Seven Storey Mountain, First Edition (36 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Small bump to bottom of front panel. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The author received a fellowship from the Thomas Merton Society to research and write this book.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated 1st edition but unpriced dj flap and appears of recent vintage Dust Jacket w/ minor tear, spine a bit sunned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Christianity. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21181.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. First edition of Merton's Seven Storey Mountain (Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1948); probably a later printing, but no printing information is given. Book in Good condition. No dust jacket. Binding sound and durable. Name of former owner written and stamped on front endpaper, and additional writing on front inside cover. No writing in text. Good copy all in all.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1948. Early Printing (no first edition statement on copyright page and corrected text on the imprimatur page) of the first (1st) edition. Near Fine condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with no markings other than a gift inscription on the page opposite the title page. The Binding is full black cloth, color uniform throughout, with gilt title, etc., to the spine, wear to all four corners, and white endpapers unmarked except for prior owner's name and address on the front endpaper and name on the front free endpaper. No Jacket. See photos. 429 pages. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". The story of the author's spiritual journey leading to his taking vows as a Trappist monk. The title comes from the seven storey mountain of the Purgatorio in Dante's Divine Comedy, and the book is divided into three parts following the divisions of the Divine Comedy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Farmer, Michael (book design); Demeter, Liz (jacket design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread conditions silver gray boards, blue-green spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Thomas Merton; Preliminary Page Quote; Introduction by Robert Giroux; A Note to the Reader by William H. Shannon, Founding President of the International Thomas Merton Society; Epilogue; and Index. This edition produced specially for Borders, Inc., First Edition, FIRST PRINTING. "Without a life of the spirit our whole existence becomes unsubstantial and illusory." -- THomas Merton. "[The Seven Storey Mountain has] a pattern and meaning valid for all of us." -- Graham Greene. "Within a year of its publication in 1948, The Seven Storey Mountain had sold hundreds of thousands of copies and became a classic for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This unique spiritual autobiography is the account of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith eventually led him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of the most demanding religious orders, the Trappists. At the monastery, within the "four walls of my new freedom," Merton wrote his extraordinary testament -- the document of a man who withdrew from the world only after he had fully immersed himself in it." -- from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second printing, in the same format, quality, and year of publication, with $3.50 on flap (partially clipped). The autobiography of an American writer who led a worldly life and then, at age 26, entered a monastery. A classic of religious writing in its original format. Clean, bright and unmarked, with only town tiny edge chips at the jacket spine and a neat 3/4" square number label to the spine bottom.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. White cloth. Grey jacket with red spine. No price on jacket. "first edition" stated but most likely a reprint. Owner label ffep. 3 photos on jacket back.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. A newly redesigned anniversary edition in larger format with introduction by Robert Giroux and note to reader by William Shannon not in the first 1945 edition. A pristine copy, clean, unmarked and unclipped.

First Large Print edition. 12mo. 770 pp. Softcover binding, very good ondition. (10536).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second printing, in the same year, quality and format as the first. The famed autobiography of a worldly writer who entered a Trappist monastery at age 26. Vignettes of the bookshops of Havana, Cuba. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a 3" round chip to the rear panel, but is otherwise whole, clean and bright, and protected by a n archival Mylar jacket cover. Still an attractive copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very good copy. 1st. 8vo, 429 pp., Stated first edition in the second issue black cloth binding.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Introduction by Robert Giroux. Fine with publisher's material laid in. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: First/Early Edition Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. First edition (Harcourt, Brace, 1948), nineteenth printing. 'May well prove to be of permanent interest in the history of religious experience,' says the blurb from Evelyn Waugh on the front cover. Nice copy in dust jacket with torn-off front flap, now tucked prettily into archival mylar. Black hardback cover shows some general light wear. No marks noted in text. Binding sound.

Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG. This is the pirated 1960's, produced in Taiwan, replica of the first edition. 429 pp.

