G I GURDJIEFF, ALL AND EVERYTHING, BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON, 1950, 1st Edition, RARE

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1950

Condition: Very good (book), fair to poor (dust jacket)

Here is your chance to pick up a very rare first edition copy of 'All and Everything, An Objectively Impartial Criticism of The Life of Man or Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson'. Gurdjieff indicates the purpose of this, the first series of his writings, thus: To destroy, mercilessly, without any compromises whatsoever, in the mentation and feelings of the reader, the beliefs and views, by centuries rooted in him, about everything existing in the world. This is considered to be Gurdjieff's key text that is considered by many to be amongst the most significant books of the twentieth century. It is an extraordinary work of immense depth that requires detailed study to elucidate its true inner meaning.