Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1948]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 311pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight, handsome second printing of this early Merton title. Uncommon. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and turquoise cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 123pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn and age toned. A tight and nice first edition of this 800th anniversary study. More
New York: Herder and Herder, [1963]. Hardcover. 8vo. Off-white cloth, dust jacket. xii, 162pp. Very good/near fine. Bit of inoffensive offsetting to each pastedown. A tight, attractive third printing. More
Kansas City, MO: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Inc., [1978]. Hardcover. Edited by Patrick Hart. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 185pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit age toned. A tight, attractive second printing of these writings assembled by Merton's secretary. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1965]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 248pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn and a tad rubbed. Tight and attractive first edition of these (to cite front wrapper) "Meditations on the Cycle..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1948]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 429pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and superb later printing of the Trappist monk's renowned autobiography in an especially bright and nice jacket. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1953]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 362pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A quite tight and most attractive first edition of Merton's journals -- "The day by day experiences and meditations of Thomas..... More
New York: New Directions, [1949]. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale blue cloth with black spine lettering. 32pp. Very good. Inoffensive abrasions to page 21 and 31. Sans jacket, else a tight and attractive first edition of tthis slim gathering of 17 of the Trappist monk's poems. Nun's signature on front flyleaf and..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1988]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth spine with silver lettering and light blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xi, 212pp. Fine/near fine. Catholic priest's inkstamped name/address on front flyleaf. A tight and bright first edition. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1949]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxxviii, 377pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with chips at head and foot of jacket spine. A tight and nice later printing of this "The..... More
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1950]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with black lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 191pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; usual darkening of endpapers found in all copies. A tight and quite handsome first edition, with delightful front jacket panel art. Notes this same panel..... More