Hardcover. F. 5 1/2" x 8". 429 pgs. 1st ed.? h.b., no d.j.; autobiographical account of a young man (the author) who enters the life of a monk at a Trappist Monastery, an unusual odyssey of heart & spirit; black cloth boards & spine with gilt lettering; three small margins tears p. 51; previous owner's name on ffep; normal, minimal shelf wear; good to v. good; classic autobiography. Size: 5 1/2" x 8".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. Very clean copy in white cloth boards. Second state dustjacket in near-fine condition with a sun-faded spine. 429 pp. 5.75" x 8.25".

Page ends soiled, book otherwise vg+/ Dust jacket lightly rubbed, soiled w/ shallow chips spine ends, several small, closed tears spine head, two other closed tears, with creasing, on cover. 2nd issue of the first edition, with 2nd state jacket.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. 1948. Harcourt Brace. New York. 1 volume. In-8º 21cm. 429 páginas. Enc. 1ª edição. Autobiografia espiritual de Thomas Merton que aos 26 anos deixou a vida laica para ingressar na ordem dos monges trapistas. Encadernação editorial em tela preta com letras marcadas a ouro na lombada. Sem a sobrecapa. Muito bom estado.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Harcourt, Brace 1948 first edition (stated), second state, with the "Author on the left" dust jacket. Cover, text and binding almost like new, with faint touches of wear on the spine ends of the second state bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Harcourt, Brace 1948 first edition (stated), with "Author on the left" dust jacket. Cover, text and binding almost like new, with faint touches of wear on the spine ends of a bright dust jacket. Binding is white cloth.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. The Seven Storey Mountain-1°Edition, A very fine copy in very tight as new condition. Appears unread. the jacket has fhoto s by Daniel F. Connell. In english. 429 pp With hardcover. VERY NICE BOOK 3ºM5.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1948 Harcourt & Brace. First edition, early printing. Second state dust jacket. Black boards with gilt spine. Moderate shelf wear to bottom edges of boards. Moderate edge wear, crinkling, creasing and minor fading to dust jacket. DJ's corners are slightly clipped but the 3.00 price is still visible. DJ now in mylar protective cover. Text block edges are tanned. A small remainder mark to bottom text block edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and firm. A Very good minus copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. iv + 429 pp, verso - stated "first edition", previous owner's name inked at top of ffep, text in 3 parts 10 chapters, & epilogue, index. binding tight with first signature protruding just slightly, pages clean and unmarked, cloth crisp and letters intact, 5.75" x 8.25" off-white cloth boards, black letters to spine, in DJ Orig price $3.50 . DJ spine sun-faded & top-tail chipped, forecorners worn. in protector. Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Printing with the scarce first-state dust jacket with caption stating 'The author is second from the left." Publisher's Off White cloth with black stamped spine lettering. [10], 3-429pp. 8vo, 5.5x8.25'. Rear hinge professionally rejointed, spine moderately toned and with a very faint dampstain and a few small ink marks to spine, very light rubbing to tips. Owner's inscription to FFEP d. 12-'48. Otherwise a sound, unmarked copy. DJ was kept folded and tucked in the book so with a noticeable crease but the red spine for that reason not faded as they often are; spine with a small chip to head and larger to tail, chip to front fore tail corner, snagged at front head with tear through author's name at front head, dampstain to lower rear; flaps bevelled as issued and with price of $3.00 intact. Three days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Thamas Merton entered a Trappist monastery at the age of 26. The Seven Storey Mountain the story of how a brilliant literary mind left behind a promising career as a writer and professor in New York to join the Cistercian brothers of Gethsemai, Kentucky. Evelyn Waugh, the first and most prominent champion of the book, writes in the foreword to the British Edition, 'Here in fresh, simple, colloquial American is the record of a soul experiencing, first, disgust with the modern world, then Faith, then a clear nozion to the way in which Faith may be applied to the modern world . The Seven Storey Mountain came as a startling revelation to most non-Catholic Americans who were quite unaware of the existence in their midst of institutions which seemed a denial of the American 'way of life'. The book suddenly made remote people conscious of warmth silently generated in these furnaces of devotion. To one observer at least it seems probable that the USA will shortly be the scene of a great monastic revival.' Waugh's prediction would prove prophetic, as Merton's spiritual autobiography did indeed prove to be a catalyst for a great mid-century monastic revival in America. The true first edition is quite uncommon. Patricia Burton in the authoritative Merton bibliography, *More Than Silence', writes that of the stated first edition '6,000 were printed, of which most were black cloth. A limited number were in off-white cloth. (A pirated edition of the white cloth . has unnaturally bright paper).' In addition to the 'author on left' statement on the back of the DJ, Burton notes a number of other peculiar points for the first, including the error 'Ex Parte Ordnis' on the imprimautur page. [Dell'Isola A7a; Breit & Daggy 1.88; Burton p. 31-32].

