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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr. The Pow Wow Book: A Treatise on the art of "Healing by Prayer" and "Laying on of Hands," etc., Practiced by the Pennsylvania-Germans and others; Testimonials; Remarkable Recoveries; Popular Superstitions; Etc.
Harrisburg, Pa. The Aurand Press 1929 First edition, signed Three Quarter Cloth Very Good in Very Good DW
A signed special Limited Edition, 42 of 1000. "Including an Account of the Famous "Witch" Murder Trial, at York, Pa.". "Containing also the complex collection of remedies and cures in John George Hohman's "Pow-wows, or Long Lost Friend;" In popular use since 1820". John George Hohman, German-American printer, who immigrated from German to the US in 1802. He compiled collections of herbal remedies, magical healings, and charms. He sold books, practised and instructed people in folk magic and folk religion which became known as pow-wow. Chapters include: Bibliography; Preface; Introduction; Pow-Wowing and Conjuring by Indians; Pow-Wowing a Mis-Nomer for Healing by Prayer; The Relation of Psychology to Pow-Wowing; Reminiscences and Sketches from Various Authors; Pennsylvania-German Frugality and Pow-Wowing; Similar Practices are World Wide; Early Superstitions in Penna. and a "Witch" Trial; Charms and Superstitions; Dr. Dady and the "Ghosts" of York County in 1797; An Interview with a Pow-Wow Doctor; Occasional Confidential Talks with Skeptics, et al; An Amulet Used During the World War; An Account of Pow-Wowing, by a Correspondent; A Few Illustrative Accounts; A Pointed Word to Those Who Scoff - Read It!; Overcoming Superstition - Conclusion. Few illustrations, Frontispiece illustration of mystic. x. 85 pp., "An Account of The "Witch" Murder Trial," York, Pa., January 7-9, 1929 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. John Blymer, et al. 31 pp.; John George Hohman's Pow-Wows; or, Long Lost Friend." A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies fro Man as Well as Animals. ...(Reprinted from an Old Edition) xi., 64 pp. First Edition, numbered and signed. to copyright page. Tan paper, illustration of a witch inside a black triangle, over three quarter tan buckram, black title and "witch" to spine. Tan paper DW, chipping to spine ends and upper edge, small closed edge tears. Witch illustration and title in black to spine and front. Two inch separation of front joint to dw. Ex-libris blind stamp to e.p. Various pages are rough cut from opening. Please click for image. DW in protective mylar cover.
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130.00 USD
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