The Cistercians. by Pennington OCSO., M. Basil - 1992

Collegeville, Minnesota.: Michael Glazier / Liturgical Press.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0814657206 . 8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 141 pp. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine and front along with a gilt Cistercian crest on the front also. This is volume 4 in the "Religious Order Series". Eight appendices, (The Four Evangelists of Citeaux, The Little Exordium, The Exordium of Citeaux, The Charter of Charity, The Epistle of Thurstan of York, Declaration of the General Chapter of 1969 on the Cistercian Life, unity and Pluralism - A Statute of the General Chapter of 1969, Constitutio ns and Stautes of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance), a one page bibliography and a listing of Cistercian monasteries today at the back. The externals show only the mildest of shelf wear and that at the spine tips and board corners, the interior is clean and the binding is tight. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted. .