Publication Notice                                 Gurdjieff  Electronic Publishing                                GURDJIEFF: A READING GUIDE                                           by                                    J. Walter Driscoll                      Since "Gurdjieff: an annotated bibliography" by J. Walter Driscoll and                      the Gurdjieff Foundation of California was published at 363 pages by                      Garland Press of New York in 1985, several hundred more writings about                      Gurdjieff have been issued.  Work on a comprehensive second edition                      has been underway since the first went out of print in 1994.                      GURDJIEFF: A READING GUIDE draws from its 1985 predecessor and is a                      distillation of the English language research for the forthcoming                      comprehensive second editon of the bibliography.  The introductory                      essay provides a biographical sketch and relates the main points of                      Gurdjieff's life to his writings and the key books about him.  Chapter                      one describes the various editions of Gurdjieff's books and                      thoughtfully annotates them for readers to whom they are unfamiliar.                      Chapter two contains full bibliographic descriptions and detailed                      annotations of some eighty key books about Gurdjieff, the ones that                      seriously interested readers will want to know about and choose their                      reading from.  Chapters One and Two also contain much information that                      is of value to book sellers who handle Gurdjieff related materials.                      Chapter three describes sixty-nine articles selected from the first                      eight issues of the "Gurdjieff International Review" at                       < www.gurdjieff.org/ >; a quarterly web-site and printed journal                      offering informed essays on the life, ideas and teaching of G. I.                      Gurdjieff;  an editor's choice since J. Walter Driscoll edited these                      volumes of the "Gurdjieff International Review" with Greg Loy.                      GURDJIEFF: A READING GUIDE is published by Gurdjieff Electronic                      Publishing of Los Altos, California in a limited edition of 400                      copies.  It contains 38 pages and is printed as an 8.5" x 11" side                      stapled booklet using the same high resolution laser printing process                      employed for issues of the "Gurdjieff International Review."  The                      original cover image of G. I. Gurdjieff is by international composer                      and artist, Terry Winter Owens.                      This title is designated for private distribution only, with no                      commercial discount.  Copies may be ordered for $12 U.S. each, plus                      shipping;  $3 U.S.  will cover cost of airmail for single copies, to                      any point in North America.  Shipping rates outside North America are                      at cost.  Write for a quote of insured and uninsured airmail and                      surface rates.  Send payment in international bank draft or travelers'                      cheque  in U.S. dollars, payable to J. Walter Driscoll, at,                          2625 Urquhart Ave.                          Courtenay, B.C.    CANADA                          V9N 6T6                          E-Mail: < walter@gurdjieff.org >