Tuesday, August 25, 2009

10 Books A Day: #125









Monsters You Never Heard Of...Daniel Cohen...Archway Paperback


Monsters, Giants And Little Men From Mars...Daniel Cohen...Dell


Supermonsters...Daniel Cohen...Arch/Pocket


The Encyclopedia Of The Strange...Daniel Cohen...Avon


Chariots Of The Gods?...Erich Von Daniken...Bantam


Extraterrestrial Visitations From Prehistoric Times To The Present...Jacques Bergier...Signet


Bigfoot...B. Ann Slate And Alan Berry...Bantam


Fairies: Real Encounters With Little People...Janet Bord...Dell


In Search Of Dracula...Raymond T. McNally & Radu Florescu...Warner


A Clutch Of Vampires...Raymond T. McNally...Warner


Witchcraft And Black Magic...Peter Haining...Bantam


Devils And Demons: A Dictionary Of Demonology...J. Tondiau and R. Villeneuve...Pyramid


Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft...Sir Walter Scott...Ace


The Tarot Revealed...Eden Gray...Signet


Astrology And Other Occult Games...Margaret And Eve Ronan...Scholastic


The Complete Book Of Magic And Witchcraft...Kathryn Paulsen...Signet




The Daniel Cohen books range from kids' books (Supermonsters and Monsters You Never Heard Of) to more serious looks (Monsters, Giants and Little Men From Mars with The Encyclopedia of the Strange topping the most straightforward look at odd phenomenon). A lot of relics from an earlier era of interest in the occult and unknown, much of which has been repackaged and presented anew in all area of popular culture. The Peter Haining book has some of the eeriest illustrations ever, by Jan Parker. If I didn't think the book would fall apart if I laid it open I'd show more, but that portrait of Aleister Crowley is a good sample of the power of the pictures.




Book Count: 1485.

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