New Jersey Princeton University Press 1983 First paperback edition (both) Trade paperback Very good. Volume I shows wear to covers, some curling; Volume II has light wear to top edge of cover, shelf wear to bottom edge of pagessome paper binding scraped along front of spine edge, internally fine and unread. 2 volume set. Trade paperback (5.5 x 8.5 inches). 456, 783 pps. Bibliography, index to both volumes. Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge history of Chinese philosophy" (New York Times Book Review). Available for the first time in paperback, it remains the most complete work on the subject in any language.