Cheiro's Real Life Stories;

Published by Herbert Jenkins (1934), London, 1934

  • First Edition
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB

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Condition: Used - Fair

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Gutters split at hinges. Two previous owners' names on front endpaper. Lacking rear free endpaper. Quite heavy foxing. Heavy rubbing and foxing and creasing to the dust-jacket. 25mm tears and chips at corners of dust-jacket and at ends of dust-jacket spine. Some abrasions to front panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Uncommon in dust-jacket. 312, [2], [6 (advertisements)] pages + portrait frontispiece + 4 plates. Beige cloth boards with black lettering and rule on spine and front board, black publisher's emblem on rear board. Page dimensions: 189 x 124mm. Top page edges dyed red. The plates are all black-and-white photographic illustrations. True stories by the author. Printed price on dust-jacket spine "8/6 NET." Contents: Lost in an Underground Tomb in the "Valley of the Kings"; A Mummy's Hand that Came to Life and a Vow; The Mummy's Hand Acts as a Talisman; The Spirit of a Princess Claims the Hand as Her Own; The Spirit of the Princess Appears for the Last TIme and Gives a Warning; Lord Westbury's Suicide and the Tut-Ankh-Amen Curse; Drake's Drum A Story of Devon; A Snake's Revenge; The Story of "The Living Christ"; A Strange Experience and Its Sequel; The Disappearance of Marianne Delorme; Strange Romance of an Antique House in London; Called to Read the Hands of a Corpse; The Blackheath Mystery; Can Fate Be Averted?; An Attempt on My Life - Saved by a Cigarette Case; The Tragedy of Blanche Roosevelt; Lady Wetherby's Snake-Lover (A Story of Re-incarnation); Famous Jewels that Carry a Curse; Challenged to a Duel; A Client Who Planned Revenge and a Dramatic Sequel; The Mystery of Sharon Lodge; A Study of Destiny; We Again Visit the Valley of the Tombs; Midnight in the Ruins of El Karnak; "The Stranger" Gives Us Some Advice; "The Stranger" Leads Us To the Secret Chamber; Imprisoned in the Tomb; "The Stranger" Recounts His History; The Secret of the Well. Illustrations: "Cheiro" A Recent Photograph; Photograph of the Mummy's Hand; The Calcined Bones of the Hand; The Ring of Egyptian Gold; Blanche Roosevelt's Tomb.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Cheiro's Real Life Stories;
Author
Cheiro / Count Louis Hamon (1866-1936)
Publisher
Herbert Jenkins (1934), London
Publication year
1934
Condition
Fair
Dust jacket
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.

Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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