Old Diary Leaves: The History of the Theosophical Society - Fourth Series 1887-1892.
Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. x + 538pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Index. B/w frontis. portrait. Colonel Henry Steele Olcott (August 2, 1832 - February 17, 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer and the co-founder and first President of the Theosophical Society, a position which he held until his death. Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. Olcott is considered a Buddhist modernist for his efforts in interpreting Buddhism through a Westernized lens and his subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped create a renaissance in the study of Buddhism. Spine ends bumped, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & marked, chipping to edges, creases & short tears at spine ends). Item #45071
ISBN: 9780835674843
Price: $25.00