first edition
1948 · New York
by Thomas Merton
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1948. First Edition. First Edition. Bound in black cloth, in the second state dust jacket bearing the statement "Author is second from the left" (lacking the definite article "The") on the rear panel and a price of $3.00 on the front flap. Laid in is a brief mimeograph note from the publisher, likely intended for reviewers, regarding praise from writer Evelyn Waugh.
The autobiography of writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton, written five years after entering Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky in 1941, detailing his conversion to the Catholic faith and decision to take vows as a monk.
Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Old cello tape residue on the rear pastedown. Jacket has a few tiny stray ink marks on the front panel, and a lightly faded spine (see images). (Inventory #: 163862)
The autobiography of writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton, written five years after entering Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky in 1941, detailing his conversion to the Catholic faith and decision to take vows as a monk.
Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Old cello tape residue on the rear pastedown. Jacket has a few tiny stray ink marks on the front panel, and a lightly faded spine (see images). (Inventory #: 163862)
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