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Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.DogStar Books
AbeBooks seller since May 3, 2011
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8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages; [1922] No place or publisher. No author attribution. Slim paperback in title lettered wraps and saddle stapled binding. Anonymously authored satirical treatment of Theosophy, its leading figures and beliefs. A sort of Roman-a-clef with pseudonyms and neologisms standing in for prominent figures and beliefs. It is given attention in Vol 11, page 42 of Theosophy Magazine of 1922 and also in the Dawn Magazine (Theosophist) #7 also of 1922. The whole piece is reprinted in that magazine. So rather than a send-up, taken as more of an inner-movement and well meaning critique, it would seem. Prior owner has furnished a typed "key" to the pseudonyms and neologisms used in the text. Many are obvious such as Zincwacker for Leadbeater and Einna for Annie Besant. Laid in at front, printed on laid paper, is "A Confession of Faith (By the authors of Humoresque) " which treats Theosophists in a humorous rhyming poem. Issue 7 of Dawn advises that the pamphlet can be had at "Humoresque Publishing House, 181 Girard Avenue, Hartford, Conn. , U. S. A. , 21 pages, price not quoted." There is no indication in this copy of a publisher and pagination is 12 unnumbered pages, not the 21 indicated in the Dawn notice. I can find no record of the piece in Worldcat; it appears to be quite scarce in the original pamphlet form. Light dust soiling to covers; otherwise quite VG.…
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DogStar Books
Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
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We are an open-shop bookstore situated in a pedestrian friendly, residential neighborhood in historic Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We have strong selections of titles in scholarly, literary and art related fields. We also stock a diverse range of rare, antiquarian and collectible titles.
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