1935 Rare Book - The Complete Book of Fortune A Comprehensive Survey Of The Occult Sciences & Other Methods Of Divination.
(Description)
Author: Unknown.
Title: The Complete Book of Fortune A Comprehensive Survey Of The Occult Sciences And Other Methods Of Divination That Man Has Employed 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 5.5".
Pages: 640 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, name and address of a previous 1936 owner on the last blank page - as shown).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated throughout.
Estimate: (USD 250 - USD 350)
The book: Rare "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.