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Characterology, An Exact Science: Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology and Pathognomy.. by McCormick, L. Hamilton - 1920

by McCormick, L. Hamilton

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Characterology, An Exact Science: Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology and Pathognomy.. by McCormick, L. Hamilton - 1920

Characterology, An Exact Science: Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology and Pathognomy..

by McCormick, L. Hamilton

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New York: Rand McNally, 1920. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket, book very good, light bumping to top outer corner of pages throughout, jacket good to very good, light wear, some darkening to spine and wavy brown streak down the spine (see pic). 646 pp.
  • Bookseller Common Crow Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Rand McNally
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1920

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Characterology An Exact Science
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Characterology An Exact Science: Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology and Pathognomy, Reconstructed, Amplified and Amalgamated, and Including Views Concerning Memory and Reason and the Location of the Faculties Within the Brain Likewise Facial and Cranial Indications of Longevity

by L. Hamilton McCormick

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Early 20th-century pseudo-science at its finest! Determine a person's character from the shape of their nose or the color of their hair! Rely on lazy and offensive stereotypes! "An Exact Science"!Blue cloth cover with gilt letters; gilt at top of text block. Gift inscription dated 1923. Multiple B&W line drawings and 74 B&W photographic plates.Cover is worn and stained, with bumping at right top corner of front cover. Binding is broken with significant cracking at both endpapers. Pages are age tanned with stains and some bent corners. Text has been underlined and in some cases X'd out (when it proved less than exact, perhaps?), although it is still legible.
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