{"product_id":"1929-scarce-limited-first-edition-the-pow-wow-and-the-witch-murder-trial","title":"1929 Scarce Limited First Edition - The Pow-Wow and the Witch Murder Trial","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"1028\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"163\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e A. Monroe Aurand Jr. and John George Hohman\u003cbr data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"210\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"220\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"353\"\u003eThe Pow-Wow Book. Three Volumes in One: The Pow-Wow Book; An Account of the “Witch” Murder Trial; and Pow-Wows or Long Lost Friend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"356\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"370\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harrisburg, The Aurand Press, 1929. First Edition No. 566 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies.\u003cbr data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"409\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"422\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"442\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9 x 6.5 inches.\u003cbr data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"476\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"486\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e x-85, 31, 64 pages.\u003cbr data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"499\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"511\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Attractive and very good original publisher’s bright orange cloth binding with black witch-on-broomstick vignette within a triangle on upper board and spine (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) In the original tan dust jacket featuring matching illustration (good jacket chipped with edgewear and loss, particularly along upper edge and spine ends - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.\u003cbr data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"790\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"802\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, ex-libris of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown). \u003cbr data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"948\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"966\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated with a frontispiece and some black-and-white vignettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1043\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e (USD 450 – 550).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1075\"\u003eThe book: \u003c\/strong\u003eA scarce and desirable 1929 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1125\"\u003elimited edition\u003c\/strong\u003e omnibus volume privately printed by The Aurand Press, collecting three key texts of Pennsylvania-German folk magic and occult belief:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1971\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eThe Pow-Wow Book\u003c\/strong\u003e by A. Monroe Aurand Jr. — A folkloric and historical overview of Pennsylvania Dutch “pow-wowing” (a system of folk healing by prayer, charms, and rites), with essays on the psychology, cultural origins, and superstitions tied to the practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1575\"\u003eAn Account of the “Witch” Murder Trial\u003c\/strong\u003e — A firsthand account of the infamous 1929 York County murder trial of a suspected witch, an extraordinary intersection of crime and folk belief in modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1971\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1971\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1779\"\u003ePow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"1805\"\u003eJohn George Hohman\u003c\/strong\u003e — A complete reprint of the classic 19th-century American grimoire filled with charms, cures, and protective rituals, long revered in Pennsylvania Dutch communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2148\"\u003eHand-numbered, from a print run of 1,000 copies (of which 100 were signed). 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