拍品 262
拍品 262
From the Library of Edward R. Leahy
The Book of Were-wolves

Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865

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The Book of Were-wolves

Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865

成交价 USD 1,764
成交价 USD 1,764
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BARING-GOULD, Sabine (1834-1924). The Book of Were-wolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1865.

First edition of the classic monograph on lycanthropy. Sabine Baring-Gould, most famous now as the author of the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers, was an Anglican priest and antiquarian whose work on folklore influenced the uncanny tales of later writers including HP Lovecraft. Sadleir 159.

Octavo. Half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 pp. ads at end (occasional light spots and toning). Later green cloth with red morocco title piece. Provenance: "Dr Charlton" (signature on half-title) – J.L. Weir (bookplate and invoice dated 1960).
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