Fortune Telling (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Thus. 8vo. 269pp. Illus. Book.

Single Sheet Engraving. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ALLOM (illustrator). First Edition. AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VIEW IN CHINA, 7.6 X 5 INCHES, 19 X 13 CMS, MOUNTED [MATTED] AND READY TO FRAME, MOUNT SIZE APPROX 12 X 9 INCHES, 30 X 20 CMS, EXCELLENT CONDINTION, ENGRAVED IN 1843, HAND COLOURED, COLOURING NOT CONTEMPORARY BUT DELICATELY AND SKILLFULLY EXECUTED, WE PACK VERY WELL BETWEEN 2 SHEETS OF THICK HARDBOARD AND DISPATCH QUICKLY BY FIRST CLASS MAIL . FINE SCENE . CHINA. FORTUNE TELLING IN CHINA CONSULTING THE STICKS OF FATE. MUCH DETAIL OF THE FORTUNE TELLER'S ROOM, THE FORTUNE TELLER, THE CLIENT ETC .

Paperback. Condition: New.

8vo. 192 pp. With text illustrations, vignettes, diagrams, photo plates throughout. Black publisher's cloth, illustrated cover art of Gypsy Travellers Wagon front cover, silver lettering front cover & spine (foxing & minor toning throughout), still G copy, from the library of Elizabeth Pullen Belvin Jones (1908-1999), noted Florence, South Carolina teacher, worked for Southern School Supply Co., and was an intrepid world traveler between the Wars, dated London, August, 1938. First edition of this how-to manual fortune telling and palmistry at parties, and events, featuring a laid-in stating "Pullen read fortunes at parties. Would read Palm lines "And you are a terrible flirt. Why? You had to be to holding hand this long! (Would bring the house down). Pullen, Jan. 31, 1994.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

38pp., engraved frontis., woodcut vignette to title, margins chipped, fore-edges torn which just runs into the text, terminal leaf with tears to inner margins, text browned, corners dog-eared, stitched as issued, orig. printed wrappers, lower wrapper detached. No copies located in the British Isles, OCLC locating 2 copies (Harry Houdini Collection, Library of Congress & Baker and Taylor Institute).

Very rare second edition, the third known copy(?), of a chapbook used in a game of fortune-telling to amuse and entertain company at parties, weddings and other festive occasions. The book starts with a "necessary preface" explaining the rules of the game. It then continues by giving 118 questions or riddles, which are in turn followed by 118 pages giving 20 possible answers to each question. The right answer for each individual player is found by the manipulation and combination of certain numbers, like a person's date of birth, age, the actual date of the day the game is played, etc. At the end a number poem is added, starting with the line: "Al wat op Aarden is wordt door 't getal betekend" (Everything on earth gets meaning through a/the number).With the bookplate of Buijnsters-Smets on the verso of the front wrapper, the leaves are frayed and slightly water stained in the lower margin, not affecting the text, very slightly browned throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l STCN 305669192 (1 copy); WorldCat 1200507232 (2 copies) cf. (Other eds.) Muller 554; Sale Cat. J.L. Beijers (coll. Versnel), 891; Waller 712; Muller 554; Sale Cat. J.L Later red and white floral-patterned decorated paper wrappers. With an engraved frontispiece and the title-page printed in red and black. Pages: (12),118,(6) pp.

Folded fortune telling sheet with 18 black and white line illustrations, 47.2 x 33.8cm. Sheet evenly browned, one or two minor holes, backing paper on reverse annotated in Japanese but in good condition. This intriguing illustration delves into the practice of fortune-telling based on facial structure, depicting eleven male and seven female faces. At the top, two diagrams explain how facial features are divided and their symbolic meanings. The system identifies 12 key facial features and associates them with 9 personality types, including nobility, happiness, poverty, jealousy, and bad temper. The twelve illustrated faces vividly convey these traits, with each characteristic expertly captured in the artwork. The piece is mounted on Japanese scrap paper, which bears handwritten notes, adding a unique historical and cultural dimension to this fascinating example of traditional fortune-telling practices.

12mo (14 x 8 cm); in-text illustrations, toned with moderate spotting throughout with intermittent dampstaining, a little frayed with the occasional tear just into text at the fore-edge, lacking frontispiece and final f. of text? (pagination collates as recorded on OCLC), loss to foot of final 3ff, filled-in blank; contemporary sheepskin, rebacked, corners repaired, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, later free endpapers, slightly rubbed and abraded; [5], 8-210pp. Very rare. OCLC records just one copy in institutional collections worldwide at the American Antiquarian Society Library. The chapters deal with 'oneirocritica', or 'the science of fortunetelling future events by dreams', 'naeviology', that is predicitng fortunes through marks on the skin, 'zodiaology', the signs of the Zodiac, physiognomy, 'chartology', i.e. card reading, and palmistry, with the final chapter on miscellaneous ways of telling fortune from coffee-grounds to lemon peels.