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blue, white & b/w photo illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. vg cond. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. front cover has long crease, white spot from old sticker. rear cover has tiny scratch. edges clean. several page corner turndowns, otherwise contents free of markings. fifth printing. nice reading copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. good binding, clean text. b&w photo portrait frontis. xxxii+260p.+ list of other titles. couple of b&w diagrams. philosophy. theology. theosophy. religion. ancient history. mythology. psychology. ancient literature. cosmology. occultism. kabbalah ~ This abridgement of The Secret Doctrine contains all the major concepts of the original work, without the more elaborate commentaries which might at the outset prove distracting to the western reader. Drawing upon a truly remarkable variety of rare, little known sources, plus a broad spectrum of world famous seekers after truth, H.P.B.'s Secret Doctrine is surely unique in all of literature. The author has achieved a remarkable synthesis of the wisdom as it has come down through the ages. The editors are long time students of The Secret Doctrine, and Christmas Humphreys, who founded the Buddhist Society of London, has written numerous books on Buddhism. Elizabeth Preston was a scientist and author of several works on Theosophy.