Mata the Magician by Isabella Ingalese. Abbey Press. 6" x 8 1/2" 183 page Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine is slightly faded, but still quit legible, and is brighter on the front cover. Cover wear a bit heavy on top and bottom of spine and cover tips. Some cover soiling, particulalrly to the spine. Large previous owner infrmation written in pencil on the first blank page. There is slight separation, now repaired, inside the front cover. I have seen one or two spots of soiling in the text, but I did not find any significant. No other previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. HJ06a

A rare occult novel set in the 1830s in New York state