The Waters Of Siloe

by Merton, Thomas

An examination of the roots of the Cistercian Order, founded in 1098, its development and waning, and the seventeenth-century reforms by the Abbé de Rancé, which began the second flowering that continues today. Throughout, Merton illuminates the purposes of monasticism. Index; photographs.

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First edition of Merton's companion volume to his famed The Seven Storey Mountain. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, frontispiece. Signed by Thomas Merton on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A companion volume to Merton's famous autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, The Waters of Siloe gives… Read more about this item
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Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bce. (Book Club Edition). Some Tanning Of The Edges. The Jacket Has A Few Short Tears And Age Toning. Traces The History Of The Cistercian Order From Its Founding In 1098, Through The Reforms Of The Seventeenth… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. xxxvii, 377 pp. with black and white photo section. Blue cloth and gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine panel, worn along edges. The companion volume to Seven Storey Mountain.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; light blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; blue-gray topstain; photograhic endpapers; dustjacket; xxxviii,378pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, with some faint, scattered foxing to cloth; contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), shelfworn, with several nicks, tears,… Read more about this item
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxvii, 377p., illus. ; 22cm. Subjects: Trappists. Monasticism and religious orders.
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by Thomas Merton

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 5th printing. Hardcover. Very good. 377p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a tattrered dustjacket. Bookplate on half-tilte page else book is clean and tight. The jacket is chipped and lacks about half of its spine. The famous monk and author offers a look at the daily life of… Read more about this item
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Harvest/Harcourt, 1979-10-09. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Looks almost new. Cover clean and in v.g. condition. Pencil jottings to text. 16 pp. B&W photos.
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HarperOne, 1979. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1949, First Edition, 377 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth. Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket. Light fading to the covers; previous owner's small bookplate on the front pastedown and signature on the half-title; clean text. The DJ is missing the lowermost inch from the spine; other light… Read more about this item
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8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 377 pp. No edition stated. VG/VG. Minor edge wear to dust jacket which is in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. original $3.50 price intact on flap. Light wear to boards. Foxing on spine. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in… Read more about this item
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Garden City, 1951. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. The Waters of Siloe by Merton Thomas Garden City, 1951 lst. Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Dust jacket does show some signs of wear with dings and nicks but good over all. This is the companion to his Severn Story… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, , 1949. hardback dustcover included, spine missing, front and back pieces included in back of book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. SPIRITUAL CLASSICS INSPIRATION AND DEVOTIONAL. Catalogs: Inspiration and Devotional, Spiritual Theology.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. xxxviii, 377pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Binding cocked with spotting on topstain, long tape repair on front pastedown, very good in a very good dust jacket with tiny chips and tears, and tiny stains on the spine.
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Garden City: Garden City Books, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. 377p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Cloth faintly foxed. Top corner of front endpaper has been clipped off. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly chipped and tanned, but still mostly intact. Vintage reprint of this Merton classic.
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Garden City: Garden City Books, 1951. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 377p. A hardcover book in FAIR CONDITION with a like dustjacket. Spine is heavily stained. Musty smell inside book. Text unmarked and binding tight. The jacket is badly torn, but still in one piece. OFFERED AS-IS.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxxviii, 377pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Binding lightly spotted thus near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with a couple of nicks and tiny tears and modest toning on the spine and lower panel. A companion volume to *The… Read more about this item
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1949
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 5th printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 377p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's inscription on front endpaper and a small spot on the top corner of the foredge. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped, tanned, and chipped along the top, but otherwise largely intact.… Read more about this item
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Harcourt Brace, January 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/Good. First edition, seventh printing signed by Thomas Merton - a particularly rare item from this monk who signed books only rarely. He uses the signature 'Thomas Merton' (plausibly indicating a 1949 date to his signature, before he was ordained with his monastic name, Fr. Louis). From the private… Read more about this item
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1949
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; dj has pieces missing from top and bottom of spine; small amt. of edge chipping; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. Trappist Life. 8 vo; teal boards with stamped gilt sign of the Trappist; gilt spine lettering & decoration;… Read more about this item
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1949
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NY: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1949. Bound in light blue cloth, stamped in gold in matching illustrated dust jacket. Decorative endsheets. A little scuffing to spine ends of jacket -- but overall a beautiful copy of the true first edition (stated on copyright page) of this book that is the sequel to the author's "The Seven Storey… Read more about this item
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