HOW TO READ CHARACTER: A NEW ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOGNOMY, FOR STUDENTS AND EXAMINERS; WITH A DESCRIPTIVE CHART

New York:Samuel R. Wells, Publisher. 1872. Early edition. viii+(9)-191pp+ 4pp ads. Hardcover. Rust colored boards with gilt to front cover and spine strip, soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges and mottling from silverfish damage to front cover. Gilt dulled on spine strip. Internally yellow end-pages lightly soiled and age-toned, with a previous owners name penciled to top of 1st free end-page and penciled notes to rear free end-page. The binding is tight with hinges intact, but cracked at pages 46/47.