London: Trubner & Co., 1883. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xv, 256, 80pp. Octavo, bound in black cloth with beveled edges, lettered and decorated in red along the front and spine. Head and base of spine moderately chipped and creased; corners bumped and rubbed. Frontispiece, 6 B/W plates, all by author. Raised library stamp to ffep. Previous owner's name, notations to reverse of ffep. Some pencil marginalia not affecting text. Mild foxing throughout. very good A history of how the idea of the Christian devil came to be. 1883

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 140446
Title: The Pedigree of the Devil
Author: Hall, Frederic T
Format/Binding: Undetermined
Book Condition: Used - very good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Trubner & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1883
Keywords: Occult
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...