Old Diary Leaves (vols. 1-6) The True Story of the Theosophical Society

Olcott, Henry Steel

Published by G.P. Putnam Son's (vol. 1), Theosophical Publishing Society, (vols. 2-6), London, 1935

About this Item

Vol. 1: Navy blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration and lettering on front. top edges gilt, previous owner's bookplate on upper left corner of front endpaper. Age toning to endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white plates throughout. iii-xi, 1-491pp. Last two pages of index untrimmed. [Note: Although this book is dated 1895 with no additional printings, it does not appear to be that old. However, the exterior looks similar to the other blue ones, except the shade of blue is slightly different. Vol. 2: Second Series (1878-1183) Navy blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration and lettering on front. Heavy foxing on endpapers and on page edges, mild foxing on some pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Black and white plates throughout. Brown silk ribbon attached. v-x, 1-476 pp. Vol. 3: Third Series (1883-1887) Navy blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration and lettering on front, small bookstore sticker on top left corner of endpaper. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Two black and white plates in addition to frontispiece. v-viii, 1-444 pp. Vol. 4: (1910) Fourth Series (1887-1892) Navy blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration and lettering on front, frontispiece with tissue guard. Age toning on page between frontispiece and title pages. Two black and white plates in addition to frontispiece. Final signature pages are heavily aged toned. vi-ix, 1-521pp. Vol. 5: (1932) Fifth Series (January 1893- April, 1896), red cloth, with black lettering on spine and front, age toning to front free endpaper and rear free endpaper. Small sticker from Theosophical Press at bottom of title page, frontispiece with tissue guard. v-vii, 1-531 pp., plus (3) pages listing other books by author. Vol. 6: (1935) Sixth Series ( April, 1896-September, 1898), red cloth, with black lettering on spine and front, small sticker from Theosophical Press at bottom of title page, frontispiece with tissue guard. (1) black and white plate in addition to frontispiece. v-viii, 1-423 pp. These memoirs appeared monthly in the Theosophist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Diary Leaves (vols. 1-6) The True Story of the Theosophical Society
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam Son's (vol. 1), Theosophical Publishing Society, (vols. 2-6), London
• Publication Date: 1935
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Ed.
• Condition: Very good.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Occult/Esoteric-Theosophy
  • Occult/Esoteric