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Record Number
2131
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
Disputed Questions Place Published: London
Publisher
Hollis & Carter
Number of Pages
297
Edition
First UK hard cover edition. Short Title: Disputed Questions
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; cloth has variant brown cover.
Label
N
Record Number
2132
Reference Type
Book
Year
1961
Title
New Seeds of Contemplation / signed Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
297
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: New Seeds of Contemplation / signed
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket, inscribed and signed by Merton, "+ for Mother Mary Clark, rscj, With cordial good wishes in xt our Lord. Fr Louis Merton". RSCJ stands for the "Religious of the Sacred Heart" which is derived from the French "Religieuse du Sacré Coeur de Jesus". This is perhaps Mary T. Clark, a leading Thomist and also a renowned scholar on Augustine.
Label
NSU
Record Number
2134
Reference Type
Book
Year
1950
Title
What is Contemplation?
Publisher
Burns, Oates and Washbourne Ltd
Number of Pages
31
Edition
First British soft cover edition. Short Title: What is Contemplation?
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
N
Series Title
The Paternoster Series #7 Place Published: London
Record Number
1833
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1957
Title
Sonship and Espousals
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 28
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #28; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
March Short Title: Sonship and Espousals
Pages
Pages 169-178.
Record Number
1834
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1957
Title
The Monk and Sacred Art
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 28
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #28; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
May Short Title: The Monk and Sacred Art
Pages
Pages 231-234.
Record Number
1835
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1959
Title
Notes on Spiritual Direction
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
November Short Title: Notes on Spiritual Direction
Pages
Pages 86-94.
Record Number
1836
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1959
Title
Art And Worship
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical (part of unpublished Merton book).
Label
P
Date
December Short Title: Art And Worship
Pages
Pages114-117
Record Number
1837
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Sacred Art and the Spiritual Life
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
January Short Title: Sacred Art and the Spiritual Life
Pages
Pages 133-140.
Record Number
1838
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
What is Meditation
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
February Short Title: What is Meditation
Pages
Pages 180-187
Record Number
1839
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Meditation / Action and Union
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
March Short Title: Meditation / Action and Union
Pages
Pages 191-198.
Record Number
1840
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Presuppositions to Meditation
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 31
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #31; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
April Short Title: Presuppositions to Meditation
Pages
Pages 231-240
Record Number
1822
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1961
Title
Called Out of Darkness
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 33
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #33; this is the first publication of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
November Short Title: Called Out of Darkness
Pages
Pages 61-71
Record Number
1823
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1961
Title
The Testing of Ideals
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 33
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #33; this is the first publication of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
December Short Title: The Testing of Ideals
Pages
Pages 95-100.
Record Number
1824
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
Christ, the Way
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 33
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #33; this is the first publication of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
January Short Title: Christ, the Way
Pages
Pages 144-153.
Record Number
1825
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1962
Title
The LIfe of Faith
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 33
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #33; this is the first publication of this article in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
February Short Title: The LIfe of Faith
Pages
Pages 167-171.
Record Number
1809
Reference Type
Book
Year
1971
Title
Contemplative Prayer Place Published: New York
Publisher
Image Books
Number of Pages
116
Edition
First Image soft cover edition. Short Title: Contemplative Prayer
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1810
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: New York
Publisher
Signet Books
Number of Pages
512
Edition
Sixth Signet soft cover edition. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
7
Record Number
1811
Reference Type
Book
Year
1953
Title
Bread in the Wilderness Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
146
Edition
First hard cover edition (subsequent printing). Short Title: Bread in the Wilderness
Notes
Oversized red cloth; with Latin cross on front of boards but no errata inside book.
Record Number
1814
Reference Type
Book
Picture
Year
1974
Title
Cistercian Life / Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey Place Published: Portglenone, Co. Antrim, North Ireland
Publisher
Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey
Edition
First Irish soft cover edition. Short Title: Cistercian Life / Our Lady of Bethleham Abbey
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
6U
Record Number
1815
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Love and Person
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
32
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #32; this is the first appearance of this item in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
September Short Title: Love and Person
Pages
Pages 6-11.
Record Number
1816
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1960
Title
Love and Maturity
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 32
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #32; this is the first appearance of this item in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
October Short Title: Love and Maturity
Pages
Pages 44-53.
Record Number
1817
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1963
Title
Virginity and Humanism in the Latin Fathers
Journal
Sponsa Regis: A Spiritual Review For Sisters
Volume
Volume 34
Notes
Soft cover as part of the complete bound hard cover volume #34; this is the first appearance of this item in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
January Short Title: Virginity and Humanism in the Latin Fathers
Pages
Pages 131-144.
