first edition
1950 · New York
by Gurdjieff, G.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition, trade issue. ix, [i], 1238 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with very light wear to boards, light foxing to textblock edges, and light toning to contents. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and edgewear and light toning and foxing to exposed panels. Famous guru Gurdjieff's best-known work. Gurdjieff International Review states "This translation was made under the personal direction of the author, by a group of translators chosen by him and specially trained according to their defined (truncated)