Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00255)

Dear all,

I have a bibliographical question concerning the first edition of 
Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine. As far as I am aware, the first edition was 
issued in a dark blue cloth binding, with the TS symbols in gold printed 
on the front, and text in gold on the back.

But I have an edition apparently published in 1888, issued in 4 leather 
bindings, TS symbols on the fronts, and inside printed on thin bible 
paper, with the text on the pages, which are intersparsed with blank 
pages for personal annotations.

My question is: is this a special 1st edition? Is it a first edition? Is 
anybody aware of special editions of the 1st?

Kind regards,

Theo Paijmans