Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. Octavo, original oatmeal cloth boards, two mounted printed paper labels, original dust jacket. Fine. "LET US THROW OFF THE PIECES OF THE WORLD LIKE CLOTHING AND ENTER NAKED INTO WISDOM" First revised edition of Thomas Merton's meditations on the spiritual life—printed in the same..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964. First printing. Octavo, original brick cloth spine, paper boards, red top edge, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to front pastedown, bookplate to free front endpaper, card pocket removed from rear pastedown. Dust jacket with edge-wear, closed tears, and chipping to spine. Very..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Octavo, original white paper boards, cloth spine printed in black, original dust jacket. About-Fine. "AFTER COMMUNION I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS GOING TO EXPLODE" Handsome edition of The Seven Storey Mountain—Thomas Merton's spiritual autobiography, which "became a best-seller because it was a...... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Cudahy, 1957. First edition. Small octavo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, photographic endpapers, red top edge. Dust jacket unclipped and unfaded with minor wear to corners and spine ends. Near-fine. "HE WHO HAS LEFT ALL MEN DWELLS IN THEM ALL BY THE CHARITY OF CHRIST"..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition. Octavo, original teal cloth, slate blue top edge, photographic endpapers, original dust jacket. An excellent copy in the bright, price-clipped dust jacket with only mild wear to spine ends and corners. A near fine copy. "THERE IS INTOXICATION IN THE WATERS..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First edition. Tall octavo (9 3/5 inches tall), half black cloth spine with device in silver, green cloth boards, yellow endpapers, all edges yellow, original dust jacket. About-fine book, faint toning to unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. "LOOK UP AT THE STAR..... More