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THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA: A TEXT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
by Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro [D. T. Suzuki]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. , 1932. True First Edition. The first complete translation from the original Sanskrit by Daisetz Suzuki. Fine copy in full brown cloth, gilt titled spine. With frontispiece of Bodhidharma by Sesshu, with titled tissue-guard. xlix, 300 pp., plus 7 fold-outs at rear. With publisher's information slip laid in. In a very near fine dust jacket, some spine toning, in a new protective mylar cover. Scarce. See photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46426
- Title
- THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA: A TEXT OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
- Author
- Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro [D. T. Suzuki]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
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About RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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