H.P. Blavatsky: As I Knew Her
by Cleather, Alice Leighton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1923. First Edition. Boards with 1/4 cloth. Good. 8 3/4 x 5.5 inches (22 x 14 cm), yellow boards with brown spine, some fading on front cover, black lettering on spine, foxing on front flyleaf.
Verso of half title page has works by A. L. Cleather pasted down, photo of Blavatsky on frontispiece, plus additional photos in text. Title page has stamped: 'donated by H.P. B. Library Victoria, B.C., Canada. Page ix has postscript pasted in.Pencil handwriting below the paste down. Highlighting on the page, another page has writing in read.
Rear endpaper has a pink paste down from the Oriental Bookstore. 30 page addendum, a posthumous attack on H.P. B. by Basil Crump. 76 pp.
Verso of half title page has works by A. L. Cleather pasted down, photo of Blavatsky on frontispiece, plus additional photos in text. Title page has stamped: 'donated by H.P. B. Library Victoria, B.C., Canada. Page ix has postscript pasted in.Pencil handwriting below the paste down. Highlighting on the page, another page has writing in read.
Rear endpaper has a pink paste down from the Oriental Bookstore. 30 page addendum, a posthumous attack on H.P. B. by Basil Crump. 76 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1112
- Title
- H.P. Blavatsky
- Author
- Cleather, Alice Leighton
- Format/Binding
- Boards with 1/4 cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thacker, Spink & Co
- Place of Publication
- Calcutta
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Blavatsky, Theosophy, Basil Crump, Occult,
- Bookseller catalogs
- esoteric/occult;
Terms of Sale
Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund.
About the Seller
Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2020
Atlanta, Georgia
About Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB
Member of ABAA/ILAB. On-line sales and the occasional book fair.
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