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  • May include: A book titled "Diary of a Zen Nun: Every Day Living" by Nan Shin (Nancy Amphoux). The cover features a watercolor illustration of a vine with pink and white flowers.
  • May include: Book cover with a white background and a black and white illustration of a tree. The title of the book is "A Zen Way of Baseball" and the author is Nancy Etheredge. The book is a Dutton Paperback and the ISBN is 0-525-48372-1.
  • May include: A white book with the title "Diary of a Zen Nun" by Nan Shin. The cover features a watercolor illustration of pink flowers and green leaves.
  • May include: An open book with a white cover and the handwritten text "LEWY FREED" on the front cover.
  • May include: Book cover with a black and white photo of a person in a robe. The book title is "Diary of a Zen Nun" by Nan Shin. The book cover also includes the copyright information and publishing details.
  • May include: A black and white photo of a group of people sitting on a bench. The photo is taken from a low angle and the people are looking down at the camera. The photo is captioned "It was so hot in Honolulu after Tokyo and we were not dressed for it; also, the people who were supposed to meet us were not there."
  • May include: Open book with white pages and black text. The text on the page reads "Jean said, the main thing is to find out whether you want to live and what for."
  • May include: A black and white book with a close-up of a page with text about a journey. The text includes the words "Extraordinary", "six days to travel", "eighty miles", and "Last Thursday".
  • May include: A book titled "Diary of a Zen Nun" by Ven. Shin (Nun Hye-im) with a floral and bird illustration on the cover.
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Diary of a Zen Nun - Nan Shin Nancy Amphoux - 1986 First Ed - Zen Buddhism - Philosophy Book - Spiritual Book - Gift Book

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  • Materials: Paper, Binding
  • Vintage: From the 1970s
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May include: A book titled "Diary of a Zen Nun: Every Day Living" by Nan Shin (Nancy Amphoux). The cover features a watercolor illustration of a vine with pink and white flowers.

Diary of a Zen Nun
Every Day Living
BY Nan Shin (Nancy Amphoux)
1986 - First Edition


This is a paperback book in great vintage condition. 8.5/10. Cover shows war along the edges and at the corners, as well as along the printing of the binding. There is some staining on the edge side of the pages (shown in the last photo) Inside there is a name written inside the cover and the rest of the pages are nearly like new. Please look over photos carefully Please ask questions if you have them.

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Just over 7.75 Inches x about 5.5 Inches x just under .75 Inches Thick.

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