The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. First edition, hardcover. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. Copyright July 1948-making this the first true edition as other editions were printed in October of 1948.
Bound in the original black cloth boards, with silver lettering to the spine. The binding is solid and square, with clean, tightly bound pages.
Boards: clean with some tip corner wear.
Spine: lettering clear and legible
Interior: pages clean and unmarked
Binding: tight and secure
No dust jacket. No ink writing or ink stamps, no torn, loose, or missing pages.; no soiling or mildew. Title page has embossed identity stamp on lower right corner.
Book would be classified as VG in condition.
The Seven Storey Mountain chronicles Merton’s early life, intellectual development, conversion to Catholicism, and decision to enter the Trappist monastery at Gethsemani Abbey. Upon publication, the book became an unexpected bestseller and remains one of the most influential religious and autobiographical works of the twentieth century.
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