Section of the Complete Works: Written Work: Published Books

First German Edition published 1909.

Notes about the German versions of this volume:
Written as articles for the periodical Lucifer-Gnosis' between 1904 and 1905.
Collected magazine edition in 1907. First book version with new intorducion 1909. Reprinted 1910. 5th revised and expanded edition 1914 and reprinted twice that year. 8th edition of 1918 added an Afterword. Reprinted 1919,1920,1922,1931,1935,1939,1945,1947,1948,1951,1955,1961,1972,1975,1982, and 1993.

Hard Cover, 106 pages. Published 2013 by CreateSpace.

Notes on this edition: An illegal print-on-demand reprint of the 1963 version. Made from a bad OCR of the original book, it is full of typos and is missing an entire chapter. It got pulled from sale after the copyright violation was reported. It is unclear how many copies were sold; at least a few dozen, but probably less than 100.

Hardback, 192 pages. Published 2011 by Rudolf Steiner Press.

Notes on this edition: Trans. D.S. Osmond & C. Davy. Rudolf Steiner Press is proud to publish a new series of re-edited, re-typeset and re-designed editions of the classic, authorised translations of Rudolf Steiner's four fundamental works. Each volume of this series is printed in a limited edition of 1,000 copies and sewn-bound in high-quality cloth, finished with coloured end-papers and a marker ribbon

Hardback, 224 pages. Published 2009 by Rudolf Steiner Press.

Notes on this edition: Trans. D.S. Osmond & C. Davy.

Paperback, 259 pages. Published 1994 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: New translation 1994 by Christopher Bamford. Afterword by Arthur Zajonc.

Hard Cover, 272 pages. Published 1963 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: Metaxa translation Revised by M. Cotterell and further revised by J. Davy for this 1963 edition. UK copyright. Printed simultaneously by Rudolf Steiner Press in the UK and Anthroposophic Press in the US.

Paperback, 272 pages. Published 1963 by Rudolf Steiner Press.

Notes on this edition: G. Metaxa translation of 1923. Repinted 1928, 1932, 1934. 3rd edition 1937, reprinted 1938, 1942, 1944 and 1948. 4th edition revised by M. Cotterell 1958, and further revised by J. Davy for this 1963 edition. UK copyright. Printed simultaneously by Rudolf Steiner Press in the UK and Anthroposophic Press in the US.

Hard Cover, 272 pages. Published 1957 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: G. Metaxa translation of 1923. Repinted 1928, 1932, 1934. 3rd edition 1937, reprinted 1938, 1942, 1944 and 1948. 4th edition revised by M. Cotterell 1958. UK copyright. Printed simultaneously by Rudolf Steiner Press in the UK and Anthroposophic Press in the US.

Hard Cover, pages. Published 1947 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: Translated by George Metaxa (1923 edition), with revisions for the 1947 edition by Henry and Lisa Monges. Identified as Third Edition (presumably same as 1937 UK Third Edition but got a 1947 US copyright). Reprinted 1975 and 1977.

Paperback, 272 pages. Published 1947 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: Translated by George Metaxa copyright 1923, with revisions by Henry and Lisa Monges. Identified as Third Edition (presumably same as 1937 UK Third Edition but got a 1947 US copyright). Reprinted 1975 and 1977. This is the 1977 reprint.

Hard Cover, pages. Published 1947 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: George Metaxa translation, revised by Henry and Lisa Monges for this 1947 edition. UK copyright.

Paperback, pages. Published 1947 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: George Metaxa translation, revised by Henry and Lisa Monges for this 1947 edition. UK copyright. Reprinted 1975, 1983, 1984, and 1986.

Hard Cover, 272 pages. Published 1937 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: 3rd English Edition 1937, reprinted 1938, 1942, 1944, and 1947. Printed simultaneously by Rudolf Steiner Press in the UK and Anthroposophic Press in the US. George Metaxa translation from 1910, revised 1923 by Harry Collison, and further revised for the 1937 3rd edition.

Hard Cover, 272 pages. Published 1923 by Anthroposophic Press.

Notes on this edition: Revised Second English edition, first published 1923, reprinted 1928, 1932, 1934. 3rd English Edition 1937, reprinted 1938, 1942, 1944, and 1947. Printed simultaneously by Rudolf Steiner Press in the UK and Anthroposophic Press in the US. 1923 edition by "AnthropoSophic Press, New York City".

Hard Cover, 134 pages. Published 1910 by Theosophical Publishing Society.

Notes on this edition: Authorized translation by Clifford Bax. Second revised edition with a new preface by the author. Translation of articles that originally appeared in the periodical "Luzifer" and were later published (in revised form) as "Knowledge of Higher Worlds". Indicates on back of title page: First Edition, 1909, 1500 copies. Second Edition, APril 1910, 1500 copies. First American Edition, 2000 copies. Copyright 1909 Max Gysi.

Hard Cover, 163 pages. Published 1910 by Macoy.

Notes on this edition: Introduction "The Personality of Rudolf Steiner and his Development" by Edouard Schure.