Ambix

Ambix

Full title:

  • AMBIX: The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry (May 1937 – Oct. 1961)
  • AMBIX: The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (Mar. 1982 – Nov. 2005)

Editor:

  • Taylor, Dr. F. Sherwood (May, 1937 – October, 1956)
  • Geoghegan, D. (Feb. 1960 – Oct. 1961)
  • Brock, Dr. W. H. (Mar. 1982 – Nov. 1982; as Brock, William H., Guest Editor, March 2003)
  • Roberts, Gerrylynn K. (Mar. 1992 – Jul. 2001)
  • Morris, Dr. Peter J. T. (Nov. 2001 – Nov. 2005)
  • Smeaton, William A. and Brock, William H. (Table of Contents and Cumulative Index, 1937-2003)
  • Reinhardt, Carsten and Schröter, Harm G. (Guest Editors, July 2004)
  • Homburg, Ernst (Guest Editor, March 2005)
  • Clucas, Stephen (Guest Editor, November 2005)

Publication credits:

  • No publisher stated / Dr. F. Sherwood Taylor, 8 Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. 4 (May 1937)
  • Taylor and Francis, Ltd., Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4 (Dec. 1937 – October, 1956)
  • Heffer & Sons Ltd., Cambridge, England (Feb. 1960 – Oct. 1961)
  • Heffers Printers Ltd., Cambridge, England (Mar. 1982 – Nov. 1982)
  • Black Bear Press Limited, Cambridge, England (Mar. 1992 – Nov. 2003)
  • Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (Table of Contents and Cumulative Index, 1937-2003)
  • Maney Publishing, Hudson Road, Leeds LS9 (Mar. 2004 – Nov. 2005)

Holdings:

  • Volume I No. 1, May 1937. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only.)
  • Volume I No. 2, December, 1937. (High-quality reprint dated October 1976.)
  • Volume I No. 3, March, 1938.
  • Volume II No. 1, June, 1938. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only. Former owner’s red-inked annotations to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume II No. 2, September, 1938. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only. Former owner’s blue-inked signature and red-inked asterisk to outer margin of front cover.)
  • Volume II No. 3 & 4, December, 1946. (High-quality reprint dated October 1976. Former owner’s red-inked note and blue-inked signature to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume III Nos. 1 & 2, May, 1948. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only. Former owner’s red- inked notes and asterisks to margins of front cover.)
  • Volume III Nos. 3 & 4, April, 1948. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only.)
  • Volume IV Nos. 1 & 2, December, 1949
  • Volume IV Nos. 3 & 4, February, 1951. (Later photocopy-quality reprint only.)
  • Volume V Nos. 1 & 2, October, 1953
  • Volume V Nos. 3 & 4, October, 1956. Index to Volume V laid in.
  • Volume VIII No. 1, February, 1960
  • Volume VIII No. 2, June, 1960
  • Volume VIII No. 3, October, 1960
  • Volume IX No. 1, February, 1961
  • Volume IX No. 2, June, 1961. (Early lettering missing from many lines on front cover.)
  • Volume IX No. 3, October, 1961
  • Volume XXIX No. 1, March, 1982
  • Volume XXIX No. 2, July, 1982
  • Volume XXIX No. 3, November, 1982. Index to Volume XXIX laid in.
  • Volume XXXIX No. 1, March, 1992
  • Volume XXXIX No. 2, July, 1992
  • Volume XXIIX No. 3, November, 1992
  • Volume XL No. 1, March 1993. Index to Volume XXXIX laid in, together with programme for the Society for the Social History of Medicine Annual Conference 1993. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XL No. 2, July 1993. (Former owner’s red-inked note and date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XL No. 3, November 1993. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLI No. 1, March 1994. Index to Volume XL laid in, together with twice-folded sheet from the Times Literary Supplement, December 31, 1993, including a review of Brian P. Copenhaver’s edition of the Hermetica. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover. Pink-inked underlining to one line on p. 46.)
  • Volume XLI No. 2, July 1994. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLI No. 3, November 1994. Advertising brochure for 150th Aniversary Meeting of Royal College of Chemistry at Imperial College laid in. (Former owner’s red-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLII No. 1, March 1995
  • Volume XLII No. 2, July 1995. (Former owner’s red-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLII No. 3, November 1995
  • Volume XLIII No. 1, March 1996. Index to Volume XLII laid in. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLIII No. 2, July 1996
  • Volume XLIII No. 3, November 1996. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLIV No. 1, March 1997. Index to Volume XLIII laid in. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLIV No. 2, July 1997. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLIV No. 3, November 1997
  • Volume XLV No. 1, March 1998. Index to Volume XLIV laid in. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLV No. 2, July 1998. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLV No. 3, November 1998. (Former owner’s green-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVI No. 1, March 1999. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVI No. 2, July 1999. (Former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVI No. 3, November 1999. Index to Volume XLVI laid in. (Former owner’s red-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVII No. 1, March 2000. Revised index to Volume XLVI laid in.
  • Volume XLVII No. 2, July 2000
  • Volume XLVII No. 3, November 2000. Index to Volume XLVII laid in, together with separate printed 4-page pamphlet headed Reports of General Meetings. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVIII No. 1, March 2001.
  • Volume XLVIII No. 2, July 2001. (Former owner’s red-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLVIII No. 3, November 2001. Index to Volume XLVIII laid in, together with separate printed flyer for Édition Oriflamme edition of Fulcanelli: Mysterium der Kathedralen on blue sheet. (Former owner’s red-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume XLIX No. 1, March 2002. Index to Volume XLVIII laid in.
  • Volume XLIX No. 2, July 2002
  • Volume XLIX No. 3, November 2002
  • Volume L No. 1, March 2003. Index to Volume XLIX laid in, together with separate typed note to members headed ‘Amendments to the Constitution’. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume L No. 2, July 2003. Folded single-sided A4 typed letter advising members of change of publisher from January 2004 laid in. (Bump to top of spine; former owner’s blue-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Volume L No. 3, November 2003. Index to Volume L laid in. (Former owner’s black-inked date to upper margin of front cover.)
  • Table of Contents and Cumulative Index, 1937-2003
  • Volume LI Number 1, March 2004
  • Volume LI Number 2, July 2004
  • Volume LI Number 3, November 2004. Disbound single-sided sheet headed ‘Notes on Contributors’ laid in.
  • Volume 52 Number 1, March 2005. Handwritten personal letter to former owner laid in, together with publisher’s printed address label for former owner
  • Volume 52 Number 2, July 2005. Flyer on blue paper for International Conference on the History of Alchemy and Chymistry, 19-22 July 2006, laid in.
  • Volume 52 Number 3, November 2005

Binding format and presentation notes:

  • All issues separately bound. All except those explicitly stated as reprints appear original. Most are paperbacks; a few staplebound pamphlets. All original issues to Nov. 1993 in plain card covers with black print. All from March 1994 have coloured covers with white AMBIX logo on coloured background. Crude photocopy-based reprints of early issues have plain green covers and cloth-tape spines.
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