Record Number
1808
Reference Type
Book
Year
1959
Title
The Living Bread Place Published: New York
Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Number of Pages
159
Edition
First Dell soft cover edition. Short Title: The Living Bread
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1804
Reference Type
Book
Year
1981
Title
The Ascent to Truth Place Published: New York
Publisher
Harvest
Number of Pages
342
Edition
First Harvest soft cover edition. Short Title: The Ascent to Truth
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1807
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
No Man is an Island Place Published: New York
Publisher
Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Number of Pages
254
Edition
First Dell soft cover edition. Short Title: No Man is an Island
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1797
Reference Type
Book
Year
1952
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: New York
Publisher
Signet Books
Number of Pages
512
Edition
First Signet soft cover printing. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes
Soft cover; Avati cover.
Label
7
Record Number
1798
Reference Type
Book
Year
1986
Title
The Nonviolent Alternative Place Published: New York
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Number of Pages
270
Edition
Fifth soft cover edition. Short Title: The Nonviolent Alternative
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1799
Reference Type
Book
Year
1975
Title
The Silent Life Place Published: New York
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Noonday Press)
Number of Pages
178
Edition
First Noonday soft cover printing. Short Title: The Silent Life
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1793
Reference Type
Magazine Article
Year
1992
Title
Between Work and Prayer
Volume
Volume 17
Notes
Soft cover; taken from Merton's "The Waters of Siloe".
Label
P
Date
Spring, February Short Title: Between Work and Prayer
Pages
Pages 54-56.
Magazine
Parabola / The Magazine of Myth and Tradition
Issue Number
#1
Record Number
1794
Reference Type
Book
Year
1946
Title
A Man in the Divided Sea Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
155
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: A Man in the Divided Sea
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Label
O
Record Number
1796
Reference Type
Book
Year
1970
Title
The Seven Storey Mountain Place Published: Garden City
Publisher
New York
Number of Pages
520
Edition
First Image soft cover edition. Short Title: The Seven Storey Mountain
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
7
Record Number
1781
Reference Type
Book
Year
1956
Title
The Living Bread Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
132
Edition
First UK hard cover edition. Short Title: The Living Bread
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
1789
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
The Silent Life Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
132
Edition
Uncorrected proof soft cover edition. Short Title: The Silent Life
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
R
Record Number
1776
Reference Type
Book
Year
1963
Title
Life and Holiness Place Published: Montreal
Publisher
Palm Publishers
Number of Pages
162
Edition
First Canadian printing Short Title: Life and Holiness
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
1771
Reference Type
Book
Year
1958
Title
Prometheus / A Meditation Place Published: Lexington
Publisher
Privately printed at the Margaret King Library Press - University of Kentucky
Edition
First hard cover limited edition. Short Title: Prometheus / A Meditation
Notes
Hard cover no dust jacket (as issued); limited edition - 1 of 150. From the University of Kentucky web site "Set in 14 point American Uncial (Stempel), leaded, Hosho paper. Cased in boards covered with plum Moriki paper, printed label on spine. Bound by Boxwood Binders (Lucy Crump). Copies not numbered. The initials "h.c.g." in the colophon refer to the printers: Carolyn Reading Hammer, Nancy Chambers (Mrs. John Lair), and James Gribble. The Margaret I. King Library Press imprint was used only twice before being shortened to The King Library Press.".
Label
L
Record Number
1772
Reference Type
Book
Year
1960
Title
Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: New York
Publisher
Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
Number of Pages
191
Edition
First "New Dell Edition" soft cover edition. Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation
Notes
Soft cover; cover design by Stefan Salter.
Record Number
1767
Reference Type
Book
Year
1991
Title
The New Man Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
175
Edition
Reprint Burns and Oates soft cover edition. Short Title: The New Man
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1769
Reference Type
Book
Year
1968
Title
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Place Published: New York
Publisher
Image Books
Number of Pages
360
Edition
First Image soft cover edition (later printing). Short Title: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Notes
Soft cover; $5.95 price on cover; Enrico Arno cover design.
Record Number
1765
Reference Type
Manuscript
Year
1961
Title
Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton) Collection Title: New Directions in Prose and Poetry #17
Notes
Long unbound Galley Proofs; first appearance of these Merton articles and poems (translations) in a periodical. This item has come initially from the collection of Edwin "Ned" Erbe. Erbe was Publicity Director for New Directions in the 50s and 60s, which was owned by James Laughlin. Laughlin and Erbe were good friends.
