Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Third Adyar Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. [iv] + 654pp. Cream cloth lettered in black on spine, lettered in gilt on front board, B/w frontisportrait of Besant. B/w plates. The "Adyar Deluxe" edition, limited to 250 numbered copies printed on Featherweight Antique Paper, and signed..... More
Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover.12mo. [vi] + 112pp + xiv [adverts]. Original cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Spine ends chafed, boards a little marked, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, small pen marks on front pastedown, edges browned, otherwise a solid VG..... More
London: Theosophical Society, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 114pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, Appendix and index. A bibliography of the works of Annie Besant (1847–1933) a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist. Besant was a prolific writer and powerful orator, who became the president of the..... More
Chicago: The Theosophical Book Concern, 1910. Second printing. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 334pp. + 32pp. [topical index]. Original light brown cloth with black lettering on spine & front board. Annie Besant (1847–1933) was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, prolific writer and powerful orator, who became the president..... More
Chicago: The Theosophical Book Concern, 1910. Third printing. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 334pp. + 32pp. [topical index] + 2pp. ads. Original light brown cloth with black lettering on spine & front board. Slight bumps to corners of boards, front endpapers slightly marked, else a solid, clean VG copy (no dust..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1914. Second impression. Softcover. Booklet. 36pp. Printed wrappers. 1" tear at top of spine, large tear at bottom of spine, wrappers rubbed & discolored, first & last pages browned, else a solid near-VG copy. More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 280pp. Original blue cloth lettered in silver on spine & front board. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, occasional pen & pencil lines & annotations on some pages, spine rubbed, spine ends chafed, boards slightly marked & rubbed..... More
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1900. Second Edition. Hardback. Octavo. 162pp. Original cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Ex-library copy, library pocket on rear pastedown, previous owner's bookplate (with Theosophical design) on front pastedown, several library markings on front free endpaper, remains of shelf label at foot of..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 130pp. Plain black cloth spine over papered boards with title on front board. Ex-library copy, with library pocket on rear pastedown, previous owner's name on front pastedown, a few ownership markings on front free endpaper, boards faded & marked, corners..... More
Chicago, IL: The Theosophical Press, 1923. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 152pp. Blue cloth lettered on spine & front board. Annie Besant (1847–1933) was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, prolific writer and powerful orator, who became the president of the Theosophical Society and the legal guardian of..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1921. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Booklet. 28pp. Printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly discolored, small fore-edge chip from rear wrapper, previous owner stamp & number in top-corner of title-page, else a tight, clean VG copy. More
Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 106pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on front board. Gatherings pulled between pages 30 & 31 and 62 & 63 (but binding still solid), spine ends chafed, upper corner well bumped, minor rubbing to boards, otherwise a solid VG copy..... More
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 372pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver on spine & front board. Index. Several b/w diagrams. A clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored, a few chips to extremities, 1" bottom-edge tear..... More
Chicago, IL: Theosophical Press, 1922. Hardcover. Small octavo. xiv + 206pp. Original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Spine chafed at ends, spine lettering rubbed, top-edge foxed, small printed blurb (cut from dust jacket?) about the book glued to rear pastedown, previous owner's name on front free endpaper..... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [viii] + 94pp. Blue cloth spine over cream papered boards lettered in black on front board. Spine rubbed, boards slightly discolored, old bookseller stamp on front free endpaper, edges lightly browned, otherwise a soloid near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover.12mo.136pp. Original green cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Spine ends chafed, slight lean to spine, corners of boards bumped, edges browned, else a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). More
London/New York: T. C. & E. C. Jack/Dodge Publishing, ND ( circa 1912 ). First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. 94pp & ii adverts. Original green cloth lettered in black on spine, with black titles & design on front board. Frontis. b/w sketch of Annie Besant. Index. From the 'The People's Books'..... More
London: St. Alban Press, 1922. First edition. Softcover. 12mo. 62pp. Stapled printed wrappers. B/w frontis. portrait. Spine & wrappers rubbed & slightly discolored, shelf-label removed from foot of spine, page edges browned, gutter of frontis pulled from title-page (but holding), otherwise a solid near-VG copy. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 274pp. Purple cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. portrait. & plates. Index. A biography of Annie Besant (1847–1933) a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist. Besant was a prolific writer and powerful orator..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger, ND [1992]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 96pp. Printed pink paper covers. A cheaply produced reprint of this tribute to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, comprises a collection of personal reflections from many of Blavatsky's notable students and followers, including G.R.S. Mead, Franz Hartmann, Isabel Cooper-Oakley, Constance Wachtmeister, A.P. Sinnett., Charles..... More
London: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 174pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A very scarce volume of reminiscences by Ms. Bright whose mother often hosted Annie Besant when Besant was in England during the years between 1890-1925. Cloth a little rubbed and darkened..... More
NP: NPf, ND (Circa 1940s). Softcover. Unbound octavo. 6 x 9.5 inches. 12pp. Stapled. A separately paginated (pp 1 - 12) off-print, apparently from "Chroniques. d'Histoire Maçonnique," 34, (1985): pp. 63-73. FRENCH text. A short study of Annie Besant by a historian of French Freemasonry. Clean VG copy... More
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. [vi] + 192pp. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. B/w plates. Errata slip. Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa ( 1875 - 1953 ) was a multi-lingual freemason and theosophist who became president of the Theosophical Society in Adyar and..... More
London: "Modern Astrology" Office, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 210pp. Original bright blue cloth with gilt titling to upper board and spine. Errata. List of books by Alan Leo at rear. Written mainly by his wife, Bessie - this is the scarce first edition of the biography of the..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. First UK edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 484pp. Red cloth with gilt title etc to spine, frontis, well illustrated in b&w, index. The second part of this massive biography of Besant, it is effectively a separate work in its own right, covering her arrival in India in 1893..... More
