Wynn’s Astrology Magazine

Wynn’s Astrology Magazine

Full title:

• Wynn’s Astrology Magazine (August 1931 – May 1932; Feb. 1935 – May 1946)
• Wynn’s Magazine (June – August 1932)

Editor:

• Wynn^[1] (all issues held)

Publication credits:

• [Self-published], Fishkill, New York (Aug. 1931 – Aug. 1932)
• Wynn Publishing Co., Carnegie Hall, New York City / 404 N. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, Ill. (Feb. – May, 1935)
• Wynn Publishing Co., Carnegie Hall , New York City / 34 N. Crystal St., East Stroudsburg, Pa. (Jul. – Dec., 1935)
• Wynn Publishing Co., East Stroudsburg, Pa. (Feb. 1936 – Jun. 1939)
• Wynn Publishing Co., Inc., Springfield, Mass. (Jan. 1940 – Apr. 1943)
• Wynn Publishing Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. (May 1943 – May 1946)

Holdings:

• Volume 1 No. 1, August 1931
• Volume 1 No. 2, September 1931 (with integral supplement)
• Volume 1 No. 3, October 1931
• Volume 1 No. 4, November 1931
• Volume 1 No. 5, December 1931
• Volume 1 No. 6, January 1932
• Volume 2 No. 1, February 1932
• Volume 2 No. 2, March 1932
• Volume 2 No. 3, April 1932
• Volume 2 No. 4, May 1932
• Volume 2 No. 5, June 1932
• Volume 2 No. 6, July 1932
• Volume 3 No. 1, August 1932
• Volume 4 No. 4 / Whole No. 22, February 1935. Copy A: complete with covers. (Wear to extremities of spine.) Copy B: (lacks covers).
• Volume 4 No. 6 / Whole No. 24, April 1935
• Volume 5 No. 1 / Whole No. 25, May 1935
• Volume 5 No. 3 / Whole No. 27, July 1935
• Volume 5 No. 4 / Whole No. 28, August 1935
• Volume 5 No. 5 / Whole No. 29, September 1935
• Volume 5 No. 6 / Whole No. 30, October 1935
• Volume 6 No. 1 / Whole No. 31, November 1935
• Volume 6 No. 2 / Whole No. 32, December 1935
• Volume 6 No. 3 / Whole No. 33, January 1936
• Volume 6 No. 4 / Whole No. 34, February 1936. Three copies. Copy A: in original separate covers. Copy B: In original separate covers (light chipping to extremities of spine). Copy C: in original covers, trimmed and bound with preceding and following issues
• Volume 6 No. 5 / Whole No. 35, March 1936
• Volume 6 No. 6 / Whole No. 36, April 1936
• Volume 7 No. 1 / Whole No. 37, May 1936
• Volume 7 No. 2 / Whole No. 38, June 1936
• Volume 7 No. 3 / Whole No. 39, July 1936
• Volume 7 No. 4 / Whole No. 40, August 1936
• Volume 7 No. 5 / Whole No. 41, September 1936
• Volume 7 No. 6 / Whole No. 42, October 1936. Two copies
• Volume 8 No. 1 / Whole No. 43, November 1936
• Volume 8 No. 3 / Whole No. 45, January 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (1 inch separation to foot of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 8 No. 4 / Whole No. 46, February 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (2 cm separation to foot of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 8 No. 5 / Whole No. 47, March 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (moderate wear to extremities of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 8 No. 6 (Whole No. 48), April 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (wear and minor chipping to foot of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 9 No. 1 (Whole No. 49), May 1937
• Volume 9 No. 2 (Whole No. 50), June 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (light wear to extremities of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 9 No. 4 / Whole No. 52, August 1937
• Volume 9 No. 5 / Whole No. 53, September 1937. Two copies. Both copies: In original separate covers. Copy B: (Moderate wear to extremities of spine.)
• Volume 9 No. 6 (Whole No. 54), October 1937. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers. Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 10 No. 1 (Whole No. 55), November 1937
• Volume 10 No. 2 (Whole No. 56), December 1937
• Volume 10 No. 3 (Whole No. 57), January 1938
• Volume 10 No. 4 (Whole No. 58), February 1938. Two copies. Copy A: In original separate covers (moderate chipping to foot of spine). Copy B: In original covers, trimmed and bound with adjacent issues.
• Volume 10 No. 5 (Whole No. 59), March 1938
• Volume 11 No. 2 / Whole No. 62, June 1938
• Volume 11 No. 4 / Whole No. 64, August 1938. Two copies. Both copies: In original separate covers. Copy B: (Wear to extremities of spine; moderate wear along spine.)
• Volume 12 No. 2 / Whole No. 68, December 1938. Two copies. Both copies: In original separate covers. Copy B: (Two-inch tear and further 4 cm tear to outer edge of rear cover, with the shorter tear also affecting final internal leaf; twin lacerations to lower part of rear cover, penetrating through to p. 125 within.)
