1936 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 1936). First thus.
Size: 8.5 "X 6 ".  
Pages: 640 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, very small puncture in the lower middle part of the spine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Good content (bright, tight, some foxing - mainly on the preliminary and last pages - as shown). 
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated throughout.

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, 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.