first edition
1966 · Cambridge, MA
by WARE, James R. (translation)
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,388,[4]pp. Light wear to extremities, else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, unclipped, lightly shelfworn, with some scattered foxing and dustiness, several short tears, and a small loss at lower front flap fold. "Never before published in any Western language except in fragments, this classical work of Chinese mysticism is a fundamental - and fascinating - source for the study of Taoism ("Deism") as belief and as practice" (from front flap). (Inventory #: 45588)