First Edition. First Edition. Bound in black cloth, in the first state dust jacket bearing the statement "Author is second from the left" on the rear panel and a price of $3.00 on the front flap. Laid in is a brief mimeograph note from the publisher, likely intended for reviewers, regarding praise from writer Evelyn Waugh. The autobiography of writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton, written five years after entering Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky in 1941, detailing his conversion to the Catholic faith and decision to take vows as a monk. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Old cello tape residue on the rear pastedown. Jacket has a few tiny stray ink marks on the front panel, and a lightly faded spine (see images).

Softcover. Condition: Very good. First paperback edition. 12mo, 511pp. First Signet printing, and the first paperback edition. A crisp, clean copy, very good, with the spine gently cupped, and light wear to the corners; still sound. A magnificent copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Merton on the half-title page to his Signet publisher, Kurt Enoch: "For Kurt Enoch. With a Trappist's prayer. F. M. Louis Merton O.C.S.O." Enoch, a German-Jewish refugee from Nazism, had founded Albatross Books before WWII, and after settling in the United States, became the Publisher of Penguin Books. Soon after, he founded the New American Library, seeing an opportunity to reprint classics and high literature and nonfiction in mass-market paperback format (a medium which, up to that point, had been associated with pulp and "un-serious" literature). Enoch's interest in publishing authors like Merton in a cheap and accessible format was revolutionary in the rather stuffy world of American publishing. Martin Levin, one-time president of the Association of American Publishers, had this to say about Enoch: "New American Library was a brilliant concept well ahead of its time. Kurt Enoch brought his special skills to this line of books. He demonstrated that the classics, from Shakespeare to '1984,' and Mickey Spillane, William Styron and James Bond, could all live comfortably on one publishing list. His special pride was that this company flourishes today as it did when he was its first president." (Enoch's obituary, New York Times, 2/17/82). Signed copies of Merton's best book in any printing or edition are genuinely rare, and those with a meaningful association still rarer. Much more than an autobiography, this work explores Merton's existential quest for faith and meaning, and remains among the best books ever written about these topics. Dell'isola A7c.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold (without any of the usual fading). Housed in a nice second state dustwrapper (with the $3.00 price on the front flap and the statement "Author on the Left" on the rear panel). The book states "first edition" on the copyright page, but is apparently a second state. The previous owner (Fr. J. Matlos) signed the book on the title page and the dedication page. Some minor chipping to top edges of dust jacket (not affecting any text). A tight, clean copy of this important work by Merton. 429 pp. One of 6000 copies in the first edition. Ref.: DellI'sola A8a.

First edition, first-issue binding in white cloth and in the first-issue dust jacket with the photo on rear panel captioned: "Author is second from the left." Signed by Thomas Merton on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are rare. In 1941, a brilliant, good-looking young man decided to give up a promising literary career in New York to enter a monastery in Kentucky, from where he proceeded to become one of the most influential writers of this century. Thomas Merton's first book, The Seven Storey Mountain, describes his early doubts, his conversion to a Catholic faith of extreme certainty, and his decision to take life vows as a Trappist. Although his conversionary piety sometimes falls into sticky-sweet abstractions, Merton's autobiographical reflections are mostly wise, humble, and concrete. The best reason to read The Seven Storey Mountain, however, may be the one Merton provided in his introduction to its Japanese translation: "I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may mean? I myself do not know, but if you listen, things will be said that are perhaps not written in this book. And this will be due not to me but to the One who lives and speaks in both." It is listed by The National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century, and was also listed as one of the top 100 Christian Books That Changed the Century (2000) by William J. Petersen.