Jong, Erica — Witches

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Hardcover. Deep Blue glossy boards with silver illustration and lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with black lettering; 176 pp.; richly illustrated. "This witch's brew of a book is back in all its tantalizing glory to enchant a new generation of readers. Best-selling author Erica Jong here turns her attention to the fantastical and factual world of witchcraft. In beguiling poetry and prose, she looks at the figure of the witch both as historical reality and as archetype-as evil crone and full-breasted seductress, as a lingering vestige of a primeval religion and a projection of fear of the unknown. Joseph A. Smith's powerful, haunting illustrations enliven each page, as Jong investigates the witch as a survivor of the age of sorcery, as a scapegoat for male-dominated church-state politics, as a remarkable natural healer, and as a hexer without peer. Real recipes for love potions and flying lotions, along with formulas for spells and incantations, make this book a rich journey of mystery and delight." -- DJ. VG/VG (DJ is lightly toned, scuffed, smudged and foxed; boards are scuffed, bumped, smudged; textblock edges are foxed; title page and last page are lightly foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.) .