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Rare and modern books

Deacon, Richard

'The Book of Fate', Its Origins and Uses

Frederick Muller Ltd, 1976

11.50 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1976
ISBN
058410216X
Place of printing
London
Author
Deacon, Richard
Publishers
Frederick Muller Ltd
Size
8.75 x 5.5 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Napoleon, I Ching, Supernatural
Cover description
Good (+)
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, bump to lower front edge, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with smll tear to lower front edge, rubbing to corners and light indenting to rear. Fold-out charts in excellent condition. 238pp. Supposedly found by Napoleon in Egypt around 1798, used by him to make any important decision and subsequently lost again, the Book of Fate turned up again in 1822 as a translation from the German.