Frederick Kaigh (8 results)

Condition: Fair. 1946. First Edition. 261 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Noticeable tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.

hardcover. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. 159 clean, unmarked, tight pages with light tanning; neat writing on front and rear flyleaves; small crack in lower front hinge; cover is clean and sturdy with a few pale spots, light shelf and corner wear, and a little soiling on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Erste Ausgabe. xxv, 159 S. Orig.-Leinenband. Ein schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar in einwandfreiem Zustand.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this interesting illustrated account of African witchcraft and magic. The first edition of this work. An interesting account of the witchcraft and magical practices of Africa, by Frederick Kaigh. With a foreword by Montague Summers. A record of witchcraft, magic and sorcery, exploring religion, beliefs, and inexplicable facts.With photographic plates in black and white throughout. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A touch of fading to the spine. Minor inscriptions to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Minor light spotting to the fore edge, affecting only the occasional leaf. Otherwise, the pages are bright and clean. With photographic plates in black and white throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Two page introduction by Montague Summers. With 14 photograhic plates. An uncommon book, rare with the dustjacket. Inked name on front free endpaper, light spotting along page edges, an almost fine copy in a VG dustjacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A signed, first edition copy of this interesting ethnographical work on witchcraft and magic in Africa, written by Frederick Kaigh. An interesting account of the witchcraft and magical practices of Africa. A record of witchcraft, magic and sorcery, exploring religion, beliefs, and inexplicable facts.Written by Frederick Kaigh and including a foreword by Montague Summers.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free-endpaper, inscribed 'To Jack'. Including a small ink inscription to the half title page: 'The Bepal and Horwich Family'.The first edition of this work.Illustrated with fourteen plates, collated and complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with some light shelf wear and a few marks to the front board. Including an inscription from the author to the front free-endpaper and a small ink inscription to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.