ZEN TRAINING: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT [SIGNED]

Aitken, Robert

Published by Old Island Books, Honolulu, 1960

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Robert Baker Aitken Roshi's (1917 - 2010) first published work, self published by Old Island Books, a bookstore that Aitken briefly owned with his wife Anne from 1958 to 1961. Original stapled photo-illustrated wraps, 26 pp. This is the earliest published account of Zen training by an American practitioner trained in Japan, preceding Philip Kapleau's "Three Pillars of Zen" by six years. Scarce, especially signed. See photos.

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Title: ZEN TRAINING: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT [SIGNED]
Publisher: Old Island Books, Honolulu
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Wraps
Edition: First Edition.
Signed: Signed

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