Label
PMU
Pages
Pages 65-123.
Type of Work
This item is the unbound Galley Proofs of this periodical. Short Title: Wisdom and Emptiness: A Dialogue by D.T. Suzuki and Thomas Merton; Drake in the Southern Sea (transl. by Merton); The Jaguar Myth and Other Poems by Pablo Antonio Cuadra (transl. by Merton); Six Poems by Jorge Carrera Andrade (transl. by Merton)
Record Number
1762
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1959
Title
Christianity and Mass Movements
Journal
Cross Currents
Volume
Volume 9
Notes
Soft cover; this is the first appearance of this article in a periodical; also includes works by Niebuhr, Watkin, Florovsky Bourke and Chenu.
Label
P
Date
Summer Short Title: Christianity and Mass Movements
Pages
Pages 201-211.
Record Number
1763
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Laughlin, James
Year
1969
Title
Plessy vs. Ferguson: Theme and Variations
Volume
#21
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: Plessy vs. Ferguson: Theme and Variations
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; first appearance of this poem in a periodical.
Label
P
Pages
201 - 203
Book Title
New Directions in Prose and Poetry - #21 Place Published: New York
Record Number
1764
Reference Type
Book
Year
1962
Title
Clement of Alexandria: Selections from Protreptikos Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
27
Edition
First, limited, British soft cover edition - #591/750.
Notes
Soft cover; limited edition set in Dante Type and printed in Italy by Giovanni Mardersteig at Stamperia Valdonega, Verona for Burns and Oates Ltd. - #591/750.
Label
L
Translator
Merton, Thomas Short Title: Clement of Alexandria: Selections from Protreptikos
Record Number
1761
Reference Type
Book
Year
1949
Title
The Tears of the Blind Lions Place Published: New York
Publisher
New Directions
Number of Pages
32
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Tears of the Blind Lions
Notes
Light blue cloth and dust jacket.
Record Number
1759
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Ryan, Alan
Year
1997
Title
Havana and Beyond, 1940 / Blinded by the Light
Publisher
Harvest
Edition
First soft cover edition. Short Title: Havana and Beyond, 1940 / Blinded by the Light
Notes
Soft cover; this item contains an excerpt from Merton's "The Seven Storey Mountain".
Pages
Pages 111 - 122.
Book Title
The Reader's Companion to Cuba Place Published: San Diego New York London
Record Number
1755
Reference Type
Book
Year
1957
Title
Seeds of Contemplation Place Published: London
Publisher
Universe Books (Burns & Oates)
Number of Pages
120
Edition
First Universe Books soft cover edition. Short Title: Seeds of Contemplation
Notes
Soft cover.
Label
U
Record Number
1757
Reference Type
Book Section
Editor
Laughlin, James
Year
1964
Title
The Early Legend; Atlas Watches Everything; A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann.
Volume
18
Publisher
New Directions
Edition
First hard cover edition. Short Title: The Early Legend; Atlas Watches Everything; A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann.
Notes
Cloth and dust jacket; first appearance of these poems in a periodical.
Label
P
Pages
1-18
Book Title
New Directions in Prose and Poetry - #18 Place Published: New York
Record Number
1754
Reference Type
Book
Year
1996
Title
Bread in the Wilderness Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
140
Edition
Reprint Burns and Oates soft cover edition. Short Title: Bread in the Wilderness
Notes
Soft cover.
Record Number
1752
Reference Type
Journal Article
Year
1966
Title
The Zen Koan; Dialogue About the Hidden God (by Nicholas of Cusa, translated by Merton from Latin)
Journal
The Lugano Review
Volume
Volume #1
Notes
Soft cover; these are the first appearances of these articles in a periodical.
Label
P
Date
Summer Short Title: The Zen Koan; Dialogue About the Hidden God (by Nicholas of Cusa, translated by Merton from Latin)
Pages
Pages 126-139 and 67-70.
Record Number
1722
Reference Type
Book
Title
La Nuit Privee D'Etoiles / French language edition of The Seven Storey Mountain.
Publisher
Club des Libraires de France (French Book Club edition, printed with authorization of Editions Albin Michel)
Number of Pages
404
Edition
First French Book Club edition. Short Title: La Nuit Privee D'Etoiles / French language edition of The Seven Storey Mountain.
Notes
Cloth in clear dust cover.
Label
7F
Record Number
1723
Reference Type
Book
Year
1985
Title
No Man is an Island Place Published: London
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of Pages
233
Edition
6th printing Burns & Oates soft cover edition. Short Title: No Man is an Island
Notes
Soft cover.