![Item #53579 The Fraud of Modern "Theosophy" Exposed: A Brief History of the Greatest Imposture Ever Perpetrated under the Cloak of Religion [ And the Miraculous Rope-trick of the Indian Jugglers Explained ]. John Nevil MASKELYNE, inscribed.](https://weiserantiquarian.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/53579.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1508857693)
The Fraud of Modern "Theosophy" Exposed: A Brief History of the Greatest Imposture Ever Perpetrated under the Cloak of Religion [ And the Miraculous Rope-trick of the Indian Jugglers Explained ].
London: George Routledge, ND [ 1912 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 96pp. Red cloth illustrated and lettered in black on upper board and lettered in black on spine. Unflattering b&w frontisportrait of H. P. Blavatsky with the imprinted caption "the greatest imposter in history" beneath it. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A critique of the Theosophical Society and H. P. Blavatsky by John Nevil Maskelyne - the first in a well-known family of conjurers. Spine faded and spine ends bruised, cloth a bit rubbed and darkened with a few faints marks, some fraying to bottom edge of front board. Endpapers unevenly browned, a few spots of adhesive residue on front pastedown. Still overall a tight unmarked near VG copy. Item #53579
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