Masters of Destiny: The Hands and Careers of Seventy-Five Famous Men and Women
por Ranald, Josef
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Fair. No dust jacket. Cover worn and soil. Spine torn and reglued. Edges worn. Corners bumped.
- Livreiro
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1932. First edition. First edition [stated]. PResumed first printing. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket. Cover worn and soil. Spine torn and reglued. Edges worn. Corners bumped.. xvii, 151 p. The author appears to have felt that hand/palm analysis helped one to appreciate famous men and women. There is the outline of a hand with key points designated on the front cover. On the title poge the author asks "Has your hand one of the distinguishing marks that point to success, in business, sports, or love? The author posits that hands can be divided into seven distinct classes. Then the principal lines of the hand (longevity, head, heart, destiny, brilliancy, intuition, marriage can be addressed. The author's thesis is that if one knows one hand, one can be the master of one's own destiny. This contains brief biographies of 75 famous personalities as such: Gret Garbo, Gene Tunney, Jane Addams, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Amelia Earheart, Sinclair Lewis, The Prince of Wales, Charles A. Lindberg, Mahatma Gandhi, Ely Culbertson and Benito Mussolini.
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- Livreiro
- Ground Zero Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 63155
- Título
- Masters of Destiny: The Hands and Careers of Seventy-Five Famous Men and Women
- Autor
- Ranald, Josef
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Fair. No dust jacket. Cover worn and soil. Spine torn and reglued. Edges worn. Corners bumped.
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition. First edition [stated]. PResumed first printing
- Editorial
- Garden City Publishing Company, Inc
- Local de publicação
- Garden City, NY
- Data de publicação
- 1932
- Palavras-chave
- Palm Reading, Chiromancy, Palmistry, Jane Addams, John Barrymore, Bleriot, Charles Chaplin, Marie Curie, Clarence Darrow, Marlene Dietrich, Gene Tunney, Mata Hari, Amelia Earhart, Isadora Duncan, Herbert Hoover, Marconi, Paderewski, Mary Pickford
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