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First edition Fine and bright decorative boards with crisp bright text throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pulgyo Taejon (Compendium of Buddhism), compiled by Manhae Han Yong-un, (1879-1944), translated by Yi Won-sop. Seoul: Hoamsa, 1980; this copy 5th printing, 15 June 1989. Large octavo, 1,048 pages; text in Korean (Hangul with Classical Chinese citations). A modern reference edition of Han Yong-un's influential Buddhist writings, presenting selections from the canon organized thematically and rendered in contemporary language. Includes preface summarizing Han's project of systematizing sutras, vinaya, and sastras across the East Asian Buddhist tradition. Bound in beige cloth, gilt spine; dust jacket present (minor edgewear and creasing, but intact). Interior clean and bright; one owner's ink inscription dated 1992 on front pastedown, partially whited out. Colophon confirms first printing 25 Jan. 1980, with subsequent reprints; retail price W10,000.…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. One of Korea's most eminent Buddhists and political activists in the independence movement during the long years of Japan's colonization of Korea, Han Yongun was a prolific writer and outstanding poet, known especially for his poetry collection 'The Silence of the Lover'. This book concentrates on translations of his principal non-literary works. Contains [viii] 263 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246472 KOREA (History and Culture). …

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. One of Korea's most eminent Buddhists and political activists in the independence movement during the long years of Japan's colonization of Korea, Han Yongun was a prolific writer and outstanding poet, known especially for his poetry collection 'The Silence of the Lover'. This book concentrates on translations of his principal non-literary works. Contains [viii] 263 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246472 KOREA (History and Culture). …