DE JESUS-MARIE, O.C.D., Father Bruno (ed.)

Satan [With Both Dust Jackets Present]

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1952. C. Van Roemburg and Lewis F. White (dust jacket illustrators). First Thus. Hardcover with Two Dust Jackets. 8vo. Pp. xxv, [2], 3-506. Frontis. black-and-white reproduction. Illustrated throughout with historical images of Satan. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine. Superficial dampstain on top edge. Light foxing to endpapers, and with an old bookseller tag on the rear pastedown (Serra Book Shop, Riverside). With both dust jackets present; the C. Van Roemburg-illustrated jacket has a light stain on the spine, and light wear. The lightning bolt jacket is in superb condition, if not As New. Near Fine / Very Good and Fine. Item #5769

Collects essays by prominent Catholic writers on the nature of Satan, culturally and historically.

An anomaly in the genre of books with desirable dust jackets, this volume was issued with two: One, reproducing a C. Van Roemburg painting of Satan in as a reptilian figure (titled "Satan Self-Bestialized") was, per a jacket blurb, so reviled by book-buyers in Holland that the publishers saw fit to commission a less revolting jacket by Lewis F. White, striking in its austerity with a red lightning bolt on a black background. The publishers decided to issue both, allowing the customer to keep the jacket of their preference, and scuttle the other. Dust jackets are now enclosed in removable, clear archival sleeves. Scarce.

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Price: $600.00