They Shall Take Up Serpents: Psychology of the Southern Snake Handling Cult by Weston La Barre - 1969

New York: Schocken Books, 1969. 1969 softcover edition in quite worn but sound condition. Covers rubbed and a little grubby with additional wear to the corners, text block sound, name and magic marker smear on title page, some underlining. Reading copy.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1992. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. c.1992. 8vo. 208pp. Light sunning to spine, else Fine.

Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1992. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. c.1992. 8vo. 208pp. Light sunning to spine, else Fine.

Waveland Pr Inc, January 1992. Paper Back . Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Minnesota Press, 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1st edition, 1st printing. Light wear to covers. Blind stamps and name on front free endpaper. One page of text has some notations in the margins. The binding is tight and square. Light wear to the unclipped ($3.75) dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

University of Minnesota. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers, a square spine and corners along with a tight binding. Neat former owner's stamp on front endpage. The jacket has some rubbing to front and light soiling to back with a couple short closed tears. A nice, tight copy of this scarce first edition. Photos upon request.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. About near fine with a wee bit of board corner-bumping and toning tp prelims, in a near fine(-) to very good(+) edge-rubbed jacket with a few closed edge tears. Quite a desirable copy overall. Jacket now housed in archival mylar./very good(+). Large octavo in black and green (green spine) jacket; 208 pages illustrations 23 cm; bibliographical references. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Very scarce thus. / Contents: The cult -- 1. The present and recent past -- 2. Origins and early history -- 3. Publicity and persecution -- 4. The interstate convention -- 5. Later history and spread -- The symbolism -- 6. Snake cults in Africa -- 7. Classic near east cults -- 8. Religion and psychiatry -- The people -- 9. Biography of a cult leader -- 10. Psychology of a snake cultist -- 11. Psychopathy and culture -- 12. Barefoot and the poor whites. / Serpents -- Religious aspects. Serpent worship. Psychology,… Read More

Schocken, 1988-05-05. Paperback. Acceptable. Moisture ripple on pages up to page 13. Crease line in cover. Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping.