New York, NY: Stephen Daye Press, 1951. Second Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. 208pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. "An easy-to-use guide to handwriting analysis with 70 tables and 350 handwriting samples." Bibliography & index. Spine ends chafed, spine edges rubbed, top-edge foxed, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Penn Publishing Company, 1923. Hardcover. 16mo. 170pp. Green cloth lettered in white on spine & front board, black decorations on spine & front board. "How to tell your own and your friend's character from the shape of the head.." B/w frontis. & illustrations. Spine lettering & spine ends..... More
London: L.N. Fowler & Co., ND. (circa 1898). Revised. Hardcover. Small octavo. 120pp. + 4pp. ads. Papered boards with photographic portrait & titles printed on front board. B/w illustrations. Some wear & discoloration to boards, paper missing from over spine, chipping around edges of boards, boards weakly attached, offsetting to..... More
Venetia: Presso Christoforo Tomasino, 1644. Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Small folio. (xii) + 570 pp. (+ ivpp.) Contemporary pig-skin (?) over limp paper boards, bound without as spine, so that the bands to which the gatherings are sewn, and the gatherings themselves, are visible. Title page vignette, and two portraits; numerous..... More
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First edition. Hardcover w/ dust jacket, 8vo, vi + 142 pp, good + condition, brown cloth, black title, etc. to spine and front cover, significant wear and soiling to dust jacket, one-inch tear on top of jacket spine, chipping to top and..... More
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. Third Printing, Signed. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, x + 374 pp, good - condition, maroon cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations, author's inscription to previous owner on ffp, moderate wear and soiling to cover, significant staining to cover, minor..... More
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 374pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations (handwriting samples). As the title suggests - the first edition of this comprehensive look at handwriting analysis. Spine ends slightly chafed, slight scuff to..... More
New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 374pp. Maroon cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w illustrations (handwriting samples). Spine ends slightly worn, slight scuff to spine, spine lettering much-dulled, boards slightly rubbed & discolored, page-edges lightly browned, previous owner's name..... More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1952 copyright. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 382pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, lettered in blind on front board. Bibliography & index. Spine ends rubbed, spine slightly discolored, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed, spine ends chipped & creased). More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, September, 1953. Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 382pp. Grey cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations (handwriting samples). Top-edge dusty, spine ends rubbed, bumps to top-corners of boards, slight foxing to front endpapers, else a solid, internally-clean..... More
New York, NY: Bonanza Books, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 224pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. Bibliography. B/w illustrations (handwriting samples). Spine ends chafed, top-edge foxed, small previous owner sticker on front free endpaper, else a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed)..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954. Second impression. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 288pp + 4pp ads. Includes a 48pp Supplement held by a cloth strip inside rear board; this Supplement is a softcover booklet with many reproductions of handwriting samples. Main book: Blue cloth lettered in white on spine. Boards..... More
Brighton, England: Privately published, nd (circa 1938). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii + 464 pp + 6 pp of adverts. Original blue cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w frontis and illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author: "Brighton, Aug. 15 1938, To our eternal friends...........with the good wishes..... More
New York, NY: Fowler & Wells, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 414pp. + 12pp. ads. Blind-stamped pebbled cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine. Illustrations. Index. The author, Nelson Sizer (1812-1897), spent over 40 years studying and teaching phrenology; he traveled through New England and the Middle Atlantic states lecturing..... More
New York, NY: The Gregg Publishing Company, 1920. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 198pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. "For the Practical Use of the Expert, the Student, and the Layman Arranged in Form for Ready Reference. To which is added an Appendix containing a...... More
New York, NY: The Gregg Publishing Company, 1920. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 198pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. "For the Practical Use of the Expert, the Student, and the Layman Arranged in Form for Ready Reference. To which is added an Appendix containing a...... More
New York, NY: Grune & Stratton, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 276pp. Light grey cloth lettered in red on spine & front board. Bibliography & index. Spine ends chafed, binding slightly skewed, top-edge foxed, previous owner names erased on front free endpaper, occasional marginal pencil annotations & pen..... More
Venice: Per Agostino de Bindoni, 1538. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 344pp. Signatures: A-X8 Y4. Old (eighteenth century?) quarter leather, with varnished patterned paper covered boards, and leather spine with leather title label between gilt rules. Edged speckled. Large woodcut vignettes on title-page, verso of title page, and at colophon. Imprint and..... More
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1846-1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. vi + 602pp. Contemporary half-leather binding. Brown calf over marbled paper boards. Gilt-lettered black title labels to spine. Indexes. B/w plate. The fourth volume (March 1846 to January 1847) of this significant journal which was published quarterly from March 1843..... More
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1986. Third impression. Softcover. 12mo. 96pp. "How to assess character and potential from writing." Small top-corner crease to front cover, pages age-toned, else a clean, tight VG copy. More
Los Angeles, CA: The Church of Light, ND (1940). Reprint. Hardcover. Small format (6.5 x 5 inches). 224pp. Original black textured cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. A collection of essays on different forms of divination and character reading by. C.C. Zain, (AKA..... More
