The Tears Of the Blind Lions

New York: New Directions, 1949. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8vo). 32pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself is Fine being completely free of all use and wear of any kind. The dust jacket shows light toning, a hint of shelf rubbing along the edges,… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions James Laughlin, 1949. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Thomas Merton's third collection of poems, published by New Directions/James Laughlin; former owner's name/date to front pastedown, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; boards lightly sunned at edges; dustwrapper rubbed and lightly edgeworn, some mild scratch/indendations to front and… Read more about this item

New York: James Laughlin, 1949. First Edition in wrappers. Booklet. Fine/Very good. 32 p. 21 cm. Stapled card covers in grey dustjacket. Some discolouration to jacket.

NY: New Directions. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed and soiled.. 1949. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Stapled tan card covers with printed green jacket. Acknowledgments. A collection of poems by the author of The Seven Storey Mountain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages .

New York, New Directions, 1949. Very Good. 8° , Leinen. Schöner Ganz-Leinen-Einband, Deckel und Buchrücken oben und unten leicht bestoßen, Papier im Innenteil altersgemäß etwas nachgedunkelt, Rückenklappe des ursprünglichen Schutzumschlags als Lesezeichen beiliegend, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand

New York: New Directions, 1949 First printing of the first edition. Book with light toning to interior and light toning along board edge, else in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine/cover margins and moderate edge wear, else fine.

New York: New Directions, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A book of Merton's poems. A tight near fine copy with the former owner signature of poet and critic Ralph Mills Jr. on the front pastedown in a near fine dust jacket with some of the usual tanning to the edges and spine. A nice association copy.

New York: New Directions, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. 32pp a very good copy in a good lightly chipped dust jacket with a small piece of clear tape on the inside of the jacket

Good. This staplebound book has an unlabeled cover, with a dust jacket that bears the title and other information. The pages are clean and unmarked. The cover and dust jacket are worn along the edges and are slightly faded.

New York: New Directions, 1949. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, very good copy in good dust jacket, age-toning to the pages, light wear to the tips of the book's covers, soiling and edgewear to the dust jacket including some tearing and loss.

New York: New Directions, 1949. First edition. stapled wrappers. Fine/very good. 8vo, beige stapled wrappers, in pale blue stiff dust jacket,very, very light water spot at heel of top cover, bookplate on dedication page. Issue in wrappers [Dell'Isola A12]. Poetry

New York: New Directions, 1949. First edition. stapled wrappers. Fine/very good. 8vo, beige stapled wrappers, inked inscription at Christmas, 1949 from Father Egan, in pale blue stiff dust jacket, toned at extremities Issue in wrappers [Dell'Isola A12]. Poetry

New York: New Directions, 1949. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale blue cloth with black spine lettering. 32pp. Very good. Inoffensive abrasions to page 21 and 31. Sans jacket, else a tight and attractive first edition of tthis slim gathering of 17 of the Trappist monk's poems. Nun's signature on front flyleaf and her convent's small name/address inkstamp beneath.

New York. : New Directions., 1949.. First edition. . Hardcover. . Fine (owner name on end paper) copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

NY: New Directions. Good. [c1949]. Wraps. Front wraps soiled on bottom edge.; 32p. , blue wraps, lightly soiled. **#A12. .

New Directions, 1949. First edition. Near fine stapled wraps in like stiff dustjacket. Gentle sunning, nothing at all offensive

NY: New Directions, (1949).. First edition.. 32 pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with toned spine. A collection of seventeen poems. Dell’Isola A12.

New York: New Directions, 1949. hardcover. fine/very good(+). 32p. light blue cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): New directions, (1949). First Edition.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is price-clipped & toned, otherwise fine.<br/><br/>

Norfolk: New Directions, 1949. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original papercovered boards with jacket. Book is clean and unmarked. Jacket has a small 1/2"" v chip at the bottom of the spine, is otherwise near fine. Extremely scarce Merton title.

New Directions. 1st. 1949. vg-. Hardcover. 32pp; some sunning to spine & edges of green cover; gifter's inscription & prev. owner's bookplate on free front endpage .