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First Edition, Library binding. Oval gold sticker to rear e.p. "Heckman Bindery N. Manchester Indiana. Orange cloth spine, with orange pattern boards, red title to spine, ex-library letters. Mild rubbing and soil. Solidly bound, clean text and illustrations. Mild smudges to e.p. Top edge of pre-title and frontispiece 1/2 inch closed tear. Verso of last page, small faint stamped numbers #9 2526. Tightly bound 8 vo., 195 pages. 
See background of Heckman Bindery at end of description.

Ruth Edna Kelley (8 April 1893 - 4 March 1982) was an American librarian and author. She is chiefly remembered for The Book of Hallowe'en (1919), the first book-length history of the holiday.
Kelley was born in Massachusetts, the only child of Charles F. Kelley, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. She grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts, and received a master of arts degree. Her other book was A Life of Their Own (1947), which dealt with immortality and spirituality.  Kelley died in Marblehead, Massachusetts at the age of 88


Title Page:
The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley
By RUTH EDNA KELLEY, A. M., Lynn Public Library, ILLUSTRATED, (Publishers stamp) BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.  

Copyright page:
Published, August, 1919

COPYRIGHT, 1919,
By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
All Rights Reserved
The Book of Hallowe'en


Norwood Press
BERWICK & SMITH CO.
Norwood, Mass.
U. S. A.
 
Facing page: o my Mother and the memory of my Father
who inspired and encouraged me
in the writing of this
book

PREFACE
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,—such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is illustrated by selections from ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Hallowe'en ideas.
Those who wish suggestions for readings, recitations, plays, and parties, will find the lists in the appendix useful, in addition to the books on entertainments and games to be found in any public library.
Special acknowledgment is made to Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Company for permission to use the poem entitled "Hallowe'en" from "The Spires of Oxford and Other Poems," by W. M. Letts; to Messrs. Longmans, Green & Company for the poem "Pomona," by William Morris; and to the Editors of The Independent for the use of five poems.
RUTH EDNA KELLEY.
Lynn, 1919.

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	Sun-Worship. The Sources of Hallowe'en	1
II.	The Celts: Their Religion and Festivals	5
III.	Samhain	16
IV.	Pomona	23
V.	The Coming of Christianity. All Saints'. All Souls'	27
VI.	Origin and Character of Hallowe'en Omens	33
VII.	Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Ireland	35
VIII.	Hallowe'en Beliefs And Customs in Scotland	59
       and the Hebrides	
IX.	Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in England and Man	82
X.	Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Wales	101
XI.	Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Brittany and France	107
XII.	The Teutonic Religion. Witches	119
XIII.	Walpurgis Night	136
XIV.	More Hallowtide Beliefs and Customs	142
XV.	Hallowe'en in America	149[Pg x]
"Four Poems"	172
Magazine References To Hallowe'en Entertainments	179
Supplementary List of Readings, Recitations, and Plays	182
Index to Quotations	184
Index	188
[Pg xi]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Hallowe'en Festivities	Frontispiece
facing page
In Hallowe'en Time	34
The Witch of the Walnut-Tree	100
The Witches' Dance (Valpurgisnacht)	138
Fortune-Telling	148
Hallowe'en Tables, I	156
Hallowe'en Tables, II	158
No Hallowe'en without a Jack-o'-lantern	178

Heckkman Bindery: In 1931, during the depression, Vernon Heckman began binding old books as a hobby in the basement of his home in North Manchester, Indiana, where pride in workmanship and a strong work ethic endure. With money scarce, but with more and more books coming in for binding, Vernon formed a business concern of his hobby.
Vernon's son Paul joined him in business in 1935.   In 1940 they moved their business next door to a house which was enlarged several times as the business flourished.

Library binding was mostly limited to customers that were able to carry in their books to the shop. In 1949, Heckman Bindery revolutionized the industry by adding a fleet of trucks to pickup and deliver the books to the customer. The same year, the business was incorporated into The Heckman Bindery, Inc.

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Michelle Levick