Raphael’s Almanac / The Prophetic Messenger, 1865-1913

Raphael’s Almanac / Prophetic Messenger, The, 1865-1913

Editor:

• Raphael, the Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century ([1836]-1878)
• Raphael, the Astrologer of the 19th Century (1879-[1956])

Publication credits:

• Published by T. T. Lemare, 1, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London (1865 ed.)
• Published by Catty & Dobson, 1 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London / John Heywood, Manchester / John Menzies & Co., Edinburgh (1876 ed.)
• Published by Catty & Dobson, 1 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; A. Hall & Co., Paternoster Row, London / John Heywood, Manchester / A. Roffe & Co., Bromfield Street, Boston, U.S., A. [sic]. (1877 ed.)
• Published by J. E. Catty, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, London / John Heywood, Manchester / A. Roffe & Co., Bromfield Street, Boston, U. S., A. [sic]. (1878-9 eds.)
• Published by Catty & Dobson, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, London / John Heywood, Manchester / A. H. Roffe & Co., 11 Bromfield St., Boston, U.S.A. (1881 ed.)
• Published by Catty & Dobson, 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / John Heywood, Manchester / A. Roffe & Co., Bromfield Street, Boston, U.S.A. (1883 ed.)
• Published by Catty & Dobson, 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / A. H. Roffe & Co., 11 Bromfield St., Boston, U.S.A. (1885 ed.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co. (late Catty & Dobson), 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / A. H. Roffe & Co., 11 Bromfield St., Boston, U.S.A.. (1886-8 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / A. H. Roffe & Co., 11 Bromfield St., Boston (1890-1 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / Occult Publishing Co., Boston, U.S.A. (1892-3 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 4, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / Occult Publishing Co., Boston, U.S.A. / The Cleveland Publishing Co., New York (1894-1900 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 4, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / Occult Publishing Co., Boston, U.S.A.; The International News Co., New York (1902-3 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 4, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London / The International News Co., New York (1905 ed.)
• [Published by] W. Foulsham & Co., 4 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, London  / The American News Co. and Brentanos, New York (1906-12 eds.)
• Published by W. Foulsham & Co., 5 Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill / The American News Co. and Brentanos, New York (1913 ed.)

Full title, holdings and binding format and presentation notes (integrated under a single listing for each year as a result of the title changing often and the year details being integrated in them):