• Volume 12 No. 5 / Whole No. 71, March 1939. Two copies. Both copies: In original separate covers. Copy B: (Moderate wear to extremities of spine.)
• Volume 12 No. 6 / Whole No. 72, April 1939
• Volume 13 No. 1 / Whole No. 73, May 1939
• Volume 13 No. 2 / Whole No. 74, June 1939. Two copies. Both copies: In original separate covers. Copy B: (Moderate wear to top of spine; one-inch separation to foot of spine and of all pages from 1-14 and 123-8 within.)
• Volume 13 No. 4, Whole No. 76, August 1939. (Moderate wear to extremities of spine; light edgewear to front cover.)
• Volume 13 No. 5 / Whole No. 77, September 1939. (2-inch separation to top of spine; light tearing to foot of spine; chipping to lower outer corner of front cover and first 10 pages within.)
• Volume 14 No. 3 / Whole No. 81, January 1940
• Volume 14 No. 4 / Whole No. 82, February 1940
• Volume 15 No. 4 / Whole No. 88, August 1940
• Volume 15 No. 5 / Whole No. 89, September, 1940. Gathering comprising pp. 39-44 of an issue of Globe magazine, featuring article ‘London goes to Satan’ by Montague Summers, laid in at front. (Light chipping to extremities of spine. Wear to spine surface.)
• Volume 16 No. 1 / Whole No. 91, November, 1940
• Volume 16 No. 6 / Whole No. 96, April 1941
• Volume 17 No. 2 / Whole No. 98, June 1941. (Tearing to outer margins)
• Volume 17 No. 3 / Whole No. 99, July 1941
• Volume 17 No. 4 / Whole No. 100, August 1941
• Volume 17 No. 6 / Whole No. 102, October 1941
• Volume 18 No. 1 / Whole No. 103, November 1941
• Volume 18 No. 2 / Whole No. 104, December 1941
• Volume 18 No. 3 / Whole No. 105, January 1942
• Volume 18 No. 4 / Whole No. 106, February 1942
• Volume 18 No. 5 / Whole No. 107, March 1942
• Volume 18 No. 6 / Whole No. 108, April 1942
• Volume 19 No. 1 / Whole No. 109, May 1942
• Volume 19 No. 2 / Whole No. 110, June 1942
• Volume 19 No. 3 / Whole No. 111, July 1942
• Volume 19 No. 4 / Whole No. 112, August 1942
• Volume 20 No. 2 / Whole No. 116, December 1942
• Volume 20 No. 3 / Whole No. 117, January 1943
• Volume 20 No. 4 / Whole No. 118, February 1943
• Volume 20 No. 5 / Whole No. 119, March 1943
• Volume 20 No. 6 / Whole No. 120, April 1943
• Volume 21 No. 1 / Whole No. 121, May 1943
• Volume 21 No. 2 / Whole No. 121 (sic), June 1943. Two copies. (Copy B lacks front cover.)
• Volume 21 No. 3 / Whole No. 122 (sic), July 1943. (Chipping to central part of upper margin of front cover and first 24 pages within, not affecting internal text.)
• Volume 21 No. 4 / Whole No. 123 (sic), August 1943
• Volume 21 No. 5 / Whole No. 124 (sic), September 1943
• Volume 21 No. 6 / Whole No. 125 (sic), October 1943
• Volume 22 No. 1 / Whole No. 126 (sic), November 1943
• Volume 22 No. 3 (stated) / Whole No. 128, December 1943
• Volume 22 No. 4 / Whole No. 130, February 1944
• Volume 22 No. 5 / Whole No. 131, March 1944
• Volume 22 No. 6 / Whole No. 132, April 1944
• Volume 23 No. 1 / Whole No. 133, May 1944
• Volume 23 No. 2 / Whole No. 134, June 1944
• Volume 23 No. 4 / Whole No. 136, August 1944. Original paper covers (chip lost from upper outer corner of front cover; 1 cm tear to foot of front hinge). [Front cover backed with advertisement] + [1] + [pp. 2-128] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume 23 No. 5 / Whole No. 137, September 1944
• Volume 24 No. 1 / Whole No. 139, November 1944
• Volume 24 No. 3 / Whole No. 141, January 1945
• Volume 24 No. 4 / Whole No. 142, February 1945
• Volume 24 No. 5 / Whole No. 143, March 1945
• Volume 24 No. 6 / Whole No. 144, April 1945
• Volume 25 No. 1 / Whole No. 145, May 1945
• Volume 25 No. 2 / Whole No. 146, June 1945. (Chipping to extremities of spine, and slightly to upper outer corner of front cover and parts of top edge of same)
• Volume 25 No. 3 / Whole No. 147, July 1945
• Volume 25 No. 4 / Whole No. 148, August 1945. (1 cm separation to foot of front hinge; 5mm to top of same; 3 cm separation to top of rear hinge; chipping to lower outer corner of front cover.)
• Volume 25 No. 5 / Whole No. 149, September 1945
• Volume 26 No. 1 / Whole No. 151, November 1945
• Volume 26 No. 3 / Whole No. 153, January 1946
• Volume 26 No. 4 / Whole No. 154, February 1946
• Volume 26 No. 5 / Whole No. 155, March 1946
• Volume 26 No. 6 / Whole No. 156, April 1946
• Volume 27 No. 1 / Whole No. 157, May 1946

