A rare find: The Seven Storey Mountain / Advance Review Copy This would be among the first printed copies of this book — likely printed sometime in July of 1948. Noted on the tipped-in review slip are the words, “Please note the release date for review and the price”, and

Recently added: Clairvaux (Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies, UCSB, 1985). One of only 15 copies printed. Hand-sewn wrappers, with text letterpress printed on Rives Heavyweight; [16]pp. Privately printed edition of Merton’s poem dedicated to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, which first appeared in The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton (New