A Hornbook for Witches
by Drake, Leah Bodine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/fine
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 1st edition. Signed. Some rubbing to the corners, toning from acidic binder's glue along the gutters, else near fine in fine (actually fine) dust jacket. One of the smallest publications of any Arkham House book at 553 copies, Drake self-financed the printing and took 300 copies for her own distribution. Fine copies are rare and signed copies scarce. Custom ¼ morocco slip case. This is Drakes first book, but she was already well known from the mid 30s as one of the more popular poets of the horror and fantasy genre, regularly appearing in Weird Tales.
They named It the Jabberwock
For want of another;
But some shook their heads; "It's
The Devil's own brother!"
Then people came to church
Who'd never been yet.
Some patched up a quarrel
And some paid a debt.
-The Jabberwock.
They named It the Jabberwock
For want of another;
But some shook their heads; "It's
The Devil's own brother!"
Then people came to church
Who'd never been yet.
Some patched up a quarrel
And some paid a debt.
-The Jabberwock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 858
- Title
- A Hornbook for Witches
- Author
- Drake, Leah Bodine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- NYABF2023, inscribed/signed
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...