Published by New York: Cheiro the Palmist, 1894
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Boards are loose and cover shows moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, soiling, tape on the spine, heavy erosion to the backstrip. Pages are lightly tanned with a few smudges and heavy underlining throughout. Scarce.
Language: English
Published by University of Tampa Press, Tampa, Florida, 2006
ISBN 10: 1597320137 ISBN 13: 9781597320139
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. "Occult romance of a bosom-serpent, quite literally, the result of a yogi's curse; references to prenatal influences resulting in bizarre deformities. Author better known as "Cheiro," noted palmist and occultist." - Robert Knowlton. See Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 66. See Reginald 06725. A fine copy in fine dust wrapper. (#177495).
Language: English
Published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1898
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. No date, but 1898. Natural yellowing to endpaper, mild wear to pictorial black cloth cover. First book, and only fiction book, by this author, who was better known as 'Cheiro.' He was palm reader to the rich and famous, from the 1890s to the 1930s, and wrote many books, including True Ghost Stories, Hand of Fate, etc.