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[MORRISON, Arthur; MAPLE, Eric] Marsh Wizards, Witchces & Cunning Men. A Study of Cunning Murrell, George Pickingill, & Witchcraft in 19th Century Essex (Hardcover)
[MORRISON, Arthur; MAPLE, Eric] Marsh Wizards, Witchces & Cunning Men. A Study of Cunning Murrell, George Pickingill, & Witchcraft in 19th Century Essex (Hardcover)
Hinckley, Leicestershire [UK]: Caduceus Books, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 97pp. Limited to 100 numbered copies, this being No. 96. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles and gilt talisman to front. Illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. A near fine copy, issued without dust jacket.
The work begins with Arthur Morrison's "A Wizard of Yesterday" which concerns Cunning Murrell (originally published in the Strand Magazine in 1900). The remainder of the book includes four essays by Eric Maple under the heading of "Witchcraft in the Essex Marshlands". Each of these essays were featured in the Jounal "Folklore" in the 1960s. Essays are: "Cunning Murrell, A Study of a Nineteenth Century Cunning Man in Hadleigh, Essex"; "Witchces of Canewdon"; Witchcraft & Magic in the Rochford Hundred"; and ""The Witches of Dengie".