Gem's [Gems] of William Carl Hirsch

A stapled softcover whose over-flap covers measure 4-5/8" by 6-1/2" (the inside printed pages are a bit shorter, measuring 4-3/8" by 6") and containing 80 internal pages. Dedicated to the First Church of Inner Truth, Inc., located at 1452 Broadway, Suite 308-309, in New York City, the author begins by writing "The students of the 1932 and 1933 class have requested me to issue some of my Inner verses and a few of my lessons in book form." The Contents are: lecture The American Indian's Worship; lecture Introduction to the India Inner Teachings; First Lesson: The Church and Science; Lesson No. Two: The Church and Science [continued]; Lesson No. 3: The Germ or Cell Life; several poems written to the 1932 and 1933 Class (including Wisdom is the Understanding of Self Life; Love; An Earth Man; The End of a Life; Pride Darkness; Artificial Pleasures; Our Sleep; The Afraid Mind; many others. Condition: internal pages are in excellent condition; the outer covers are rubbed and worn, showing edge wear and one small chip along the over-hang; spine has been clear-tape reinforced. A rare title.…