MAGIC ISLAND - Seabrook, 1st 1929 HAITI SORCERY WITCHCRAFT VOUDO VOODOO ZOMBIES

Book Details + Condition: Literary Guild of America (New York). First Edition, 1929. Hardcover with decorated boards. 336 pages, with photographs and illustrations throughout. Journalist and adventurer William Seabrook offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. He introduced the concept of the walking dead ― zombies ― to the West with this illustrated travelogue. In THE MAGIC ISLAND, Seabrook relates his experiences with the voodoo priestess who initiated him into the religion's rituals, from soul transference to resurrection. A fascinating account, with beautiful images by Alexander King and with photographs by the author. Please see below for more information on W.B. Seabrook. Firm binding; soiling to covers; small tear to upper spine edge; occasional toning to pages; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.  Biography and Works: Seabrook had a lifelong fascination with the occult practices throughout the world, which he witnessed and described fir