1935 Scarce Book - The Complete Book of Fortune A Comprehensive Survey Of The Occult Sciences & Other Methods Of Divination.

 

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Author: Unknown.
Title: The Complete Book of Fortune A Comprehensive Survey Of The Occult Sciences And Other Methods Of Divination That Have Been Employed By Man Throughout The Centuries In His Ceaseless Efforts To Reveal The Secrets Of The Past, The Present And The Future.
Publisher: London, Associated Newspapers Ltd., no date (circa 1935). First thus.
Size: 8 "X 6 ".  
Pages: 640 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Good to very good content (bright, tight, some light foxing mainly on the preliminary and last pages - as shown, name of a previous 1938 owner on the first endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated throughout.

Estimate: (USD 300 - USD 500)

The book: Scarce "comprehensive survey of the occult sciences and other methods of divination." Covers fortune telling via playing cards, tea leaves, dice & dominoes, crystal gazing, dreams, and numerology. Also, astrology, phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, graphology, Napoleon's Book of Fate, The Dream Oraculum, oracles, omens and superstitions, talismans & amulets, the meaning of Christian names, the meaning of flowers, and the colors and their significance.