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THEOSOPHICAL MANUALS – SET OF 4 ANTIQUE HARDBACK BOOKS (1901–1905)

Annie Besant & C. W. Leadbeater

A collection of four early twentieth-century Theosophical Manuals, published by the Theosophical Publishing Society in London and Benares.

These antique books explore reincarnation, life after death, the astral plane and the spiritual constitution of human beings.

The set includes:

No. II – Reincarnation

* Author: Annie Besant
* Year: 1905
* Fourth and Revised Edition
* Original mustard-coloured cloth hardback

No. III – Death—And After?

* Author: Annie Besant
* Year: 1901
* Fifteenth Thousand
* Original grey cloth hardback

No. V – The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants, and Phenomena

* Author: C. W. Leadbeater
* Year: 1905
* Fourth Revised Edition
* Original blue cloth hardback

No. VII – Man and His Bodies

* Author: Annie Besant
* Year: 1905
* Third Edition
* Original green cloth hardback

An interesting group of original period publications for collectors of Theosophy, esoteric philosophy, occult literature and the history of spiritual movements.

CONDITION

Antique used condition, with age-related wear.

The original cloth covers show varying degrees of rubbing, fading, marks and edge wear. Some corners and spine ends have wear.

Pages show age-related tanning, scattered foxing and occasional spotting, more pronounced in some volumes.

A handwritten previous owner’s name, Barbara Giles, is present inside Reincarnation.

Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form part of the condition description.

Four books sold together. This is a partial collection, comprising manuals Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 7, not a complete series.

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