THE CHILDISHNESS AND BRUTALITY OF THE TIME

by Hargrave Jennings

$750 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

London: Vizetelly & Co, 1883. Scarce first edition of this collection of pieces about the emptiness of the modern world by the influential occultist. Very good plus. Item #54903 Jennings offers sermon-like admonitions against newspapers, modern literature, advertising, and more, complaining that the press pours forth every season—aye, in season and out of season—books, books without end. To this torrent of talk

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