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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Printing Stated. 272 pages. "This first volume of the early writings of Alan Watts covers the period from 1931, when he was still a schoolboy, to 1938, when he departed from Britain for the United States with his young bride Eleanor." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. 148pp., xii. Stated: "First published in 1989". Index, pp. 145-148. Glossy two-tone gray wraps with title lettering in red (shadowed in gray) across top front cover, author name in red across bottom front cover, abstract illustration which looks like ocean waves converging upon city and its skyline. Looks like a thumb-crease on lower front cover (1 1/2" going nowhere); hint of a bump on top edge (very superficial "intending crease", curved, under top edge front cover; two very gentle parallel "aspiring" creases on top rear cover right, with faint, diminishing echo forward from rear cover and flyleaf (from pp. 146-132): describes much worse than it is, but there you have it. Binding tight, corners sharp, no rubbing wear, no previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy. Despite minor distractions inflicted upon covers, book looks Unread.…

Soft Cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Chapters include : Early Years, Zen Training, Western Training, Kanto Years, Kyoto Years, Opening to the West, War Years, Return to the West, Retun to Japan, Looking Back.