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A treasury of superstitions. / By Claudia de Lys.
LIBRA - Rare BF1775 .L92 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lys, Claudia de.
- Series:
- Wisdom library
- Wisdom Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superstition--United States.
- Superstition.
- Folklore--United States.
- Folklore.
- United States.
- Superstitions.
- Medical Subjects:
- Superstitions.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 317 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : [Published by] Philosophical Library, Inc. : [Distributed to the trade by Book Sales Inc.], [1957]
- Contents:
- Our feathered friends
- The human animal
- Give us this day
- That flesh is heir to
- The worship of things
- Tell me not in mournful numbers.
- Notes:
- "Copyright 1957 by Claudia de Lys."
- "In 'A Treasury of Superstitions,' you will find an abbreviated survey of current beliefs and practices, which are traceable, for the most part, to primitive and other symbolic origins and expressions."--Dear Reader.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok March 1959 Los Angeles".
- Potok Collection copy has marginal marks.
- OCLC:
- 345541
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