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Old diary leaves

the true story of the Theosophical Society

Also known as Old diary leaves, the true story of the Theosophical Society

by Henry Steel Olcott

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. "The series of chapters which now compose this book was begun nearly three years ago in the Theosophist Magazine."--Foreword xi, 491 p. 20 cm

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “esoteric” in the subject metadata.

    • “esoteric”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “theosophical” in the subtitle, “theosophical” in the alternative title, “theosophical” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Theosophy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Theosophy”· via Open Library
    • “theosophical”· in subtitle
    • “theosophical”· in alternative title
    • “theosophical”· in subject
    • “Theosophy”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1895-01-01T00:00:00ZLondonEnglish—Public digitized item

the true story of the Theosophical Society

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1895G.P. Putnam's Sons; New York, London : G.P. Putnam's Sons; Proprietors of the TheosophistEnglish—Public

the only authentic history of the Theosophical Society : 1878-83

Open Library record

1954Theosophical Pub. HouseEnglish—Borrowable

Subjects

11 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
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openlibrary-work:OL2514309W
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