MERTON, Thomas.
The Seven Storey Mountain.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.
$1,600.00
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First Edition of Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
First edition of one of the most influential religious books of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf, top grades of Nigerian moroccos, and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition.
The Seven Storey Mountain, published in 1948, is Thomas Merton’s spiritual autobiography, the account of his journey from a rootless and worldly youth to his conversion to Catholicism and his entry into the Trappist monastery of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky. An unexpected bestseller that has never been out of print, it introduced a wide postwar audience to the contemplative life and made Merton (1915-1968), poet, monk, and social critic, one of the most influential religious writers of the twentieth century. Its title alludes to the seven-storey mountain of Purgatory in Dante’s Divine Comedy.
The Seven Storey Mountain.
$1,600.00
In Stock
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