Hand book of games and pastimes
a manual for parlor and lawn, comprising a choice collection of parlor games, tricks, dialogues, tableaux, ruler for lawn tennis, calls for dancing, palmistry, etc., etc
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- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
96 p. : 17 cm
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Palmistry”. Retained metadata contains “Palmistry” in the subtitle, “Palmistry” in the subject metadata, and “Palmistry” in the edition subtitle.
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Editions
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a manual for parlor and lawn, comprising a choice collection of parlor games, tricks, dialogues, tableaux, ruler for lawn tennis, calls for dancing, palmistry, etc., etc Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1887 | [Chicago : Chicago Corset Co.]; Chicago Corset Co.] | English | — | Public |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Smithsonian Libraries
- Digitization sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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- openlibrary-work:OL15708586W
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