• [Forty-fifth Year:] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac: Or the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris for 1865, Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter; with Predictions of the Events, and the Weather, that will Occur in Each Month During the Year 1865. Illustrated with A Large Coloured Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which is given in next Year’s Almanac. Paper covers (repaired by clear tape at torn spine). [Original paper front cover, with 1 page of advertisements to reverse] + [coloured folding frontis.] + [3] + [pp. 4-120] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover, featuring 2 further pages of advertisements]
• [Fifty-sixth Year.] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris for 1876: Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter, with Predictions of the Events, and the Weather, that will Occur in Each Month During the Year 1876, Illustrated with a Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which will be given in Next Year’s Almanac. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (slightly scuffed at foot of spine and upper outer corners of boards). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [frontis.] + [1 page of advertisements] + [5] + [pp. 6-73] + [7 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Fifty-seventh Year.]^[1] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris, for 1877: Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter, with Predictions of the Events, and the Weather that will Occur in Each Month During the Year 1877, Illustrated with a Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which will be given in Next Year’s Almanac’ Published by Catty & Dobson, 1 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; A. Hall & Co., Paternoster Row, London / John Heywood, Manchester / A. Roffe & Co., Bromfield Street, Boston, U.S., A. [sic]. Part of a half-leather Volume with paper-covered boards (spine slanted out of shape). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [frontis.] + [1 page of advertisements] + [5] + [pp. 6-74] + 28 (‘An Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places For 1877 and Tables of Houses for London’) + [10 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Fifty-eighth Year.] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris for 1878: Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter, with Predictions of the Events, and the Weather that will Occur in Each Month During the Year 1878, Illustrated with a Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which will be given in Next Year’s Almanac. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear at outer corners of boards). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [frontis.] + [1 page of advertisements] + [5] + [pp. 6-73] + [17 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Fifty-ninth Year.] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris for 1879: Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter, with Predictions of the Events, and the Weather, that will occur in each month during the year 1879, Illustrated with a Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which will be given in Next Year’s Almanac. Two copies. Copy A: Paper covers (spine chipped at extremities and repaired by clear tape). [3pp of advertisements] + Frontis. + [1 page of advertisements] + 73pp + [7 pages of advertisements] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1879, and Tables of Houses for London and New York…’) + [10 pages of advertisements]. Copy B: Part of a half-leather Volume with paper-covered boards. [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [frontis.] + [1 page of advertisements] + [5] + [pp. 6-73] + [3 pages of advertisements] + [32pp] (Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1879) +[original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide and Ephemeris, for 1881: Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter & Tables, Predictions of the Events, and the Weather, that will occur in each month during the year. Famine and Pestilence! War and Bloodshed! Earthquakes and Tempests! A large coloured Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (wear to outer corners of boards and top of spine). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding green-tinted frontis., loose from binding] + [6 pages of advertisements] + [5] + [pp. 6-82] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1881, and Tables of Houses for London and New York…’) +[8 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Sixty-third Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1883. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. War and Accidents! Sickness and Strife! Plenty! A large coloured Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (scuffing to top of spine hinges). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding green-tinted frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-96] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1883. With Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York….’) +[8 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Sixty-fifth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1885. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. Sickness and Death! War and Strife! Riot and Accident! A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (wear to top of spine; scuffing to outer corners of boards). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-96] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1885. With Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) +[4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Sixty-sixth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1886. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. Financial Failures! Earthquakes! Political Strife! A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to top of spine). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-96] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1886. With Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) + [4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Sixty-seventh Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1887. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. War & Accidents! Sedition & Riot! Heat & Thunder! A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards. [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-96] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1887, With Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) +[4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Sixty-eighth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1888. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. War and Sickness! Strikes and Riot! Heat and Plenty! A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light scuffing to extremities of spine; wear to upper outer corners of boards). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-72] + [31pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac, Containing Birthday Information; Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1888’) + [5 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventieth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1890. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. War and Rioting! Strikes and Fires! Death! A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards. [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-72] + [32pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information; Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1890’) + [4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-first Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1891. