The Glittering Serpent

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 352pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards. The spine ends and edges of the covers are lightly bumped. There is a bookseller's stamp on the front pastedown. In a price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, with chipped edges, and a large loss from the bottom edge of the front panel, measuring 3" wide by 1 and 1/4" deep. A tale of modern witchcraft and espionage.