Binding format and presentation notes:

• All issues, except those listed below as being in bound volumes, held as original separate issues.
• All from Aug. 1931 to 1932 in typescript on A4-format sheets bound by staples through inner margins.
• All during 1935 in A4-format slim staplebound pamphlets (but professionally printed).
• All from 1936 to Jun. 1941 in small-format professionally printed staplebound pamphlets.
• All from Jul. 1941 to May 1946 as professionally printed larger paperbacks
• Jan. 1936 – March 1936 inclusive in original paper covers, trimmed and bound together with each other in custom full cloth vol. with gilt titling
• Jan. 1937 – March 1937 inclusive in original paper covers, trimmed and bound together with each other in custom full cloth vol. (scuffed, with light wear to extremities of spine and and outer corners of boards)
• April 1937 – June 1937 inclusive in original paper covers, trimmed and bound together with each other in custom full cloth vol. (moderately worn down spine hinges and to extremities of spine and outer corners of boards)
• Oct. 1937 – Dec. 1937 inclusive in original paper covers, trimmed and bound together with each other in custom full cloth vol. (heavy wear down part of front hinge; moderate wear to extremities of spine and outer corners of boards; moderately worn down spine hinges and to extremities of spine and outer corners of boards; damp staining to much of spine and of front board, slightly affecting front endpapers within)
• Another copy of Dec. 1937 held as original separate issue
• Jan. 1938 – Mar. 1938 inclusive in original paper covers, trimmed and bound together with each other in custom full cloth vol. (moderately worn to extremities of spine hinges and outer corners of boards; damp-stained to much of spine and inner margin of front board; front inner paper hinge split but webbing holding)
• Also held, a spare copy of Dec. 1935 issue bound by tape into a custom cardboard jacket together with an article ‘Earthquake Prediction’ by Harry O. Wood and B. Gutenberg, reprinted from Science, September 6, 1935, pages 219-220

 

[1] Pseud. of Bennett, Sidney K.. He comments in an early issue of this magazine that he adopted his pseudonym for writing an astrological column in the first place as a result of a contractual clause in his job for the Ford Motor Company that forbade employees from simultaneously carrying on other business. Having done so, and after leaving his employment with Ford, he then found that no editor would accept work submitted under his real name, so he continued using Wynn regardless