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Pagan, Isabelle M.
From Pioneer to Poet or the Twelve Great Gates an Expansion of the Signs of the Zodiac Analysed.
Publisher: The Theosophical Publishing Society, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 15681
[First edition]. Quarto, pp., xvi, 318, [2] of publisher’s advertisements, horoscopes within text. Fine binding of full blue goatskin; spine on five rasied bands; titled in gilt to compartments; sunburst designs in gilt with red and blue leather onlays to compartments; gilt fillets terminating in a gilt circle wrapping round from edge of boards to spine; sunburst design in gilt with ochre leather onlay to upper board; gilt fillet border with camel onlay circles to corners of both boards; gilt fillets to edges of boards and to turn-ins; marbled end-papers; binders monogram of ‘J. L. E. C.’ [?] dated 1923 in gilt to end. Occasional pencil annotations to contents; index in pencil to end. Spine toned; upper hinge starting; scattered foxing to end-papers; binding otherwise strong and square. Internally clean. An attractive copy, very good or better. The author’s most substantial and best-received publication on astrology. Pagan assigns Pluto as the ruler of Scorpio, pre-empting the discover of the planet by astronomers by almost twenty years. Isabelle M. Pagan (1867-1960) was a Scottish Theosophist, poet, theatrical director, and playwright. A excellent copy of a scarce and influential work of astrology. £350.00