181pp. Lavender cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends, boards mottled. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Previous owner's stamp on half-title page and rear free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Originally published in 1934 as the first of the author's writings on the Baha'i Faith, today it serves as the second of an absorbing trilogy on the unfoldment of man's spiritual destiny, from the time of Adam to that of Baha'u'llah.
