Author Name: Erica Jong, Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith
Title: Witches
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1981
Seller ID: 1808
Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN: 0-8109-1765-3. This Witch's Brew of a book has everything. The author turns here attention to the factual and fantastical world of witchcraft. She explores the figure of the witch both as historical reality and as archetype- as Halloween hag and full-breasted seductress- as a lingering vestige of a primeval religion and a projection of fear of the unknown. Prose and poetry are all wonderfully enhanced by the illustrations. 176pp with a selected bibliography. Previous owners name inscribed on front flyleaf.