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards. [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-72] + [31pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information; Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1891’) + [5 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-second Year.] [Raphael’s Almanac]^[2]; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1892. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic[:] Accidents and Strife. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards. (Lacks original soft covers.) [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-72] + [38pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information; Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1892’) + [2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-third Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1893. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (scuffed at extremities). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-72] + [40pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1893’) + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1893, with Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) + [4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-fourth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1894. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic – Seventy-fourth Year. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to outer corners). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. (smallish internal tear) with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-76] + [40pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1894’) + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1894, with Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) + [4 pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-fifth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1895. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic – Seventy-fifth Year, Guaranteed Circulation over 160,000. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to outer corners of boards; scuffing to extremities of spine). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-76] + [39pp] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1895’) + [pp. 40-44 of advertisements] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1894, with Tables of Houses for London, Liverpool, & New York, and a Table of Logarithms for Finding the Exact Places of the Planets’) + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-seventh Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1897. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic – Seventy-seventh year. Two copies. Copy A: Paper covers (front cover torn; outer spine mostly perished). Copy B: Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to lower outer corner of front board). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-82] + [pp. 83-121] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1897’) + [pp. 122-128 of advertisements] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1897′) + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-eighth Year.] [Raphael’s Almanac]; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1898. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic – Seventy-eighth year. Part of a half-leather volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to outer corners of boards). (This copy lacks original paper front cover.) [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-84] + [pp. 85-122] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1898’) + [pp. 123-8 of advertisements] + [32pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1898, Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Seventy-ninth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1899. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables, Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic – Seventy-ninth Year. Part of a half-leather Volume with paper-covered boards (light wear to outer corners of boards). [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-84] + [pp. 85-122] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1899’) + [pp. 123-8 of advertisements] + [36pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1899. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Eightieth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1900. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather That will occur in each Month during the Year. A large Hieroglyphic. Original paper front cover (tearing down much of inner margin of front cover, with some chipping to outer margin of same; rear cover missing. Ephemeris section only loosely attached (by two threads) to remainder of volume). [Original paper front cover backed with advertisements] + [Folding monochrome frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-84] + [pp. 85-122] (‘The Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also, the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1900’) + [pp. 123-7 of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [40pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1900. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [original paper rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Eighty-Second Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1902. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Large Hieroglyphic. Paper covers. Two copies. Copy A: (Front cover missing; frontis. torn at inner margin). Bound by staples driven through inner margins. Copy B: (Subsurface staples rusted but binding holding; outer margin of front cover slightly chipped).  Copy B: [Original paper front cover inc. 1 page of advertisements]. Both copies: [Monochrome folding frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-117] + [pp. 118-125 of advertisements] + [3 further pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover inc. 2 further pages of advertisements]
• [Eighty-Third Year:] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1903. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Large Hieroglyphic. Two copies. Both in paper covers but with front cover missing. Bound by staples driven through inner margins. Copy A: Folding frontis. + [3] + [pp. 4-117] + [pp. 118-125 of advertisements] + [3 further pages of advertisements] + [original paper rear cover inc. 2 further pages of advertisements]. Copy B:? (cannot find presently) ‘with rear cover missing, and defective and mostly detached but held in place by old tape’.
