Watts traces the origin of Zen Buddhism to a synthesis of Chinese Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism and introduces the reader to a variety of Eastern philosophical concepts such as Wuwei
constructed between 1924 and 1928
pictorial dust-jacket by Osbert Lancaster
Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine
Named after the Festival of Britain's Lion and the Unicorn Pavilion
Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram<br /><br /> ink Watts traces the origin ofLondon: George Newnes, 1898. Two volumes. Second UK edition, issued a year after the first. 8vo. Vol 1, pp. xv, 480; Vol 2, pp. viii, 456. Original greenish blue cloth over bevelled boards, spines lettered in gilt, decorative details on spines in gilt and silver, front covers elaborately blocked in gilt, silver, and red, edges of text block sprinkled red. One chromo lithographed plate and about 120 illustrations and vignettes in the text, many full
