NY 1948 8th Rider. Transcribed, compiled and introduction by A. T. Barker. Hardcover. Octavo, 483pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. Near VG, coffee stains on fore-edges, no DJ.
Alfred Trevor Barker was a Theosophist, writer, and lecturer. He is well-known in the Theosophical world for his transcription, compilation and publication of the The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett and The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett.
Not a fun read. And to be honest I didn't finish it. But very interesting if you know some of the back story. And the whole Madam Blavatsky screwing with this guys head. Seems that she was mostly a charlatan, this whole thing reeks of B.S. ... except for that little subnote where the Mahatma appears in astral form to A.P. Sinnett in the middle of the night. So in that sense it's one of the great human mystery stories... Just not fun to read.