• [Eighty-Fifth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac: Or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1905. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. – A Large Hieroglyphic. This copy with original 4-page advertising pamphlet for ‘New Books on Astrology by Llewellyn George, Astrologian of the P.S.A…. for sale at Jone’s Book Store, 291 Alder St., Portland, Oregon’^[3], laid in. Paper covers (front cover lightly chipped at corners; chipping to extremities of spine). [Original paper front cover backed with advertisements] + [Monochrome folding frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-84] + [pp. 8-123] (‘Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1905’) + [pp. 124-6 of advertisements] + [4 pages of advertisements bound in on slightly smaller paper] + [p. 127 of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1905. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Eighty-Sixth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac: Or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1906. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. – A Large Hieroglyphic. Paper covers (front cover detached and heavily chipped at margins, with some loss of text). chipped and mostly detached but held in place by old tape; rear cover missing). [Original paper front cover backed with advertisements] + [Monochrome folding frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-88] + [pp. 89-123] (‘Companion to Raphael’s Almanac Containing Birthday Information, Also the Fate of Any Child Born During the Year 1906’) + [pp. 124-7 of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1906. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [4 pages of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Eighty-Seventh Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1907. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Large Hieroglyphic. Original paper covers (heavy tear down inner margin of front cover; chipping to upper outer corner of same and to top edge of rear cover; light chipping to outer and bottom edges of rear cover; damp staining to inner margins of covers and of all pages from 115 to end within; trace of damp-staining to upper inner margins of pp. 1-44 within). [Front cover backed with advertisement] +  [monochrome folding frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-119] + [pp. 120-127 of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Eighty-Eighth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1908. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Large Hieroglyphic. Two copies. Both copies: Original paper covers. Copy A: (Large chip lost from top of front cover; two moderate chips lost from top of rear cover; light edge-chipping to other parts of covers; trace of damp-staining to upper inner margins of final leaves from p. 25 of supplement to end). Copy B: (Front cover chipped and mostly detached but held in place by old tape; rear cover missing). Both copies: [Front cover backed with advertisements] + [Monochrome folding frontis. with advertisements to reverse] + [3] + [pp. 4-120] + [pp. 121-7 of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1908. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’)
• [Eighty-Ninth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1909. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Large Hieroglyphic. Cloth (rebound thus, without original covers). (Last leaf chipped at outer margin without loss of text and repaired with clear tape.) [Monochrome folding frontis., backed with advertisements (repaired with clear tape down central fold and to two margins)] + [3] + [pp. 4-127] + [1 page of advertisements]
• [Ninetieth Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1910. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Colored Hieroglyphic. Paper covers (front cover torn with loss of a small chip at upper margin; spine defective; rear cover chipped and detached). [Front cover, backed with 1 page of advertisements] + [Coloured folding frontis., backed with advertisements] + [3] + [pp. 4-118] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1910. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• [Ninety-first Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1911. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Colored Hieroglyphic. Two copies. Copy A: (Lacks final internal leaf.) Original paper covers (8mm tear to and further small chip lost from outer edge of front cover; slight chipping to extremities of spine; small hole to centre of spine; Importation Duty stamp to lower margin of rear cover). Copy B: Paper rear cover only (front cover missing; rear cover detached). Copy A: (Label of Walrond’s Occult Publishing Co., New York, adhered over original printed publication details to title page.) [Front cover backed with advertisement] + [2-panel fold-out colour frontis.] + [3] + [pp. 4-118] + [46 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1911. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [rear cover featuring 2 further pages of advertisements (address of the Occult Publishing Co. stitched in to upper margin by a former owner)]. Copy B: [Coloured folding frontis. backed with advertisements] + [3] + [pp. 4-118] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1911. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [rear cover featuring 2 further pages of advertisements (address of the Occult Publishing Co. stitched in to upper margin by a former owner)]
• [Ninety-Second Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1912. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Colored Hieroglyphic. Original paper covers  (chipping to extremities of spine and lower inner corner of front cover; 2 cm separation to foot of front hinge). (Label of Walrond’s Occult Publishing Co., New York, adhered over original printed publication details to title page; importation duty notice stamp to lower margin of same.) [Front cover backed with advertisement] + [Coloured folding frontis. backed with advertisements] + [3] + [pp. 4-126] + [2 pages of advertisements] + [48 pp] (‘Raphael’s Astronomical Ephemeris of the Planets’ Places for 1912. Calculated for Mean Noon at Greenwich’) + [rear cover featuring 2 further pages of advertisements]
• [Ninety-Third Year.] Raphael’s Almanac; or, the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1913. Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter and Tables. Predictions of the Events and the Weather that will occur in each Month during the Year. A Colored Hieroglyphic. Flyer for ‘Understanding People Through the Stars’ by Mrs. Maud Perry laid in. Original paper front cover (rear cover missing; chipping to extremities and rear hinge of spine; 3-inches’ separation to top of front hinge; 3 cm. to foot of same; slight chipping to lower outer corner of front cover). (Label of Walrond’s Occult Publishing Co., New York, adhered over original printed publication details to title page. Light chipping to parts of outer, top and bottom edges of leaf comprising pp. 127-8.) [Front cover backed with advertisement] + [coloured folding frontis. backed with advertisements] + [3] + [pp. 4-87] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 89-120] + [2 pages of advertisements] +[pp. 127-8 of advertisements]

 

NB: Also held, additional copies of issues for 1908, 1909 and 1910 in various conditions, not yet integrated into catalogue listings

[1] From the 1877 issue onwards, the year identifier appears before the title only on the inner title page, and disappears from the header of the front cover, but is retained in that position right through to the 1946 issue, and shown here consistently up to the 1934 issue, after which date the cover page diverges in form so significantly that it is shown separately for each issue held from 1936 onwards

[2] Because the front cover is lacking and the inner title page, as usual, carries the fuller title ‘Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac’, the front cover title form is here inferred and assumed to match those of the years around this issue. Likewise in the 1897 issue below.

[3] The works advertised are the New, Improved Perpetual Planetary Hour Book, 2nd Edition; Practical Astrology for Everybody; and the Planetary Daily Guide. The statement of the author’s position shows the advertisement to be not later than 1912, although it is not clear when the second edition of the Planetary Hour Book was published during this time frame (the first appeared in 1907).