Recommended Reading
IHRA Course Books
Fincham J, ‘The Spellbinding Power of Palmistry’ (2005) (IHRA L1 Diploma)
Jones CL, ‘The Palmistry of Fingerprints’ (2024) (IHRA L2 Diploma)
Jones CL, 'The History of Handreading' (2018 Russian edition) (IHRA Adv Diploma)
Essential Books
Gettings F, ‘The Book of the Hand’ (1965)
Fincham J, 'Palmistry: Apprentice to Pro in 24hrs' (2007)
Fitzherbert A, ‘Hand Psychology’ (1986)
Fitzherbert A, ‘Career, Success and Self-fulfilment’ (1988)
Fitzherbert A, ‘The Palmist’s Companion’ (1993)
Hutchinson B, ‘Your Life in Your Hands’ (1967)
Jones CL, 'The History of Handreading’ (1994 and online since 2001)
Warren-Davis D, ‘The Hand Reveals’ (1993)
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Private Study Texts *
Jones CL, ‘The Beginner’s Guide to the Hand’ (2024)
Jones CL, 'Compendium of Mediaeval Chiromancies' (1994 and online)
Jones CL, 'The Science of the Hand' (1993)
Jones CL, 'The Science of the Lines' (2024)
Jones CL, ‘The Five Levels of Hand Analysis’ (2024)
* These coursebooks are issued to participants of specified IHRA Courses
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Valuable Historic Sources
Jaquin N, ‘The Book of the Hand’ (1933)
Jaquin N, ‘The Signature of Time’ (1942)
Spier J, ‘The Hands of Children’ (1944)
Wolff C, ‘The Human Hand’ (1942)
Wolff C, ‘The Hand in Psychological Diagnosis’ (1951)
Books with Interesting Handprints
Altman N, ‘Sexual Palmistry’ (1986)
Armstrong S, ‘Star Palms’ (1988)
Cheiro, ‘Confessions of a Modern Seer’
Cheiro, ‘The Language of the Hand’ (1900)
Gettings F, ‘Palmistry: The Future in Your Hand’ (1966)
Wolff C, ‘Studies in Handreading’ (1936)
Scientific Books on Hands
Beaven & Brooks, ‘The Nail in Clinical Diagnosis’ (1984)
Holt SB, 'The Genetics of Dermal Ridges' (1968)
Schaumann & Alter, ‘Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders’ (1976)​
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