Theos-Talk Archives (September 1998 Message tt00130)

>At 12:31 AM 9/10/1998 +0100, alpha@dircon.co.uk wrote:
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>>It is incredible that one has to go outside the Adyar TS to get a facsimile
>>of the original edition.  At times one wonders if they know what the word
>>facsimile means.  See page 8a to the fairly recent edition of "The Voice of
>>the Silence", Wheaton, TPH: "The text of this edition is faithful to that of
>>the original publication, being a facsimile reprint of the 1889 version.  A
>>few obvious typographical errors that might confuse the reader have been
>>corrected."
>>A contradiction in terms wouldn't you say, and that is obvious?  Anything
>>that seems obvious in Theosophy, inevitably turns out not to be.
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>Recently I needed a copy of SD and when I went to the local bookstore the
>only edition I found was the two vol TUP paperback edition at a discounted
>price and I  bought it. I am sure there are lot of copies of TUP in
>circulation than other editions.

Yes this would seem to be the case, though there are a lot of Theos. Company
ones around as well. Possibly more.
There are interesting stories about people buying SDs.  Sometimes for less
than a $, even recently.  It is difficult not to bring in Karma.
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>I do not know how, price wise the other editions such as BdeZ's compare.

The Theos. Co. ones are cheaper, the de Zirkoff ones more expensive.

Tony
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