Why I became a theosophist
by Annie Wood Besant & Annie Besant
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
31 pages ; 18 cm
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.
- “Theosophy”· via Internet Archive
- “Theosophy”· via The Online Books Page
- “Theosophy”· via Open Library
- “Theosophy”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Theosophy”· in subject
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Editions
5 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Online Books Page curated catalog record New York: "The Path" Office, 1890 | 1890 | — | — | — | Source listed online copy | |
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan 31 pages ; 18 cm | 1889 | Freethought; London : Freethought | English | — | Public | |
Open Library record | 1890 | "The Path" Office | English | — | No ebook |
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Identifiers & provenance
How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.
Identifiers
- OCLC
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- HathiTrust
- Open Library work (alias)
- Wellcome
Cataloged from
- Internet Archiveb30480188 (opens in a new tab)
- The Online Books Pageolbp59201 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL24898154W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL33611571W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL42645938W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL42830139W (opens in a new tab)
- Wellcome Collectionfguhcn68 (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
- Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
- 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: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
- Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: ttscribe3.euston.archive.org
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BP585 .B3 A33
- Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
- Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: "The Path" Office, 1890
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL24898154W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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