Ogyu Sorai's Distinguishing the Way: An Annotated English Translation of the Bendo

Tokyo: Sophia University, 1970. Near Fine/Very Good. Tokyo: Sophia University, 1970. First Edition. Slim octavo (27 cm); 139pp. Boards in oatmeal cloth and decorative paper with green and gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in teal jacket with price intact. Jacket generally scuffed and soiled with minor wear to extremities. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped. Previous owner's rubber stamp to first free endsheet. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good jacket of the English translation of Confucian scholar Sorai's philosophical work.