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 Taken From Autographic Letters of Statesman, Lawyers, Soldiers, Ecclesiastics, Authors, Poets, Musicians, Actors, and Other Persons
by Rosa BAUGHAN
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About This Item
+ 16pp publisher's catalogue bound to rear. Undated (Publisher's catalogue with code 02/00 and advertising 1899 Edition of Seaside Watering Places, suggesting date of 1900). Near Very Good condition. Boards a little rubbed, mainly to edges. Front hinge loosening. Author's inscription facing title page "Annie R. Mathison. With Author's best Wishes Christmas 1902. Be gentle with above specimen.".
The eldest daughter of an eminent London newspaper man, Rosa Baughan (1829 - 1911) established a reputation of her own as one of the most intriguing spiritualists in Victorian Britain. She published more than twenty titles devoted to graphology, divination and the influence of the stars including a "Handbook of Palmistry".
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- Itchen Books (GB)
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- 731
- Title
- 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 Taken From Autographic Letters of Statesman, Lawyers, Soldiers, Ecclesiastics, Authors, Poets, Musicians, Actors, and Other Persons
- Author
- Rosa BAUGHAN
- Format/Binding
- Dark red boards, quarter-bound mock leather spine. Tooled in gilt. Decorative endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L Upcott Gill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Pages
- 140
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Psychic ; Spiritualist ; Graphology ; Handwriting ; Analysis ;
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20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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