Published by The First Zen Institute of America, Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Grey hardcover, dust jacket. Ruth Fuller Sasaki's signature is inside on a plate that was placed below her name on the title page. The jacket has tape repairs, some nicks and signs of age. The hardcover is in very good condition with some signs of age. Email us for photos. We ship fast. Original cloth covered boards with gilt lettered spine and blind embossed Chinese seal on the rear cover.The brown printed jacket is persimmon-juice coated handmade Japanese paper known as Shibugami. It was popular in Japan in feudal times but is rare today. 146 pages with a tipped-in color frontispiece of Daikan Eno Daishi. Bound in at the rear are three large fold-out tables: The Zen Masters of the T'ang Era; The Origins of the Soto, Ummon, and Hogen Sects; and The Rinzi Sect. Ruth Fuller Sasaki was abbess of the Zen temple of Ryosen-an, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, where she served as director of the First Zen Institute of America. This important text was one of the early books Sasaki saw to completion at The First Zen Institute with the help of Philip Yampolsky, Burton Watson, and the poet Gary Snyder.
Published by The First Zen Institute of America, Inc, New York, 1953., 1953
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
H/C with D/J, 26x18cm, 146 pages including index, fold outs, d/j showing foxing, tearing around all edges, tears to spine ends, previous booksellers stamp on inside front cover, ledges showing foxing.
Published by The First Zen Institute of America, Inc., New York, 1953
Seller: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 1st Edition. Dark grey hessian binding (clean and unworn). Col. f/piece tipped in+xii+146+ three triple unfolding Tables, slipped in Japanese Times cutting with image of Daruma Daisha (founder of Chiense Zen sect) with caption, dated Sept 6, 1966, 3 small slipped in Tokyo art dealer's trade cards (one in Japanese) plus small ms. note of some names; aside from light tanning strips to outer sides of end-papers off-set from jacket wraparounds this is virtually pristine; unclipped jacket clean but marred by top back edge rubbing and chipping plus a few small white surface marks towards outer front edge and bottom back (will add pprotective sleeve when ordered). 18 cm x 26 cm.
Published by The First Zen Institiute of America, 1953
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Limited edition #37 of 300 Presentaion copies, this copy presented to Mr. James W. Thompson. Very Good condition book with some dust soiling to edges, bookstore sticker on bottom edge of inside back pastedown,some browning to the front edge folds of the Zen Lineage charts at the back of the book, in a Good to Very Good condition dustjacket with minor chips, small tears, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight sound copy. No Signature.