Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00042)

Frank, you wrote:

"The big disadvantage with the Kessinger reprints is that the 
important print datas like printing location, date & publisher name 
are completly left out. So for reseachers in theosophical history 
original editions seem to be the better option."

Actually this is not a big disadvantage. 

For one thing, good researchers can easily supply the bibliographical 
data for each Kessinger reprint. Simply take each Kessinger reprint 
and go to an online catalog like the British Library or the Library 
of Congress. Compare the paging, etc. with the online titles.

BELOW are some of the relevant bibliographic data for some of the 
titles I previously listed.

I never use my first editions of any of these Kessinger reprints. 
The first editions are musty and pages are brittle. Instead I use 
the Kessinger reprints.

I still highly recommend the Kessinger reprints to all serious 
Blavatsky students.

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Author: Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891
Title: H.P.B. speaks / edited by C. Jinarajadasa.
Publisher: Adyar, Madras, India : Theosophical Pub. House ; 
1950-1951.
Description: 2 v. : ill., facsims., port. ; 19 cm.
Notes: "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 
onwards,
H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from 
Scrapbook
no. 1."
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891
Theosophy
Other entries: Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage, 1875-1953


Author: Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891
Title: Some unpublished letters of Helena Petrovna 
Blavatsky / with
an introduction and commentary by Eugene Rollin 
Corson
Publisher: London : Rider & Co., [1929]
Description: 255 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Language: Some letters in French with English translation
English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena
Petrovna),--1831-1891--Correspondence.
Theosophists--19th century--Correspondence
Letters--19th century
Other entries: Corson, Eugene Rollin, 1855-


Author: Cleather, Alice Leighton
Title: H.P. Blavatsky as I knew her / by Alice Leighton 
Cleather ;
with an addendum by Basil Crump
Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker & Co., 1923
Description: ix, [2], 76 p., [4] leaves of plates : facsim., 
ports. ; 22
cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891
Other entries: Crump, Basil Woodward, 1866-1945


Author: Cleather, Alice Leighton
Title: H.P. Blavatsky : her life and work for humanity / 
by Alice
Leighton Cleather
Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co., 1922
Description: vi, 124 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891



Author: Heindel, Max, 1865-1919
Title: Blavatsky and The secret doctrine / by Max 
Heindel ; with a
short biography of the author ; introduction by 
Manly Hall.
1st ed.
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Phoenix Press, 1933.
Description: 133 p. : incl. front. (port.) ; 19 cm.
Notes: "Aphorisms from Max Heindel's writings" : p. 91-95.
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891--
The secret
doctrine.
California--Imprints.
Other entries: Hall, Manly Palmer, 1901-


Title: H. P. B. In memory of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, by 
some of
her pupils.
Publisher: London, Theosophical publishing society; New York, 
The Path
office; [etc., etc.] 1891.
Description: 96 p. 26 cm.
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891


Author: Kuhn, Alvin Boyd, 1880-1963
Title: Theosophy; a modern revival of ancient wisdom, by 
Alvin Boyd
Kuhn.
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company [1930]
Description: 381 p. 23 cm.
Series: Studies in religion and culture. American religion 
series.
II
Notes: Bibliography: p. 351-373.
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891
Theosophy


Author: Roberts, C. E. Bechhofer (Carl Eric Bechhofer), 
1894-1949
Title: The mysterious madame: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky : 
the life
& work of the founder of the Theosophical society / 
with a
note on her successor, Annie Besant ; by C.E.
Bechofer-Roberts
Publisher: New York : Brewer and Warren, c1931
Description: 332 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891
Theosophical Society (Madras, India)
Other entries: Besant, Annie Wood, 1847-1933


Author: Roberts, C. E. B. (Carl Eric Bechhofer), 1894-1949
Title: The mysterious madame : a life of Madame 
Blavatsky / by
"Ephesian".
Publisher: London : J. Lane, [1931]
Description: 241 p., : front. (port.) ; 20 cm.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 239-241.
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891
Theosophical Society (Madras, India)


Author: Sinnett, A. P. (Alfred Percy), 1840-1921
Title: Incidents in the life of Madame Blavatsky; compiled 
from
informatiom supplied by her relatives and friends, 
and
edited by A.P. Sinnett. With a
portrait reproduced from an original painting by 
Hermann
Schmiechen.
Publisher: London, G. Redway, 1886.
Description: xii, 324, 39 p. 23 cm.
Language: English
Subjects: Blavatsky, H. P.--(Helena Petrovna),--1831-1891

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Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER/BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://blavatskyarchives.com