Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Click for full-size.
The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (The Teachings of the Buddha)
by Maurice Walshe and Venerable Sumedho Thera
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good -
- ISBN 10
- 0861711033
- ISBN 13
- 9780861711031
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wisdom Publications, 2012. 648pp. Original cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Translated from the Paili by Maurice Walshe. Pages are bright and clean (unmarked). Binding is tight and secure. Boards have light bumping to head/heel of spine, slight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped dust jacket has slight rubbing to edges. We have added a removable mylar covering to the dust jacket for protection. Nice copy.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 978086171103U
- Title
- The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya (The Teachings of the Buddha)
- Author
- Maurice Walshe and Venerable Sumedho Thera
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0861711033
- ISBN 13
- 9780861711031
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Philosophy Buddhism Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Eastern Religions; Buddhism;
Terms of Sale
after-words bookstore
We accept Visa, MC, AMEX, and checks in USD only. Payment is due in full before shipment. Shipping cost: $5.50 media mail in the continental U.S.A. for 2 books or less. After that, $.50 for each additional book. Priority mail is based on size and weight of book. Cost starts at 10.00 but will be adjusted for smaller books that fit into Priority Mail boxes and envelopes. Oversized and/or heavy books may cost more. UPS/RPS or Fedex available at additional cost upon request. All shipments to Mexico or Canada over four (4) pounds is subject to rate increase. Returns will be accepted on a limited basis. If any item arrives and is not in the condition described on Biblio, or is not the edition listed on the website, we will refund both the item and shipping both ways - upon receipt of the return package. Otherwise, our used book sales are final.
About the Seller
after-words bookstore
Biblio member since 2006
Chicago, Illinois
About after-words bookstore
We are an open shop with 55,000 volumes. About 1/4 of our inventory is comprised of new books, the rest are used and out of print.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting food and drink books
Nothing quite whets the appetite for rare and collectible books like old and vintage cookbooks. Be sure to check out our cook books and food section of our rare book room.
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
