The Way of Initiation: How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds

A rare example of a classic work by Rudolf Steiner, translated from the German by Max Gysi. This is the third impression of the first English language edition, printed in 1912. As stated overleaf from the title page, 1500 copies were printed in December 1908, 1500 in May 1909, and 1500 in May 1912. Contains a foreword by Annie Besant and biographical notes on Steiner by Edouard Schuré.

Brown cloth-covered boards. Front cover depicts a red cross adorned with roses. Gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece bears a photographic portrait of Steiner, protected by tissue.

In very good condition. Boards are slightly bumped at corners and at head and tail of spine; rubbed along edges; with a couple of small marks/stains. Minor pencil annotations on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Pages are somewhat age-toned but otherwise clean. Binding remains in good condition.