Cheiro's Language of the Hand: A Complete Practical Work on the Sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy containing the System and Experience of Cheiro.
London / Chicago: Nichols & Co. / Rand, McNally & Co., 1901. Fourteenth Edition (Revised and enlarged). Hardcover. Small quarto (10.25 x 8.25 inches). xvi + 164pp. + lv [55] b/w plates + x pages Appendix and adverts at rear. White cloth lettered in black on spine & with titling etc on black panel on upper board, top edge gilt, beveled edges. B/w illustrations. This copy INSCRIBED by Cheiro on the front blank: "With the author's wish that your Fate may be so happy as you yourself would have it, [SIGNED] 'Cheiro' London, 12th Aug. 1910". Cheiro (William John Warner, 1866 - 1936), was one of the most famous 'public' occultists of the early twentieth century. He wrote numerous books on the subjects in which he specialized: astrology, palmistry (cheiromancy), and numerology, and gave individual readings and lessons, as well as releasing broader, public prophecies. In this detailed work he examines the subject of palmistry, using numerous plates depicting the hands of famous people as examples. White cloth a bit rubbed and darkened overall, a little chafing and scratching to black panels, spine ends bruised and chafed, page fore-edge darkened, rear endpaper cracked at inner hinge but hinge is solid. Overall a solid and unmarked VG copy signed by the author. (no dust jacket issued.). Item #63911
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