Wilhelm, Richard and Cary F Baynes, Translated By (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Seventeenth printing. 740pp. The Richard Wilhelm translation rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes. Foreword by C.G. Jung. Preface to the third edition by Hellmut Wilhelm. Ex-library with stamps and foxing on page edges, glue residue on rear endpapers, tape shadows on boards and spine, about very good, lacking the dust jacket. "Bollingen Series, XIX.".…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1950 1st edition of Cary Baynes's rendering into English of Richard Wilhelm's seminal translation of the I Ching into German. Complete in 2 well-preserved volumes. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in bright, price-intact, VG dustjackets, with light chipping at the spine ends and a closed tear running along 2/3 of Vol. I's front spine crease. Still though, very presentable. Thick, uniform octavos, the iconic dustjacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954). The publisher's printed dark slipcase has also held up very nicely. Solid, sturdy and VG to VG+, with very mild wear along the edges. Introduction by Carl Jung, #19 in the formidable Bollinger series. An impressive example of this original iteration of the Wilhelm/Baynes translation. (FURTHERMORE, THIS COPY BELONGED TO MARIANA REXROTH, DAUGHTER OF POET AND TRANSLATOR KENNETH REXROTH (1905-1982), WHO WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE. MARIANA REXROTH HAS GRACED THIS SET WITH HER FIRM SIGATURE ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER OF EACH VOLUME).…