Astrology: How and Why It Works by Marc Edmund Jones
Publication: 1945, David McKay Company.
Signed Presentation Copy: Inscribed by Marc Edmund Jones on the front free endpaper to Lena Lee Clark, dated January 5, 1945: “To Lena Lee Clark with every [illegible] and appreciative [illegible] the author Marc Edmund Jones 1/5/45.”
An exploration of the philosophical foundations and practical principles of astrology by Marc Edmund Jones (1888–1980), an influential American astrologer and founder of the Sabian Assembly. Jones examines astrology as a symbolic system for understanding human character, experience, and the relationship between the individual and the cosmos. A significant work in twentieth-century American astrology.
Condition: Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth boards. The book itself remains remarkably bright, with the author's presentation inscription on the front free endpaper. The original dust jacket exhibits edgewear, primarily along the spine. Overall, a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket.