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Alvidas – Science and Key of Life, complete 7-volume set, 1902-1910

£1,250.00

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hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Vol. I 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1902 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Coloured frontis.] + [3] + [pp. iii-x] + [pp. xv-xxvi] + 244pp. The pagination on the preliminary pages of this volume always leaps from x to xv. There are no missing pages. Original full cloth in vgc+ condition for its age, with light rubbing to top of spine, moderate rubbing to foot of spine and lower outer corners of boards, and very light rubbing to upper outer corners. Gilt to front board still mostly bright and strong; to spine, it is slightly faded in parts but generally brighter than most surviving copies of this early volume. Front inner paper hinge mostly cracked but webbing holding; rear inner paper hinge with just minor signs of wear. Front paste-down has small colour picture of a pansy (Viola) adhered to upper outer margin, together with a plain-pencilled note. Two small plain-pencilled marginal marks to first index page. Plain-pencilled marginal arrow to p. 219 and p. 227. No permanent markings or other faults found. An excellent copy of the rare first edition
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Vol. II 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1902 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Coloured frontis.] + [3] + [pp. v-ix] + [1 leaf] + [pp. 245-490] Original full cloth in vgc+ condition for its age, with a little fraying to cloth over upper outer corners of boards and minor rubbing to extremities of rear spine hinge. Gilt titling to front board still bright and strong; to spine, it is relatively faded, as usual with these volumes. Front paste-down has small colour picture of a pansy (Viola) adhered to upper outer margin, faded trace of old purple stamp, and plain-pencilled note. Both inner paper hinges partly cracked but holding. Plain-pencilled marginal dashes to index page. Traces of minor marginal staining to p. 276. A few soiled thumb-prints towars upper outer margin of p. 325, partly crossing headline and a little text, of no consequence to its clarity to read. No other markings or faults found. For its age, a very good copy of the rare first edition.
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Vol. III 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1903 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Green-coloured frontis.] + [3] + [2 leaves] + [pp. xiii-xv] + [pp. 17-261] ASSOCIATION COPY. Original full cloth in near-fine condition for its age, with very light wear to extremities of spine and tips of outer corners of boards. Gilt to both front board and spine strong and bright. Ex-Libris bookplate of Tamalelagi to front paste-down, this being a match for the astrologer Manamea Tamalelagi, author of the books ‘Pluto, the Transformer’ and ‘Star Symphony’. Plain-pencilled bookseller notes to ffep. Minor trace of past liquid-staining to outer margin of frontis. plate leaf (far from the printed portion), with light effects upon previous and following page. Plain-pencilled marginal notes to pp. 89-94. Heading ‘Hylegical Places’ to p. 213 has been neatly underlined in red by a previous owner; neat red marginal lines alongside paragraphs under ‘Sirius’ to p. 246 and ‘Spica’ to p. 247. No other permanent markings or faults found. Overall, an excellent copy of the rare first edition
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Vol. IV 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan n.d. SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Green frontis.] + [2] + [pp. iii-ix] + [pp. 11-108] + [single-sided leaf of tables] + [pp. 109-323]. This volume is always undated in print, but presumed 1903 or 1904 based on its place in the series Original full cloth in vgc for age, with fraying to extremities of spine and outer corners of boards. Gilt to front board still bright and strong; to spine, mostly still bright though a few characters partly faded. Front inner paper hinge somewhat cracked, but webbing strong. Ffep mostly cut out by a former owner. No previous owner’s markings or other faults found. A very clean copy of the rare first edition
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Astro Physiology: Vol. V 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1904 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Green frontis.] + [8] + [pp. viii-xi] + 270pp Original full cloth in vgc for age, with light rubbing to extremities of spine and parts of bottom edges of boards; cloth worn from tip of upper outer corner of rear board and very slightly from tip of lower outer corner of front board; other outer corners just rubbed. Superficial rippling to cloth along much of outer half of rear board, but no evidence of water damage within, although the rear free end-papers look very slightly rippled. Boards very slightly bowed towards outer edges. Gilt to both front board and spine still unusually strong and bright. Both inner paper hinges intact. Hinge between first and second ffeps at front slightly strained towards top. Second ffep with former owner’s plain-pencilled page references to recto and short blue-pencilled note to verso. Faded vintage L. N. Fowler address stamp to lower margin of title page. Small plain-pencilled tick to outer margin of second index page. Occasional mostly faint plain-pencilled underlinings and / or marginal dashes or brackets to some main text pages. Tiny ink stain to p. 37, crossing but not effacing two letters of one word, which are clear to read through it. Small green ink stain to lower margin of . 70, not touching text. Corrected dog-ears to several lower outer corners and a very small number of upper outer corners, leaving residual neat diagonal crease marks. Some mostly marginal staining to pp. 268 and 269. Leaf comprising pp. 269-270 with crease down middle. Rear paste-down with plain-pencilled and separate blue-pencilled page references written on it. No other faults found. Still a very good, mostly clean copy overall.
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. – Vol. VI 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1910 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [10] + [pp. 3-252]. The only volume issued without a plate. I have inspected multiple copies and found the same, so there is no plate missing here. Original full cloth in vgc+ condition for its age, with slight fraying to ckoth at foot of spine, to a tiny central part of top of spine, and to lower outer corner of rear board, else near-fine, with slight bumping to outer corners of rear board. Gilt titling to both front board and spine very bright and strong as these volumes go. Both inner paper hinges intact. Early owner’s black-inked inscription, dated 1920, to ffep, which also bears a small plain-pencilled note. Internally, an exceptionally clean copy, with no markings found beyond ffep. Minor creasing to upper and lower outer corners of last few internal leaves, apparently caused by the aforementioned bumping.
hb Alvidas et Al. Science and Key of Life. Planetary Influences. With Stellar Palmistry – Vol. VII 1st Astro Publishing Company, Hodges Building, Detroit, Michigan 1910 SET of ALL 7 VOLs.: £1250 [Monochrome frontis.] + [2] + [diagrammatic plate] + [8] + [pp. 253-312] + 83pp. This volume with photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece plate Original full cloth in vgc, with moderate rubbing to foot of spine; light rubbing to tops of spine hinges, and moderate wear to cloth over three outer corners of boards; negligible splatter with tiny white dots to upper inner margin of front board and adjacent part of spine. Gilt titling to front board still strong and bright; to spine, it is mostly likewise, and unusually so for this volume, with just minor partial fading to some characters. Both inner paper hinges intact. Former owner’s blue-inked signature to ffep, dated 1920, matching the one to Volume VI. No markings found beyond ffep. A very clean copy internally.

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Weight 4.46 kg

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