The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life
Author:
WILHELM, RICHARD (Trans & Explained) & BAYNES, CARY F (Trans) & JUNG, C G (European Commentary)
Title:
The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life
Publisher:
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1935
Description:
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMP., SCARCE! Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese lettering to front board, frontispiece, ix + 151pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking/chipping to spine with tidy tape repairs- minor loss to extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/staining to page edges & eps, blurb/synopsis affixed to front pastedown, extensive v neat/tidy & unobtrusive pencil annotations throughout, ornamental decal affixed to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, related ephemera loosely enclosed to rear- foxed)
Keywords:
first editions philosophy wisdom ancient China Chinese English translations t'ai i chin hyua tsaung chih
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