Cheiro William John Warner (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. LC BF921 ; stiff paper wrappers ; FINE. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 92pp. Sixty-eight indexed illustrations. Illust wrapper is clean, showing diagonal surface scratch on front cover, 1cm vertical tear top front edge. Binding square and not creased. Duodecimo: 175 x 115mm. First published in this edition 1954, this is the third printing, March 1962, stated.…

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Scarce 1917 Wartime Printing. Octavo, pp. xvii, 187, complete with the original frontispiece illustration of the hand of Lord Kitchener and 4 pages of publisher advertisements to the rear. Bound in the original publisher's cloth with distinct cover illustrations and gilt text. The binding remains tight, square, and structurally robust. Internally, the primary text pages are clean, and free from internal markings.Condition & Production Note: True to its publication in 1917 during the height of First World War paper rationing, this edition utilises the characteristic high-acid wartime paper stock. Consequently, while the main text pages are clean, there is prominent, age-appropriate browning (page tone) and foxing heavily localised to the preliminary pages, frontispiece, endpapers, and the final index/advertisement leaves. Light bumping to the spine ends. Overall, a decent, robust copy of this early 20th-century occult classic.…

Hard Cover. Condition: F-. No Jacket. Thirty Second Printing. 8vo. original grey boards (slightly rubbed; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 224, with 15 plates and 23 line illustrations. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. From the estate of a native Hawaiian medicine man/magician/medium in San Diego, this classic by the world-famous palmist/occultist "Cheiro" contains "new information on the study of the hand never before published." Orig. published in 1916, this is the 22nd printing of the American Edition, with a new Preface proclaiming that country to be unequaled in its interest in the "study of character" through activities like palm reading. In 180 pages, with black-&-white sketches & line drawings throughout, this hardcover has rust-colored cloth over boards decorated/lettered in black to front & spine. Condition is Good: very clean & completely unmarked, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, heavier to edges. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities, heaviest along spine, with splitting & cracking, missing chip from upper spine, partially through title. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED copy of Cheiro's celebrated work on ghosts and the supernatural. Born William John Warner (1866-1936), Cheiro was one of the most famous clairvoyants, astrologers and palmists of his age. His clients reportedly included Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Oscar Wilde and numerous other prominent figures of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. This is an attractive copy, most notably signed by Cheiro beneath his photographic portrait, a highly desirable feature and increasingly uncommon to find. The book remains generally sound and presents well. Text pages are remarkably bright and clean for the period, with only limited foxing, largely confined to the outer page edges and a small number of internal pages. The binding remains intact, although there is some movement to the spine and the book should be handled with appropriate care. The title page is absent and the Part I title page is detached but present. Apart from these points, the book appears substantially complete. The front free endpaper carries the faint impression of an old pencilled price. The pictorial boards remain attractive, retaining the original artwork by Countess Hamon with good colour and definition. The spine remains pleasing, with some rubbing and minor nicking at the head and foot. The rear cover illustration is also well preserved. Believed to date from circa 1928 and assumed to be a first edition, although a later impression remains a possibility. Overall, a highly collectible copy: the signature is excellent, the pages are unusually clean, and the pictorial binding remains attractive. Signed copies are scarce and sought after. Please study the photographs carefully, as they form part of the description and show the actual book offered for sale. Additional photographs are available on request. The book will be carefully packed for dispatch, and enquiries are always welcome. All images are original and copyrighted ©Tom Heywood Books and are not to be replicated without permission. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. This collection was originally published by Herbert Jenkins in 1930 and by the London Publishing Co. in 1928. This Psychic Book Club version is not dated but the imprint was launched in 1938 and published numerous titles through the '40s and '50s. A scarce book in any edition. Presentable, tight and sound copy, spine with a lean. No inscriptions. x + 197 pages. Approx. size 7" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction Classic & Modern; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 29161.…

Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London. 1900. Illustrated. Hardback, no DW. Original white cloth boards. Boards rubbed and slightly grubby due to age. Head and tail of spine bunped. Corners lightly bumped. Front inner hinge has been repairedcausing front endpaper to be slightly stuck to pastedown. Tears to pages 59 through 65 and page 81. Occasional speck of foxing to the odd page. Otherwise clean and sound. A lovely copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 12mo, 19 cm x 12 cm, 180 pp. This is the stated second impression of this work. This copy has some wear on the front and back cover and some minor scuffing on the spine. Pages 75/76 and 77/78 have small tear on the upper part of the page but does not impact the text. The gutter can be seen between pages 96 and 97 but the binding remains complete. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Book.

Condition: Gut. 7. Auflage. Gut. 4° (30-35 cm). XV, 162 S., LIV Tafeln, 5 Bll. Illustr. OLeinwand mit Kopfgoldschnitt 7. Auflage. Einband etwas berieben und bestoßen sowie leicht schmutzig, ansonsten gut erhalten. Gut erhaltenes Exemplar des berühmten Werkes über die Kunst des Handlesens (Chiromantie) des in Irland geborenen Okkultisten Cheiro (1866-1936), mit 55 ganzseitigen Tafeln und schönem Einband im Stil der Zeit. Okkultismus, Chiromantie, Handlesekunst, Handbuch, Anleitung, Einleitung, illustriert, bebildert. 2400 Gramm. Illustr. OLeinwand mit Kopfgoldschnitt.…

1900, Ed. Nichols, London. 4º, 162 pp. + plates. Revised and enlarged edition. Complete practical work on the sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy, containing the system, rules and experience of Cheiro. He read palms and told the fortunes of famous celebrities like Mark Twain, W. T. Stead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Ewart Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain. Profusely illustrated with 55 full-page b/w plates and over 200 engravings of lines, mounts and marks as well as some reproductions of "famous hands" (i.e. Mark Twain). Drawings of the seven types by Theo Doré. Very good condition. Scanned pictures available. \ OCCULTISM 9134.…