1935 Rare Book - The Complete Book of Fortune and Other Methods Of Divination

Author: Anonymous (compiled work).
Title: The Complete Book of Fortune.
Publisher: London, Associated Newspapers Ltd., Northcliffe House, E.C.4, [circa 1935].
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 x 6 inches.
Pages: 640 pages.
Binding: Very good publisher’s original green pictorial cloth binding, upper cover and spine decorated in black and cream with striking Art Deco–style design depicting a crystal ball, stars, and playing cards; plain green rear board (hinges fine, o light rubbing to extremities and a few small marks to boards - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Overall, an attractive and well-preserved binding.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, light scattered foxing and gentle age toning - as shown). With the Birthday Calendar for the year 1936 at the end.
Illustrations: With numerous illustrations throughout, including diagrams of card layouts, palmistry charts, tea-leaf reading examples, and tarot figures. Complete.

Estimate: (USD 200–250).

The book: A fascinating and comprehensive popular compendium devoted to the arts of divination and the interpretation of fate, this volume surveys a wide array of traditional occult practices for predicting the past, present, and future. Topics include fortune-telling by playing cards, crystal-gazing, numerology, palmistry, phrenology, dream interpretation, graphology, omens, superstitions, and the mystic meanings of talismans and names. Richly illustrated with explanatory diagrams and symbolic figures, the book reflects the enduring early twentieth-century fascination with spiritualism and esoteric sciences, presenting them in a practical, accessible format intended for the curious lay reader.