R.H. Blyth Zen and Zen Classics 

Complete Set 5 Vols. H.C. Hokuseido Press


Complete set of R.H. Blyth's series Zen and Zen Classics in five volumes, hardcover with dust jackets. All volumes were published by the Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, Japan. Text in English with Japanese headers.


Volume One: General Introduction, From the Upanishads to Huineng. 124 pages, frontispiece. Eighth printing, 1972.

Condition: Minor damp stain, lower corners, sun fading to jacket edge, clean inside. Stickers from importer and Shambhala book seller stamps inside.


Volume Two: History of Zen, 211 pages, frontispiece, illustrations. Fourth printing, 1972.

Condition: Sun fading to jacket edge, clean inside.


Volume Three: History of Zen (Nangaku Branch), 185 pages, First edition 1970.

Condition: Very good overall, wear and minor chips to dust jacket.


Volume Four: Mumonkan, 340 pages, frontispiece, Fifth printing, 1972.

Condition: Very good overall, wear to dust jacket.


Volume Five: Twenty-Four Essays, 225 pages, frontispiece, illustrations. First printed as volume seven, Zen and Zen Classics. Reprinted as Volume Five, 1966.

Condition: Very good overall, light wear to dust jacket.