Thoughts in Solitude
by Merton, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
-
STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 124pp. Ex-library, though no library markings to cloth and penciled call letters have been neatly erased on front free endpaper, with only minor impressions remaining. A hint of a bump to upper corner of front board. Small, faint soiled spot to lower front board. Text clean. Short creases to extremities of a few pages. Binding sound. Sticker to lower spine of dust-jacket, with some light wear in places to jacket (mainly extremities), which is covered in a clear protective cover from when it was in a monastic library. Jacket is attached to plastic with clear tape on the "inside" of jacket. If the plastic cover is removed, it would leave several small pieces of clear tape behind. Overall, a good, clean, sound copy
Synopsis
Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was a Trappist monk, spiritual director, political activist, social critic, and one of the most-read spiritual writers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including The Seven Storey Mountain .
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Details
- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 034193
- Title
- Thoughts in Solitude
- Author
- Merton, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Spirituality spiritual life Catholic theology
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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