‎Marie Beuzeville Byles‎
‎Journey Into Burmese Silence‎

‎London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962. First edition. Octavo, orange cloth hardcover, 223 x 145 mm with 220 (4 ff) pp. Title and author's name on the top of the spine, editor's name at the bottom with a white label. Green label of a London library on the paste down free endpaper, black and white one-page wide picture as frontispiece, black stamp of the Grupo Gurdjieff of São Paulo on the title page. Author's foreword, Table of contents, 13 chapters, Appendix on the Vipassana Meditation with the Ledi Sayadaw Method, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. With many black and white pictures printed on couché paper. "This is the account of the search for a quiet retreat in which to learn the art of meditation, that is, of how to still the thoughts and find the insight that lies beyond intellect. It tells of the ultimate finding of such a retreat at the Maha Bodhi Meditation Centre in Burma, and of life at this and other Burmese meditation centres."‎

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‎Some foxing on the first pages and at a few margins, a dent on the front cover. Otherwise, no marking after the title page, pages are mostly clean and the text blocks are brights. Pictures are good. A rare account of a travel to the now Myanmar mountains in good condition.‎