Book Details + Condition: C. Arthur Pearson (London). Scarce First Edition, 1902 (nd). Hardcover. 118 pages with index and advertisements. Illustrated. Decorated red boards with black lettering on spine and floral design on front cover. A comprehensive book on divination, with chapters including: Dreams and Their Mystic Reality; Historic Evidence of the Use and Interpretations of Dreams; Divisions of Dreams; Interpretation of Dreams by Magic Ciphers; The Magic Square of Fate; List of Dream Subjects, and more. A firm copy of a scarce first edition: interior hinge cracked but binding is tight; light wear to boards, with darkening and a bit of scuffing to rear; toned pages; extensive inked notes on the subject, to reverse of title page and Contents pages; numerous clippings attached to front & rear endpapers. Clippings include fascinating, timely (turn-of-the-century) articles on "Revealed in a Dream: Police Sergeant's Instinct," "Be Your Own Fortuneteller," "Vision of a Sword," "A New Thought Reader," and more.
