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Work: 23 Biographies, Histories, and Special Studies
1886: Sinnett, A.P. Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky. Compiled from Information supplied by her Relatives and Friends and edited by A.P. Sinnett. With a portrait reproduced from an original painting by Hermann Schmiechen. London: George Redway; New York: J.W. Bouton, 1886. xii + 324 pp. Facsimile reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1976. xii + 324 pp. 2nd edition (abridged). London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1913. 236 pp.
1895: Lillie, Arthur H. Madame Blavatsky and Her "Theosophy": A Study. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1895. xi + 228 pp. Hostile.
1909: Whyte, Herbert. H.P. Blavatsky: An Outline of Her Life. With a Preface by C.W. Leadbeater. London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., 1909. 60 pp. Second edition. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1920. xiii + 39 pp.
1922: Cleather, Alice Leighton. H.P. Blavatsky, Her Life and Work for Humanity. With an Addendum by Basil Crump. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1922. vi + 124 pp.
1925: Butt, G. Baseden. Madame Blavatsky. London: Rider & Co., 1925. xi + 269 pp. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay and Col, 1926. xi + 269 pp.
1928: Kingsland, William. The Real H.P. Blavatsky: A Study in Theosophy, and a Memoir of a Great Soul. London: John M. Watkins, 1928. xiv + 322 pp. Reprint. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1985. xiv + 322 pp.
1931: Bechhofer-Robert, C.E. The Mysterious Madame: A Life of Madame Blavatsky. With a Portrait Frontispiece. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1931. 241 pp. America edition: The Mysterious Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: The Life & Work of the Founder of the Theosophical Movement, with a Note on her Successor Annie Besant. New York: Brewer and Warren, Inc., 1931. 332 pp. Hostile.
1931: Bosman, Leonard and Orchard, Anita. H.P. Blavatsky, the Light-Bringer: A Biography with an Astrological Interpretation. London: The Dharma Press, [1931]. 144 pp.
1937: Neff, Mary K. Personal Memoirs of H.P. Blavatsky. Compiled by Mary K. Neff. With 12 Illustrations. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1937; London: Rider & Co., 1937. 323 pp. Quest Books reprint: Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1967. 323 pp.
1937: Ryan, Charles J. H.P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement: A Brief Historical Sketch. Point Loma, California: Theosophical University Press, 1937. xxi + 369 pp. Second edition: San Diego, California: Point Loma Publications, Inc., 1975. xxii + 441 pp. Second and revised edition: Edited by Grace F. Knoche. Pasadena, California: Theosophical University Press, 1975. xviii + 358 pp.
1946: Williams, Gertrude Marvin. Priestess of the Occult: Madame Blavatsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. x + 345 + ix pp. Paperback reprint: Madame Blavatsky: Priestess of the Occult. New York: Lancer Books, 1970. 384 pp. Hostile.
1951: Vania, K. F. Madame H.P. Blavatsky, Her Occult Phenomena and The Society for Psychical Research. Bombay, India: Sat Publishing Company, 1951. xiv + 488 pp.
1959: Symonds, John. Madame Blavatsky: Medium and Magician. London: Odhams Press Limited, 1959. 254 pp. American edition: The Lady with the Magic Eyes: Madame Blavatsky - Medium and Magician. New York: Thomas Yoseloff Publisher, 1960. 254 pp. Paperback edition: In the Astral Light: The Life of Madame Blavatsky - Medium and Magician. London: Panther Books, 1969. 207 pp.
1966: Barborka, Geoffrey A. H.P. Blavatsky, Tibet & Tulku. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1966.
xxiii + 476 pp.1975: Murphet, Howard. When Daylight Comes: A Biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1975, 1988. xxxi + 277 pp.
1976: Leonard, Maurice. Madame Blavatsky . . . Medium, Mystic and Magician. London and New York: Regency Press, 1976. 115 pp.
1980: Meade, Marion. Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. 528 pp. Hostile.
1986: Price, Leslie. Madame Blavatsky Unveiled?: A New Discussion of the Most Famous Investigation of The Society for Psychical Research. London: Theosophical History Centre, 1986. 44 pp.
1988: Fuller, Jean Overton. Blavatsky and Her Teachers: An Investigative Biography. London and the Hague: East-West Publications / London: Theosophical Publishing House, Ltd.1988. 270 pp.
1991: Caldwell, Daniel H. The Occult World of Madame Blavatsky: Reminiscences and Impressions by Those Who Knew Her. Compiled and Edited by Daniel H. Caldwell. Tucson, Arizona: Impossible Dream Publications, 1991. 336 pp. 2nd revised and expanded edition. The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky: Insights into the Life of a Modern Sphinx. Collected by Daniel H. Caldwell. Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books/Theosophical Publishing House, 2000. xii + 451 pp. 44 photographs and drawings.
1993: Cranston, Sylvia. HPB: The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky, Founder of the Modern Theosophical Movement. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. xxiii + 648 pp. Third and revised edition: Santa Barbara, California: Path Publishing House, 1998. xxiii + 660 pp.
2006: Tyson, Joseph Howard. Madame Blavatsky Revisited. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. 416 pp.
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H.P. Blavatsky's Life and Work: 23 Biographies, Histories, and Special Studies