ESP, Psychics, Telepathy, Palmistry from Tom Heywood Books

A very nice copy (undated, assumed 1930s) of the rare special edition Psychic Book Club printing of Thomas's book looking at the validity of life after death. Pages are excellent: bright and clear with no markings or inscriptions at all and just minor ageing. Binding tight. Covers are very good, commensurate with age with a little general age wear… Read more about this item

A nice copy of the first edition of this collection of James's thoughts on psychics, telepathy and spiritualism, subjects which very much excited his interest. Pages are very good: despite foxing to fore and top edge (see photos) pages themselves have no foxing or tanning and are remarkably good. Slight tanning on front pastedown and FEP but otherwise excellent. This… Read more about this item

A SIGNED scarce first edition of Benham's work looking at the apparent connections between palmistry and choice of vocation. "Shows how any parent can easily select the occupation for which a child is best fitted and prepare him for success". Pages are generally very good with a couple of exceptions: three pages found with some light green underlining (see photo),… Read more about this item

A very good copy of the first edition of Van Alen's book about how to read and interpret hands. First edition from 1948. Pages are excellent: clean, bright, with no inscriptions, markings or foxing. DJ is unclipped generally very good just a little nibbling, very minor gaps, and shelfwear. Binding tight. Illustrations. See photos, all of which are of the… Read more about this item

A very nice copy of McCreery's serious and considered examination into psychic phenomenon and how these manifest in the physical world. Pages are excellent: clear, bright, no markings or inscriptions at all. Paper DJ is very good, just a very small enclosed tear at top front, some light rubbing here and there, and the price though unclipped is scribbled out.… Read more about this item

Excellent copy of the first edition, with a really good dust jacket. Millner edits a range of experiences taken from people who have experimented with higher levels of expanded consciousness. Pages are near fine, bright and clean with no inscriptions, marking or foxing, and barely any ageing at all. Binding is tight. DJ is unclipped and in excellent condition, just… Read more about this item

Seemingly scarce copy in DJ of the second edition of 1959 (published Calcutta) of Devacharya's comprehensive summary of palmistry. This was expanded from the first edition of 1946. Pages are excellent with no inscriptions or notable markings. Binding tight. Many illustrations. Paper DJ is very nice, a little nibbling and shelf wear to extremities and rubbing. Rare and fascinating. See… Read more about this item

A very nice copy go the first edition of Drs Soal and Bateman's survey on the most recent Telepathy experiments as at 1954. Pages are near fine, bright and clean with no inscriptions, marking or foxing, and barely any ageing at all save for a slightly darkened strip on FEP. Binding tight. The paper DJ is very good, unclipped, with… Read more about this item

A first rate copy of the first UK edition of Campbell's comprehensive overview of the history and major aspects of Palmistry. Pages are perfect: bright and clean, with no markings, inscription, foxing or age wear. DJ is excellent unclipped, clean, only the most minuscule of age or shelfwear. Binding is tight. Illustrated. A lovely copy. See photos, all of which… Read more about this item

A very good copy of the 1974 edition of Benham's book looking at the apparent connections between palmistry and choice of vocation. Pages are excellent, bright and clean and unmarked. Binding tight. DJ is clipped but very good, with just minor age wear and rubbing and a crease/minor tear on cover (see photos). Many illustrations. See photos, all of which… Read more about this item

A very nice copy of the first edition of Lawrence's book subtitled 'a complete practical work on the sciences of cheirognomy and cheiromancy'. Pages are excellent with the exception of the FEP having a darkened strip, all are bright and clean. No inscriptions. Illustrated. Paper DJ intact, rarely so. A few missing segments especially at back (see photos) but generally… Read more about this item

An excellent copy of the first edition of Dr Scheimann's work on 'modern scientific palmistry'. Pages are first rate: bright, clean, no inscriptions, annotations or foxing. Barely any age wear at all. Binding tight. Boards are nice with minor corner crumpling. DJ is unclipped, very good with just minor shelf wear to top and base. Many illustrations. See photos, all… Read more about this item

A very nice copy go the first edition of Oxenford and Cosgrave's analysis of the apparent difference in hand features between professions. Contains many black and white illustrations of the palms of a range of vocations. Pages are excellent for this edition: clean, unmarked and just the most minor age wear. FEP is darkened (see photos) bit no other pages… Read more about this item

A good copy of the first edition of Lodge's study of human personality, upbringing and history. Pages are very good, no inscriptions or markings, just a little normal age wear. Tissue page between photo and title page all intact. Binding tight. Boards clean and good for age. Spine has some give but binding tight. Overall a very good copy. See… Read more about this item

A good copy of the 1904 first edition of Stocker's work on graphology. Pages are clean with no markings, inscriptions or foxing, just some very minor natural age wear. All of the many illustrations are in place. Pages are bound in tightly, with a little give to the spine. Boards are intact with a little shelf wear and some darkening… Read more about this item

A nice copy of parapsychologist Barrett's work on 'an examination of the phenomena of spiritualism and of the evidence for survival after death'. This is the third edition from 1920. Pages are excellent: bright, clean, no inscriptions. A little darkening on endpapers. Binding is tight. Boards are clean, just a little age wear and marking and a little shelf wear.… Read more about this item

A nice copy of Ida Ellis's book on 'chirognomy and chiromancy explained in the form of question and answer'. This is the 'extensively revised and enlarged' third edition from 1918. Pages are very good: a little minor scattered foxing here and there but pages are overwhelmingly clear and bright with no markings or inscriptions at all. Light brownsih strip on… Read more about this item