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Front cover of a book titled "The Song of God Bhagavad-Gita" with a red background, tan header and footer bands, and an illustrated cart scene in the center. Visible text includes translators Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, and "A Mentor Book" at the bottom.A close-up of a beige or tan textured paper or card with printed black text, photographed against a white background with a dark vertical edge visible on the right.The half title of a vintage Mentor edition book, showing the title page with copyright details printed in black on a textured gold background.

Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God — 1954 First Mentor Printing

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Description

Author: Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, translators
Introduction: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: The New American Library of World Literature
Place: New York
Year: 1954
Edition: First Mentor printing, February 1954
Format: Mass-market paperback
Condition: Good Plus

Description:
This accessible English rendering of the Bhagavad-Gita was created by Swami Prabhavananda, founder of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, and acclaimed novelist Christopher Isherwood. Aldous Huxley contributes the introduction.

Presented as The Song of God, the text explores duty, spiritual discipline, self-knowledge, devotion, and the nature of divine reality through the dialogue between Krishna and the warrior Arjuna. This February 1954 volume is the first Mentor paperback printing of a translation first copyrighted by the Vedanta Society in 1944.

Why we love this book:
A striking early paperback presentation of a spiritual classic, distinguished by the collaboration of Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood and by Aldous Huxley’s introduction.

Condition:
Good Plus. Binding to be confirmed. Bright, attractive illustrated covers with light rubbing, creasing, and edgewear. A short piece of clear tape or tape residue is visible near the lower-right edge of the front cover. Pages show expected age toning. Please see photographs for the condition of this individual copy.