Baughan, Rosa, Author of the Handbook of Palmistry, Chiromancy and ( Various ) Papers on Physiognomy Character Indicated by Handwriting. A Practical Treatise in Support of the Assertion That the Handwriting of a Person is an Infallible Guide to His Character. With Illustrations ( Cont. ) , London: William Rider and Son, Limited, 1919.Third (& best) Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Sm 8vo. Hardback, 125mm x 190mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). Pp (viii), 184. with 61 text figs. and 127 hand-writing samples/autographs of the famous, including Charles Darwen and Marie Antionette. Neat signature of a previous owner, one M. Marriott, to the front free endpaper, otherwise very good, in the original green cloth-covered boards/black titles, and with the most uncommon, and unclipped, dust-wrapper. This, the Third, Revised and Enlarged, Edition is by far and away the best, having as it does, ninety-three pages more than the first edition, and forty-three more than the second. The title concludes: "..with Illustrations taken from Autographic Letters of Statesmen, Lawyers, Soldiers, Ecclesiastics, Authors, Poets, Musicians, Actors, and Other Persons" (Book ref. 003455) £20.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Christopher Baron , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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