The Spirit of Zen: A Way of Life, Work and Art in the Far East, Wisdom of the East Series, Third Printing, 1958, HC, VG.

Watts, Alan W., and J. L. Cranmer-Byng. London: John Murray, 1958.

English, Third Printing, Very Good, HC, 18mo, 6 3/4" x 4 3/4", [xii] 137 + 3 pp.

Yellow cloth over board, stamped black illustration to front, stamped black lettering to front and spine, minor foxing to front and backs panels, top edge, fore-edge, and pastedowns, odd toning to endpapers, some soiling to front and back panels, slight cocking to spine, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Good gray and blue pictorial dust jacket, featuring blue illustration to front, blue lettering to front, back, spine, and interior flaps, foxing to front panel, back, panel, and interior flaps, 1/4" closed tear to front near head, minor wear to top edge, head, and tips, some soiling to front panel, slight chip to spine, price-clipped, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [xii] 137 + 3 pp. Includes Editorial Note by J. L. Cranmer-Byng, Preface to Second Edition, Foreword, V (5) chapters: "The Origins of Zen," "The Secret of Zen," "The Technique of Zen," "Life is a Zen Community," "Zen and the Civilization of the Far East," Conclusion, and Appendices. From inside dust jacket: "Here is something quite unfamiliar to the West, something which will appeal strongly to all who are trying to find a deeper reality in life than philosophy and conventional religion can express...Through Zen, Chinese culture reinforms our own with new meaning and offers us altogether new possibilities in a world of change."