Cloth
1955 · New Yoek
by Translated by Richard Wilhelm and Cary F. Baynes
New Yoek: Pantheon Books (Bollingen Foundation Inc.), 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the November 1955 stated 3rd printing of Cary Baynes's rendering into English of Richard Wilhelm's renowned translation of the I Ching. Complete in 2 well-preserved volumes. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in bright, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjackets, with a touch of light abrading along Vol. I's spine. Thick, uniform octavos, the iconic dustjacket design by the great E. McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954). The publisher's printed dark slipcase has also held up very nicely. Solid, sturdy and easily VG+ to Near Fine. Introduction by Carl Jung, #19 in the formidable Bollinger series. An impressive, very presentable example of this early iteration of Wilhelm/Baynes.
(Inventory #: 22843)