C.G. Jung The Red Book Liber Novus First Edition First Printing 2009 HCDJ Fine

Description: Published by W. W. Norton and Company of New York in 2009, this is the FIRST EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING of this monumental book. It is new with dust jacket and in Near Fine DJ /Fine Book Binding and Interior condition. Translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. It is folio size (12” x 15) and is illustrated throughout with Jung’s remarkable paintings. It is bound in red cloth and lettered in gilt on the spine and in a pictorial dust jacket. This original printing consisted of only 5000 copies and was sold out within a few weeks of publication. There have been at least six subsequent printings and over 100,000 sold worldwide. This exquisite volume is a facsimile of Jung's original handwritten and self-illustrated manuscript in the original German with a full English translation of the text. A photo of the inside credits page contains the following sequence of numbers, “1234567890”, which signifies FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING . The description of the Red Book or Liber Novus (or New Book ) from the Philemon Foundation that helped to fund its publication: In the introduction to the Red Book , editor Sonu Shamdasani summarizes the importance of the work: The overall theme of the book is how Jung regains his soul and overcomes the contemporary malaise of spiritual alienation. This is ultimately achieved through enabling the rebirth of a new image of God in his soul and developing a new world view in the form of a psychological and theological cosmology”. Around the time of WWI, C. G. Jung commenced on an extended self-exploration that he called his “confrontation with the unconscious.” During this period, Jung developed his principal theories of the collective unconscious, the archetypes, psychological types and the process of individuation, and transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with the treatment of pathology into a means for reconnection with the soul and the recovery of meaning in life. At the heart of this endeavor was his legendary Red Book, a large, leather bound, illuminated volume that he created between 1914 and 1930, and which contained the nucleus of all his later works. While Jung considered the Red Book, to be the central work, it has remained unpublished until the end of 2009, and unavailable for study and unseen by the public at large. The work can be best described as a work of psychology in a literary and prophetic form. Its publication is a watershed that inaugurates a new era in the understanding of Jung’s life and work. Photos are of the actual item being sold and they are to be considered part of the description. We consider all offers in relation to current market values and we try to respond almost immediately. Your purchase will be packed carefully and shipped quickly. We are available 7 days a week. Please see other listings for books and collectibles that might be of interest to you and follow North*Star*Collectibles as we post new items every week. Thank you for looking and come again soon,North*Star*Collectibles Member of the Ephemera Society of America and SNEAB Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers

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