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Meinhold, [Johann] W[ilhelm]. SIDONIA THE SORCERESS ... [and] THE AMBER WITCH. London: Reeves and Turner, 1894. Octavo, two volumes: [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] xv-xxiv [1-2] 3-400; [i-iv] v-xii [1-2] 3-425 [426: blank], publisher's pictorial olive cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in gray, all edges untrimmed. First combined edition. An attractive edition of the standard English translations (by Lady Jane Wilde and Lady Lucy Duff Gordon respectively) of these classic German novels of witchcraft. Meinhold "retains a place in the history of supernatural fiction largely because he was a pioneer of the genre. His THE AMBER WITCH (1843) and SIDONIA THE SORCERESS (1847-1848) are generally considered two of the earliest and finest witch novels of the nineteenth century. He was also one of the first to adopt the form, language, and documentary style of the chronicle. He wrote with such finesse that some of his contemporaries were convinced that the chronicles were authentic." - Bleiler, ed., Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, p. 121. Barron, ed., Horror Literature 2-64. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1142 and 1143. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, pp. 46-47. Bleiler (1978), p. 137. Reginald 09992 (Sidonia). Wolff 4732 (this edition). A clean, tight, very good copy. (#179042).

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