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Initiation and Its Results: A Sequel to "The Way of Initation, Or How to Attain Knowledge of Higher Worlds"
by Steiner, Ph. D., Rudolf; Bax, Clifford (English Translation)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York, U.S.A. - 5 Belsize Lane, London N. W. : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. - Max Gysl , 1909. Stated at title page: "First American Edition, 1909." Intriguing floral vignette at copyright page bordering: "Copyright 1909 by Max Gysi." Antiquarian stamp at copyright page: "Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, 1909. All Rights Reserved Under Berne Convention." Dark green, full cloth pebbled boards, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, rub. Cover features the original ancient fylfot cross or sauwastika in circle and elongated square & compass emblem of Macoy publishing. Spine features crisp titles and ornate geometric column-like design. Frontispiece sepia portrait of Rudolf Steiner with facsimile signature below. Pages near fine, bright; clean without writing. String-bind good, square; hinges intact. Rare first English edition, translated from the German by Clifford Bax, following Steiner's original knowledge of higher worlds, or, "The Way of Initiation." Advert for The Way of Initiation at front endpaper with press notices. Contents: "Foreword by Max Gysi; I. The Astral Centers (Chakras); II. The Constitution of the Etheric Body; III. Dream Life; IV. The Three States of Consciousness; V. The Dissociation of Human Personality During Initiation; VI. The First Guardian of the Threshold; VII. The Second Guardian of the Threshold - Life and Death." Final page features description of lending program at fraction of purchase and able to be posted around the nation. Twenty-three pages of adverts and summaries for available titles at back. Printed by Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., New York, U.S.A. 134 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022557
- Title
- Initiation and Its Results: A Sequel to "The Way of Initation, Or How to Attain Knowledge of Higher Worlds"
- Author
- Steiner, Ph. D., Rudolf; Bax, Clifford (English Translation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. - Max Gysl
- Place of Publication
- New York, U.S.A. - 5 Belsize Lane, London N. W.
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 12mo
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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