I Ching (The Book of Change): A New Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text
Blofeld, John (Trans.). I Ching (The Book of Change): A New Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text With Detailed Instructions for Its Practical Use in Divination. E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968 (Book Club Ed.). Hardbound. $18.
Blofeld, John (Trans.). I Ching (The Book of Change): A New Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text With Detailed Instructions for Its Practical Use in Divination. E. P. Dutton, 1965 (Later Printing). Softbound. $15.
Two versions of the Blofeld translation, notable for its titular use of the singular 'Change'. Parts of the I Ching are 3,000 years old, and its hexagram-based system of cleromancy probably evolved from a divinatory method involving the heating of a tortoise's plastron—or soft shell underlayer—and reading the patterns of cracking that resulted. Tim Lewis's vivid cover design, with its overlapping motifs and vibrant isolation of the yin yang through the murk, hints at the text's chelonian origin.
The hardbound book's spine is tight, but has the subtlest of leans; there is a former owner name to the front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. jacket has some areas of moderate edge-wear, but no other notable wear to either book or jacket. The softbound book has a tight, square, uncreased spine and clean, unmarked interior; there is some sunning to the spine, a three-inch subtle crease to the front cover, and some bumped corners. Metaphysics.
