Conversatio
Extremely rare, limited edition, Conversatio: Cistercian Monastic Life Portfolio (1994), by Thomas Merton and Lance Hidy, edited by Brother Benedict Simmonds. Connected to the poem by Merton, Conversation Morum, and including a Lance Hidy 12 Photographs Portfolio Set (8 black and white and 4 color Cibachrome 8 x 10 inches
So Many Covers
The booklet titled, “Cistercian Life” (1974) began as the booklet, “Come to the Mountain” in 1964. It is a little difficult to follow all the publications since then. In this archive there are now ten (10) different covers for this title, and this doesn’t include different language editions. Most recently
Exquisite Find
This is truly an exquisite find – a full run, 42 issues, of the Poets of the Year series, 1941-1944 (along with an introductory pamphlet). Each issue was printed by a different free press and each year is housed in a specially labelled slip case. For the first three years,
It’s Just Interesting
What attracted me most to this book (The Sign of Jonas, first UK edition, 1953) was not the book itself but the wrap-around band with an endorsement by Evelyn Waugh. I wonder how many of these have survived? And of the ones which have survived, which have held up so
Robert Lax
Selected Collection: John Paul Merton - 30 Items