The Sphinx

Sphinx, The

Full title:

• The Sphinx: a Monthly Magazine (Sep. – Dec. 1899)
• The Sphinx. An Astrological Magazine (Mar. 1900)
• The Sphinx: the Leading Astrological Journal of the World (Jan. – Feb. 1901)
• The Sphinx: an Astrological Magazine de Luxe (Oct.-Dec. 1907)

Editor:

• Thompson, Catharine H. (Sep. 1899 – Feb. 1901)
• Anonymous (Oct – Dec. 1907)

Publication credits:

• The Sphinx Publishing Company, 480 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Mass. (Sep.- 1899 – Mar. 1899)
• Pyramid Publishing Company, 336 Boylston Street, Boston, U.S.A. (Jan. 1901)
• Pyramid Publishing Company, 336 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. (Feb. 1901)
• The Sphinx Publishing Company, Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.A. (Oct. 1907)
• The Sphinx Publishing Company, 1105 Cooper St., Chillicothe, MO, U.S.A. (Dec. 1907)

Holdings:

• Volume 1 Number 3, September, 1899. (Light chipping to overhanging outer edge of front cover.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-ii of review extracts] + [pp. iii-viii of advertisements] + [pp. 129-192] + [pp. ix-xvi of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume 1 Number 4, October, 1899. (Light chipping to foot of spine; separation to top 3 inches of rear paper hinge.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-ii of review extracts] + [pp. iii-viii of advertisements] + [pp. 193-256] + [1] + [pp. ix-xxiv of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume 1 Number 5, November, 1899. (Light chipping to foot of spine, outer corners of front cover and inner part of overhanging lower edge of front cover.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-ii of review extracts] + [pp. iii-viii of advertisements] + [plate] + [pp. 257-320] + [1 leaf of advertisements on smaller paper] + [pp. ix-xxiv of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume 1 Number 6, December, 1899: Christmas Number. Two copies. Copy A: (Two one-inch tears down foot of spine, one with associated light chipping; 2 cm separation to top of rear paper hinge, with associated light chipping; light chipping to overhanging outer edge of front cover.) Copy B: (Covers barely attached; outer spine mostly missing; heavy foxing to early leaves of advertisements; some outer marginal chipping to final leaves of advertisements.) Both copies: [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-iii of review extracts] + [pp. iv-xvi of advertisements] + [frontis. monochrome photographic plate] + [pp. 321-400] + [pp. xvii-xxxii of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume II Number 2, March 1900. (Front cover lightly edge-chipped; rear cover significantly edge-chipped and barely attached.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [pp. i-xvi of advertisements] + [frontis. monochrome photographic plate] + [pp. 65–128] + [pp. xvii – xxxii of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Vol. IV No. 1, January, 1901. (Light wear to top of spine.) [Front cover backed with publication details] + [pp. i-viii of advertisements] + [plate] + 48 + [pp. ix-xvi of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring advertisements, backed with review extracts]
• Vol. IV No. 2, February, 1901. (Light wear to top of spine.) [Front cover backed with publication details] + [p. i of review extracts] + [4 pages of advertisements] + [pp. vi-vii of advertisements] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. 49-96] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. x-xii of advertisements] + [4 pages of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]
• Volume 6 Number 1, October 1907. (Light chipping to top of spine and to overhanging edges of tops of covers.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [1 page of advertisements] + [pp. ii-iii] + [p. iv of advertisements] + 48 + [pp. v-viii of advertisements] + [rear cover backed with advertisements]
• Volume 6 Number 3, December, 1907. (Front cover and first leaf of advertisements attached to each other at parts of inner margin but detached from remainder of volume. Front cover chipped at upper inner margin and along parts of top, outer and bottom edges; rear cover lightly chipped along parts of top, inner and bottom edges.) [Front cover backed with table of contents] + [4 pages of advertisements] + [pp. 97-144] + [4 pages of advertisements] + [rear cover featuring 2 pages of advertisements]

Binding format and presentation notes:

• All issues held as original separate issues in original covers