SUMMERS, Montague. Witchcraft and Black Magic.

(London): Rider and Co., Ltd, [1945].  First edition.  Hardcover.  228 pages. A compelling and provocative work from one of the twentieth century’s most idiosyncratic students of the occult, Summers presents an in-depth survey of witchcraft, demonology, and the black arts as understood in historical and folkloric contexts. The volume covers a wide range of topics: the nature of witchcraft, the witch-trial phenomenon, various types of magic—white and black—and the role of the demonic and infernal in human affairs.  Illustrated with period engravings.  A very good plus copy in dust jacket. A nice example, scarce more so in this condition.