Astrologer’s Annual

Astrologer’s Annual^[1], The

Editor: Leo, Alan (all issues)

Publication credits:

• L. N. Fowler & Co., 7, Imperial Arcade, London E. C. (both issues held)

Holdings:

• For 1906 (pub. Dec. 1905). Two copies. Copy A: (Covers detached from binding.) Copy B: (Separation to bottom cm of front hinge. Small hole in rear cover. Volume palpably warped from past damp exposure; heavy damp-staining to rear cover; damp-staining to upper inner margins of all internal leaves, and to upper outer margins towards end of volume.) Both copies: [Front cover backed with advertisements] + [pp. i-iv of advertisements] + 32 + [plate] + [pp. 33-64] + [pp. v-viii of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• For 1907 (pub. Dec. 1906). Two copies. Copy A: (Covers detached from binding and from each other.) Copy B: (Traces of damp-staining to upper margins, especially in latter half of volume, crossing upper text.) Both copies: [Front cover backed with advertisements] + [pp. i-iv of advertisements] + 60 + [pp. v-viii of tables] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• For 1908 (pub. Dec. 1907). (Chipping to top cm and bottom 4mm of spine, and upper inner corner of rear cover. Damp-staining to upper inner margins of internal leaves from plate to end and of rear cover.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [plate] + 60 + [pp. iii-iv of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• For 1909 (pub. Dec. 1908). (Front cover detached and somewhat chipped at parts of inner and upper margins; rear cover chipped at upper inner corner; outer spine worn away. Prefatory leaves of advertisements hanging by a thread. Binding split between p. 16-17, hanging by a thread between pp. 32-3, and separating between upper parts of pp. 48-9: needs repair. Trace of damp-staining to upper outer margins of all leaves within, not reaching text.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-iv of advertisements] + 60 + [pp. v-viii of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]

 

[1] This title was published in place of the usual December issues of “Modern Astrology” for 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908 only. The experiment was deemed by Alan Leo a way of widening the appeal of astrology to the general public, but it was abandoned after four years, of which this collection now holds the complete set