page. Shortlisted for Whitbread Best Novel Award. 394 pp. ISBN: 0-670-881791.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2008.). First edition - "A grisly tale of murder, witchcraft and the dark side of healing" by this very dark, but compelling writer. 410 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A grisly tale of murder, witchcraft and the dark side of healing" by this very dark, but compelling writer. 410 pp. ISBN: 9780871139924.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A grisly tale of murder, witchcraft and the dark side of healing" by this very dark, but compelling writer. 410 pp. ISBN: 9780871139924.

New York: Beaufort Books, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - A man standing on the verge of insanity, takes a leave of absence from work and moves into a vacationing cousin's house near Niagara - only to find himself engrossed in a new obsession when he is told that the house had been built on a much older foundation and he finds an old book deep in the original basement. 130 pp. ISBN: 0-8253-01955.

New York: Harper & Row, (1986.). First edition - Hillerman's eighth novel and the first mystery featuring both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, as they investigate a murder with its roots in the dark world of Navajo witchcraft. Winner of the AnthonyAward for best mystery. 216 pp.

New York: Dover Publications, (c 1972). A classic novel of Satanism, originally published in France in 1891 and noted for its detailed and vivid description of the Black Mass, one which Huysmans himself attended. Although the novel centers on Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of Gilles de Rais, a fifteenth-century child murderer, sadist, necrophile, and practitioner of all the black arts, Huysmans had firsthand knowledge of the satanic practices, witch cults, and the whole of the occult underworld which was thriving in late nineteenth-century Paris and in the city of Lyons. Translated by Keene Wallis. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-486228371.

New York: Dell, 1968. Basis for the movie and television series of the same name, but I think the book is still the best version of this classic horror novel. Cover price is $0.95.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by author on title page. The story of an emergency room psychiatrist who traveled to Zimbabwe to take the helm at a hospital there - a story of medicine at the crossroads of two cultures, where mental illness is often considered a sign of witchcraft or a contagious illness to be shunned. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-071367349.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1989). First edition - The author's first novel, set in medieval England in the 14th century, the story of Sister Ingrid, abandoned as a young child to the care of the nuns, who became famous as the infirmarian at Greyleigh Convent, for her miraculous powers of healing. When love - and disgrace - force her to flee the convent, she finds her power labeled as witchcraft. 318 pp.

London: Michael Joseph, (1943). Hardcover - Uncommon early printing of this vintage Mrs Bradley mystery (the 15th in the series), one dealing with - among other things - witchcraft and Satanism. As in many of her books, Mitchell's sense of humor offsets the grimness of the theme. Publisher's note re wartime publication constraints on paper. 192 pp.