Description

THE PILGRIMAGE OF BUDDHISM and a Buddhist Pilgrimage by James Bissett Pratt New York: Macmillan, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 758p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Boards warped, spine text faded, and gilt text on front is rubbing off. Thin stain down the back edge of the spine. Flecks of ink on the endpapers. Owners' signature inside and underlining in pencil on many pages. Majority of text still clean, and binding tight. Item #310843 The author was a longtime philosophy professor who taught in both the United States and China. He earned his doctorate under the mentorship of William James and was President of the American Tehological Society in the mid-1930s.