Marsh Wizards, Witches and Cunning Men: A Study of Cunning Murrell, George Pickingill, & Witchcraft in 19th Century Essex.
Morrison, Arthur, & Eric Maple. Marsh Wizards, Witches and Cunning Men: A Study of Cunning Murrell, George Pickingill, & Witchcraft in 19th Century Essex. Hinckley, Leicestershire: Caduceus Books, 2008. First Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, this being copy number 81. Black cloth with gilt title on front board & gilt sigil stamped in 22 carat gold on each board which required that each copy of the book was hand blocked a total of five times. [The origin and nature of the two sigils is explained in an Afterword: Concerning the Covers of this Book pp. 93-97]. Without dust wrapper as issued. 5⅞" x 8½".
97pp. Includes 9 illustrations in black & white, 1 line drawing of the two sigils, and 2 colour reproductions of a manuscript by Cunning Murrell.
[Contents: A group of five essays on the magic and folklore of Essex, with particular emphasis on the history and practices of the “cunning folk”.]
PART I
A Wizard of Yesterday by Arthur Morrison p.9
PART II
A Series of Four Articles by Eric Maple p.37
Cunning Murrell, A Study of a Nineteenth Century Cunning Man in Hadleigh, Essex.
Folklore, Volume 71, No. 1, 1960 p.41
Witches of Canewdon.
Folklore, Volume 71, No. 4, 1960 p.51
Witchcraft & Magic in the Rochford Hundred.
Folklore, Volume 76, No. 3, 1965 p.67
The Witches of Dengie.
Folklore, Volume 73, No. 3, 1963 p.85
Afterword: Concerning the Covers of this Book. p.93
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